1 00:00:00,620 --> 00:00:05,300 We've tackled resolution, types of imagery and graphics, color space, and 2 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:07,870 even a very brief history of Photoshop. 3 00:00:07,870 --> 00:00:10,300 Let's dive in and have a look at Photoshop. 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,720 When you launch Photoshop CC17 we're greeted with this screen, 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,740 which is the start workspace. 6 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:22,010 Here we'll find any recent files we've been working on to quickly reopen. 7 00:00:22,010 --> 00:00:24,160 Or we can start a brand new document. 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,840 Let's go ahead and start a new document. 9 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:32,930 The New Document dialog window is actually one of my favorite things that's received 10 00:00:32,930 --> 00:00:34,790 an overhaul in recent versions. 11 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:38,130 Along the top, we have our preset categories. 12 00:00:38,130 --> 00:00:41,690 To the right, we have the details for each of the selected templates. 13 00:00:41,690 --> 00:00:46,430 The Recent tab is a short list of recently used settings for new documents. 14 00:00:46,430 --> 00:00:51,660 In the Saved tab we can see any of our custom sizes we've used, 15 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:55,560 which also will come in handy if we're consistently creating unique sizes not 16 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,000 found in a preset. 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,700 Currently I don't have any. 18 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:03,660 Below our blank document templates we see some free template examples from Adobe 19 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:08,420 stock offering free and paid templates, images, and more. 20 00:01:08,420 --> 00:01:12,720 On the right, we can make any adjustments to each template to best fit our project, 21 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,610 if we know ahead of time. 22 00:01:14,610 --> 00:01:19,300 For the most part, Adobe's preset details for each template are a rock solid start, 23 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,420 and it really makes it much easier to get started on the right path. 24 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,880 For our purposes now, let's go ahead and 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:31,500 select the iPhone 6 template from the Mobile gallery, and click Create. 26 00:01:33,410 --> 00:01:36,540 Now we've landed on a Photoshop user interface. 27 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:40,850 Let's get our bearings and take a look at some tips for navigating the app. 28 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:44,770 I've got a fresh install of Photoshop here, and using default presets. 29 00:01:44,770 --> 00:01:48,900 So if you've used Photoshop previously, your screen may look a bit different. 30 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:52,350 Along the top, we'll see the settings for the tool we currently have selected, 31 00:01:53,530 --> 00:01:56,208 which will adjust accordingly as we switch tools. 32 00:01:56,208 --> 00:01:58,550 Along the left-hand side, 33 00:01:58,550 --> 00:02:03,530 we've got our tools panel containing all the tools available to us. 34 00:02:03,530 --> 00:02:06,470 I found that they're grouped into a few different categories. 35 00:02:06,470 --> 00:02:12,460 Moving and selecting, creation and adjustment, and navigation. 36 00:02:13,970 --> 00:02:16,600 Notice the tools with the small triangle in the bottom right. 37 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:21,530 If we click and hold on each particular tool with one of those options, 38 00:02:21,530 --> 00:02:23,590 we're gonna see a few other tools. 39 00:02:23,590 --> 00:02:25,790 So instead of this ellipse marquee tool, 40 00:02:25,790 --> 00:02:29,090 perhaps I wanna go back to the rectangular. 41 00:02:29,090 --> 00:02:34,470 At the bottom, we'll find our foreground and background colors. 42 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:37,071 Clicking on them brings up the color picker. 43 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,640 Now let's head over to the right-hand side. 44 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,510 Here we've got a customizable area of panels. 45 00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:52,670 A panel is a mini window that displays options, settings, and adjustments for 46 00:02:52,670 --> 00:02:55,050 tools and of your document. 47 00:02:55,050 --> 00:02:58,470 Think of these panels as the deep preferences for our tools, and 48 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:00,780 shortcuts for modifying our content. 49 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:04,890 In fact, we may seem some overlap in the options within a panel 50 00:03:04,890 --> 00:03:07,080 that can be found in this top toolbar. 51 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,970 For instance, this could be handy if we're working quite a bit with type. 52 00:03:10,970 --> 00:03:14,400 Currently, we don't see the character panel, so let's open it. 53 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,561 Click on the Window menu and select the Character panel. 54 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:24,265 We can have our type tool panel open on the right-hand side even as we're using 55 00:03:24,265 --> 00:03:25,193 the brush tool. 56 00:03:29,010 --> 00:03:30,660 These panels can be collapsed or 57 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:34,764 expanded by clicking on the double arrows in the top right of each panel column. 58 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:42,689 We can also move tabs to different locations and even pull a tab out of 59 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:48,610 the side bar into its own little window, so we always have it floating on top. 60 00:03:48,610 --> 00:03:53,080 If we accidentally close a panel, we can always get it back from the Window menu, 61 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,540 by selecting Window and the name of the panel that we closed. 62 00:03:56,540 --> 00:03:59,160 It'll appear right back where we left it. 63 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,060 Each panel also has its own set of additional options within 64 00:04:02,060 --> 00:04:04,770 the hamburger menu on the top right of each panel. 65 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:10,730 If you're not entirely sure where to start, Photoshop also has a lot of preset 66 00:04:10,730 --> 00:04:14,040 options for you to choose from for your panel layouts. 67 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,850 We can find these here in the top right of the application window. 68 00:04:18,070 --> 00:04:22,220 The Essentials layout is the default, but we can select a preset, such as 69 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:27,510 Photography, to see some of the most common panels photographers might use. 70 00:04:27,510 --> 00:04:28,820 Like our document presets, 71 00:04:28,820 --> 00:04:33,600 it's a great starting point that we can further customize to save to our liking. 72 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,782 Let's go ahead and reset our layout to the Essentials panel. 73 00:04:39,430 --> 00:04:41,130 We'll open other panels as we need them. 74 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:46,700 So that's a quick tour of the interface, there's a lot to explore. 75 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:50,000 One tip I can share is that it may take you some time to figure out 76 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,520 which panels are important to you. 77 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,090 Browse the presets, then make one your own. 78 00:04:56,090 --> 00:05:00,470 In the next video, we'll take a brief look at the structure of a Photoshop document.