Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Self study
Choose File > Browse to access a practice i le in your ps02lessons folder. You can double-
click on ps0202.psd to explore workspaces further.
1
Using Window > Arrange you can arrange several open document windows in
dif erent ways. Explore the dif erent views that Photoshop provides by choosing
various image arrangements.
2
Click on the tabs of various panels and practice clicking and dragging panels from
one group to another. You can put your panels back in order when you are i nished
experimenting by selecting Window > Workspace > Essentials, or Reset Essentials.
3
Use the Window menu to open the Info, Histogram, and Layers panels, and then
save a new workspace called Color Correction. These panels are covered in Lesson 7,
“Creating a Good Image.”
4
Take a look at some of the pre-built workspaces Photoshop has already provided for
you. They will change the panel locations, and some will highlight things in the menu
that are relevant to each workspace. For instance, by selecting New in CS6, you see
the new panels and new features highlighted in the menus.
Review
Questions
1
What is the Full Screen mode?
2
Name two ways to i t your image to the screen.
3
What happens in the Essentials workspace when you exit one panel and select another?
4
How do you save a workspace?
Answers
1
The Full Screen mode displays a document window on a black background and hides
all interface elements from view.
2
You can i t your image to the screen by using the View menu, or by double-clicking
the Hand tool, right-clicking while you have the Zoom or Hand tool selected, or by
pressing Ctrl+0 (zero) (Windows) or Command+0 (zero) (Mac OS).
3
When you leave one panel to select another, the initial panel returns to its original
location in the docking area.
4
You can save your own workspace by selecting Window > Workspace > New
Workspace.
