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Now that we know where Photoshop came from, let’s get started with a new document and take a look at an overall layout of the Photoshop Interface
New Terms:
- Start Workspace - The window that displays when you open Photoshop or have all photoshop files closed. It displays recent files or allows you to open a new file and choose from a template.
- Adobe Stock - Adobe’s store of stock templates, photos, illustrations and more to help you find the right asset.
- Panels - A mini window
- Panel Layout Preset - a set of panel layout options to accommodate different types of workflow. Choose from Adobe presets or save your own.
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We've tackled resolution, types of
imagery and graphics, color space, and
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even a very brief history of Photoshop.
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Let's dive in and
have a look at Photoshop.
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When you launch Photoshop CC17
we're greeted with this screen,
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which is the start workspace.
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Here we'll find any recent files we've
been working on to quickly reopen.
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Or we can start a brand new document.
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Let's go ahead and start a new document.
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The New Document dialog window is actually
one of my favorite things that's received
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an overhaul in recent versions.
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Along the top,
we have our preset categories.
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To the right, we have the details for
each of the selected templates.
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The Recent tab is a short list of
recently used settings for new documents.
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In the Saved tab we can see any
of our custom sizes we've used,
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which also will come in handy if we're
consistently creating unique sizes not
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found in a preset.
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Currently I don't have any.
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Below our blank document templates we see
some free template examples from Adobe
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stock offering free and
paid templates, images, and more.
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On the right, we can make any adjustments
to each template to best fit our project,
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if we know ahead of time.
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For the most part, Adobe's preset details
for each template are a rock solid start,
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and it really makes it much easier
to get started on the right path.
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For our purposes now, let's go ahead and
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select the iPhone 6 template from
the Mobile gallery, and click Create.
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Now we've landed on
a Photoshop user interface.
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Let's get our bearings and take a look
at some tips for navigating the app.
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I've got a fresh install of Photoshop
here, and using default presets.
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So if you've used Photoshop previously,
your screen may look a bit different.
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Along the top, we'll see the settings for
the tool we currently have selected,
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which will adjust accordingly
as we switch tools.
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Along the left-hand side,
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we've got our tools panel containing
all the tools available to us.
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I found that they're grouped
into a few different categories.
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Moving and selecting, creation and
adjustment, and navigation.
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Notice the tools with the small
triangle in the bottom right.
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If we click and hold on each particular
tool with one of those options,
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we're gonna see a few other tools.
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So instead of this ellipse marquee tool,
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perhaps I wanna go back
to the rectangular.
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At the bottom, we'll find our
foreground and background colors.
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Clicking on them brings
up the color picker.
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Now let's head over to
the right-hand side.
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Here we've got a customizable
area of panels.
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A panel is a mini window that displays
options, settings, and adjustments for
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tools and of your document.
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Think of these panels as the deep
preferences for our tools, and
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shortcuts for modifying our content.
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In fact, we may seem some overlap
in the options within a panel
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that can be found in this top toolbar.
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For instance, this could be handy if
we're working quite a bit with type.
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Currently, we don't see the character
panel, so let's open it.
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Click on the Window menu and
select the Character panel.
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We can have our type tool panel open on
the right-hand side even as we're using
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the brush tool.
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These panels can be collapsed or
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expanded by clicking on the double arrows
in the top right of each panel column.
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We can also move tabs to different
locations and even pull a tab out of
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the side bar into its own little window,
so we always have it floating on top.
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If we accidentally close a panel, we can
always get it back from the Window menu,
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by selecting Window and
the name of the panel that we closed.
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It'll appear right back where we left it.
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Each panel also has its own set
of additional options within
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the hamburger menu on
the top right of each panel.
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If you're not entirely sure where to
start, Photoshop also has a lot of preset
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options for you to choose from for
your panel layouts.
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We can find these here in the top
right of the application window.
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The Essentials layout is the default,
but we can select a preset, such as
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Photography, to see some of the most
common panels photographers might use.
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Like our document presets,
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it's a great starting point that we can
further customize to save to our liking.
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Let's go ahead and
reset our layout to the Essentials panel.
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We'll open other panels as we need them.
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So that's a quick tour of the interface,
there's a lot to explore.
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One tip I can share is that it may
take you some time to figure out
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which panels are important to you.
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Browse the presets,
then make one your own.
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In the next video, we'll take a brief look
at the structure of a Photoshop document.
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