Ah, Photoshop — just about every
graphic designers best friend. Photoshop is one of the most helpful softwares
out there. It is used by many graphic designers, photographers, as well as many
other professionals within the business of processed imaging. It’s a great tool
for touching up a photo or even creating your own business logo.
Now, let’s begin with the
layout.
As you can, you have quite a
bit of work space along with many interesting tools and features surrounding it. Let's now break it down starting from the top (literally).
Like all programs, Photoshop
uses a menu bar with your basic file menu along with many other tabs such as
edit, image, layer, type, select, filter, etc. These will not only allow you to
save your work, but they also provide you with quite a few features to discover.
The options bar is quite a
handy tool that allows you to change your settings for each tool you use. As a default, it also provides you with options to zoom in or out of your work area.
This will be your holy grail
for all of your designs. Here, you will utilize these tools in order to create
your designs or touch up your photos. I will be going through these tools in
the next post to come.
Consisting of various windows,
the palettes act as an extension for several tools as well as allow you to
create layers and channels to divide your work into an organized fashion.
Last but not least is your
work area. This is where all the magic happens. This is your canvas to create
whatever you wish.
As I've said before, this is the basic breakdown of Photoshop to allow you to get familiar with your work space if you decided to use this program. If you would like to try your hand at using Photoshop, you may purchase it or download a trial version from Adobe. Next week, I’ll explain just about
everything you need to know about your tool bar. See you soon!
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