Adobe Photoshop CC:The Professional Portfolio

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

The User Interface

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Panels

Always accessed in the Window menu

Dock stores open panels at edges of the interface

Float panels by dragging away from the dock

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Tools panel

Double-click title bar to toggle 1- and 2-column format

Access nested tools by clicking and holding down the mouse button

Use keyboard shortcuts to call a specific tool

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Options bar

Context sensitive

Different options depending on active tool

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Saving Custom Workspaces

Automatically store panel locations

Can also store custom keyboard shortcuts, menus

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Document Views

View menuApplication barZoom tool – Press Option/Alt to zoom out

Hand tool – Click to drag document within the

window

Rotate View tool - requires OpenGL graphics; non-destructive

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Opening Files

Shift to open multiple contiguous files

Command/Control to open multiple non-contiguous files

Document tab – File name

– View percentage

– Color model

– Bit depth

– Unsaved changes

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Screen Modes

Screen Mode button (Tools panel)

Press F to cycle through modes

Full Screen Mode w/ Menu

Standard Screen Mode

Full Screen Mode

Adobe Photoshop CC: The Professional Portfolio

Closing Files

Click the Close button on a document tab to close that file

Close the application frame:– Mac: closes all open files, doesn’t quit

application

– Windows: closes all open files, quits the application