Mike Russell wrote:
"Aaron" wrote in message
brob11 wrote:
Hi,
I’ve obviously pressed a wrong button and now I’ve lost the ‘Layers’ palette that is usually in the bottom right corner of the screen. Can anybody tell me how to get it back?
Cheers.
Another option might be *the help file*.
Good lord, you guys are so tolerant in this group… If one can figure out how to use Google groups or Usenet, don’t you think *maybe* they
could
figure out how to go to Help -> Photoshop Help…?
No. Someone may know that there used to be a Layers palette, and
have no
idea how to get it back again. They may not know that there is a help command built in to Photoshop, that it can look up key words, or what
key
words to look up to find the answer.
Then perhaps an introductory course on using basic software might be in order before taking on what is arguably one of the most complex and professionally-oriented software packages on the consumer market.
As for tolerance, asking a question like this is completely appropriate. There will be more new people asking similar questions, so get ready.
The
tone of the group – which IMHO is pretty good at the moment –
depends on
how regulars, like you and me, respond to questions from new people.
A good topic to look under might be "Using the Layers Palette." The first heading there is "Displaying the Layers Palette."
There you go – this is a good answer.
Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he can eat for the rest of his life.
Give him the fish, *then* teach him.
This question is perhaps a bad example of the concept because it represents basic program usage rather than technique, but when asked a question such as "How can I create a rainbow?" or "Is there a simple way to make a shaded sphere?" (these are actual questions asked by my mother who now teaches Photoshop to her 7th and 8th grade art students), I am quick to say "there is always more than one way to do it," and point them in the direction of some appropriate reading materials that I probably used to discover these techniques for myself.
Helping people to help themselves is the best thing any teacher can ever do, for when a student becomes able to teach herself, the teacher has succeeded. The key, in my mind, is knowing where to draw the line between "demonstration" and "doing it for them."
That’s just my opinion.
Perhaps after being pointed to an appropriate resource, such as the Photoshop help file, a student will discover a wealth of information they hadn’t even thought to ask about. I know that’s usually the case with me.
—
Aaron
"Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." — John Stuart Mill