5. Panels

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This chapter will help you become more intimately acquainted with a part of the Photoshop interface that you will be using constantly as you work: the panels. In the previous chapter, you learned how to arrange them onscreen. Here, you’ll be introduced to the specific function of each one—from choosing color swatches (Swatches panel), to accessing and editing masks (Masks panel), to styling type (Character and Paragraph panels), to editing layers (the all-important Layers panel—keep ...

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