Chapter 1: Take Control of Photoshop

Photoshop is an essential tool for every discipline in the graphics field. Photographers, graphic designers, web designers, videographers, fine artists, and others use Photoshop in their work. Each new version of the program adds tools and capabilities that some users find essential and others never use. With the newest version of Photoshop, Adobe has rebranded the program as Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC). It is no longer available as boxed software, but only by subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Coming to terms with the large array of tools, panels, and options is essential for working efficiently and productively. And with Photoshop customized to your liking, it becomes a pleasure to use.

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