Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1-6. When you first use the Editor in Expert mode, the window looks like this, which Adobe
calls the Basic Workspace. The buttons at the bottom right (circled) let you switch from one panel
to another. You can see only one panel at a time, which is one reason why most folks prefer to use
the Custom Workspace shown in Figure 1-5. It's explained in the next section.
At the bottom right of the screen are a series of buttons: Layers, Effects, Graphics, Favorites,
and More. The first four are the names of Elements' most-used
panels
. Panels let you do
things like keep track of what you've done to a photo (with the History panel) and apply spe-
cial effects to your images (with the Effects and Graphics panels). You'll learn about the pro-
gram's various panels in detail throughout this topic.
Here's the thing about the Basic Workspace: When you click one of those panel buttons, that
panel appears and fills the entire right side of your screen (called the
Panel Bin
) from top to
