Finding Your Way in Photoshop

This chapter introduces the basic interface and features of Photoshop: its tools, panels, options bar, and image window. The main goal of this chapter is to identify the basic skills and vocabulary of Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom that are used throughout this book.

The illustration shows the main elements of Photoshop. Be sure you have an image open if you want to experiment with the interface, as many Photoshop options are not available without an image open.

Layers

Some readers of this book may already be familiar with layers. But there is always something new to be learned, so please review these features.

Understanding layers is the most essential step in understanding Photoshop. The classic way to visualize ...

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