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Lesson 4

Photoshop

I love Photoshop. Here’s why.

A handy filter, the motion blur can make eye-catching

people who distract attention from me fade into the back
ground. With the blending options, I can transpose myself

into exotic locales I’ve never been and brag it to my friends
in the photo. For special romantic effect, I drag a picture of

Jessica Alba to recline on a beach with me, adjust the

opacity to blend mismatched colors with the ambient colors, and there I have a
photorealistic shot. No one will ever know. I can even eliminate scenes of
the crime: an ex-girlfriend and my current girlfriend must never know about

them. Moreover, to increase my desirability to potential mates, I apply the

‘Healing’ brush to smoothen out my pimples and to enlarge my orbs to look
like a startled does’(female deer) eyes, I use the distort tool: I skew it from it’s

Mongolian slant and set it American horizontal. Image is everything when you
have nothing in reality, right?

Comprehension

1. According to the paragraph, what kind of effects does Photoshop have?
2. What can you do with ‘Healing’ brush?
3. What does “potential mates” mean?

Questions

1. Have you ever used Photoshop? If so, what did you
use it for?
2. What kind of software do you use?
3. What are the advantages of using Photoshop?
4. What are the disadvantages of using Photoshop?

Vocabulary & Expressions

blur : a shape that you cannot see clearly
transpose : to change the order or position of two or more things
locale : the place where something happens or where the action takes place in a book or a film
brag : to talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own, etc.
opacity : the quality of being difficult to see through
ambient : the temperature of the surrounding area
orb : a bright ball-shaped object, especially the sun or the moon
distort : to explain a fact, statement, idea, etc. in a way that changes its real meaning
skew : to affect a test or an attempt to get information in a way that make the results incorrect
slant : a sloping position or angle

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