Photo-shop workspace [ Interface] (Lesson 1)

Photoshop



Photo shop diagram to show the bars and panels .I thought it is useful for understanding

Menu bar : found on the top of the window. It contains the file,edit ,image and layer and other menus
Application Bar Beside the Menu Bar showing the Hand Tool, Zoom Tool and Rotate View tool and Arrange Document and Screen Mode
Tool Option bar : found under the menu bar.It shows the options of the selected tool
Tool box : by default it is found on the left side of the window.It shows the different photoshop tools
Pallets : or pans it is found on the left side of the window.Like the layer pallet and color and others




Create A New Document
Select the Menu Bar >File>New or use shortcut Ctrl -N
A new dialog box will appear to choose width ,hight ,and also you will choose pixel ,cm or points

Saving A File
There are three ways
From File menu - save Then from the format choose photoshop to keep all your layers
Or from File menu select Save as to choose other format like JPEG or PNG or GIF or choose another place for the file
You can also save for web. to use on web pages ,it should be small in size and light for uploading