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The Photoshop Workspace

Photoshop is a program for working with images and graphics. It contains various tools in the toolbox for editing images, located on the left side of the screen by default. These tools include selection tools, navigation tools, and editing tools for tasks like retouching, painting, and drawing. The Photoshop workspace contains elements like menus, options bars, panels and palettes for settings, and the canvas for viewing images.

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The Photoshop Workspace

Photoshop is a program for working with images and graphics. It contains various tools in the toolbox for editing images, located on the left side of the screen by default. These tools include selection tools, navigation tools, and editing tools for tasks like retouching, painting, and drawing. The Photoshop workspace contains elements like menus, options bars, panels and palettes for settings, and the canvas for viewing images.

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Photoshop is a program that allows you to work with images and graphics.

This document will


give an overview of the tools you can use when working with them. These tools are found in the Toolbox,
which appears on the left side of the screen when you first start Photoshop. If the Toolbox is not visible,
from the Window menu, select Tools.

THE PHOTOSHOP WORKSPACE

- Menu Bar – Contains various options for all the software’s options
- Options Bar – The options bar sits beneath the menu bar and holds options for different tools.
- Toolbox – Contains shortcuts to Photoshop tools.
- Panel Dock – Where palettes are located and can be customized to your preference.
- Palettes – Individual “panes” that hold information or options for working with your file, known
as palettes (or panels), float on the right-hand side. Each palette is labeled with a tab, and can
be minimized, closed, grouped with other palettes, or dragged in and out of a panel dock.
- Canvas – The canvas, or document window, is basically where you do your artwork or editing.
- Status Bar – Below the canvas lies the status bar at the bottom left. It’s just an easy way to see
useful information about your file, like zoom percentage, dimensions, resolution, etc.

WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP


Creating New Documents
o You can create a new document by going to File > New from the menu bar, or pressing Ctrl+N .
Opening files
o Simply go to the Menu Bar: File > Open > Document Name, or press Ctrl+O
Saving files
o Go to Menu Bar: File > Save and select the type the name of your file. It should save it as a PSD
format by default.
Saving files for the web
Three formats for web graphics.
• GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
Photoshop Toolbar and Functions

Button Tool Name Action

Move Moves selections, layers, and guides.


Rectangular Makes a rectangular selection and provides access to the Elliptical, Single
Marquee Row, and Single Column Marquee Tools.
Draws free-hand segments of a selection's border and provides access to
Lasso
the Polygonal Lasso Tool and Magnetic Lasso Tool.
Selects consistently colored areas without requiring you to trace the outline
Magic Wand
and provides access to the Quick Selection Tool.
Removes unwanted portions from an image. For more information
Crop
see, Cropping an Image.
Creates slices so you can separate your document into areas, which
Slice
makes it more functional. It also provides access to the Slice Select Tool.
Corrects imperfections in an image by making them disappear into the
Spot Healing
surrounding image. It also provides access to the Healing Brush Tool,
Brush
Patch Tool, and the Red Eye Tool.
Paints brush strokes onto an image and provides access to the Pencil
Brush
Tool and Color Replacement Tool.
Paints a clone of an image or area of an image you have already selected.
Clone Stamp
It also provides access to the Pattern Stamp Tool.
Paints a copy of one image state or snapshot of an image into your current
History Brush
image's window. It also provides access to the Art History Brush Tool.
Erases pixels wherever the mouse is clicked. It also provides access to
Eraser
the Background Eraser Tool and the Magic Eraser Tool.
Creates a gradual blend between colors and also provides access to
Gradient the Paint Bucket Tool. For more information, see Working with the Gradient
Tool.
Softens the edges of an image. It also provides access to the Sharpen
Blur
Tool and the Smudge Tool.
Allows you to darken or lighten areas of an image. It also provides access
Dodge
to the Burn Tool and the Sponge Tool.
Allows you to create, edit, or smooth lines and shapes. It also provides
Pen access to the Freeform Pen Tool, Add Anchor Point Tool, Delete Anchor
Point Tool, and the Convert Point Tool.
Allows you to insert text onto an image. It also provides access to
Horizontal
the Vertical Type Tool, Horizontal Type Mask Tool, and the Vertical Type
Type
Mask Tool.
Makes shape or segment selections that show anchor points, direction
Path Selection lines, and direction points. It also provides access to the Direct Selection
Tool.
Allows you to draw different shapes. It also provides access to the
Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool, Polygon Tool, Line Tool, and
the Custom Shape Tool.
Allows you to add notes to any image. It also provides access to the Audio
Notes
Annotation Tool.
Allows you to get colors from an image to designate as a new background
Eyedropper or foreground color. It also provides access to the Color Sampler Tool,
the Ruler Tool, and the Count Tool.
Hand Moves an image within its window.

Zoom Magnifies or reduces the view size of an image.

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