Herein are some things that I think should be givens at this point in the semester. Use this video to brush up on the skills and shortcuts you’re weak on.

This video should fill in any missing blanks on how to complete Assignment 2.

Please note: while I’m using the same file I used in Assignment 1′s demo here, you will be using a new file for this assignment. In other words, I don’t want to see the image you used in Assignment 1 turned in for Assignment 2. Capiche?

We’ll be needing these files tonight. So, uh — what are you waiting for? Get to downloading them. Now!

Remember how I mentioned that Snow Leopard was changing its gamma settings from the former Macintosh standard of 1.8 to 2.2? No? You don’t remember? Shame on you.

Aaaannyyyhoo—here’s some relevant information on why it was so and why it is now so.

Need some help getting your head wrapped around Assignment 1? This video might help.

This video will show you how to use Photoshop’s array of selection tools to select portions of an image and then change those portions using adjustment layers. Without killing pixels, of course.

Like it says: how to take an image from the web and get it into Photoshop.