Run Photoshop. You will see this work area. Look around. You can see traditional pull-down menu at the top and a few palette windows located all over the main window. Now we have to learn how to customize our workspace. With the potential of using many tools on a single project, it becomes a requirement to know how to move, resize, hide and display the workarea units.
1. Double-click on any empty space. The Open dialog box appears. Locate the directory with the images on your computer and open the your image.
2. The image opens in its own window. Drag the image window to reposition it.
3. Pull the Toolbox by its title bar. Does it move?
4. Now drag the Options bar.
5. Pull down menu Window > Tools; the Toolbox disappears. Pull down Window > Tools to show it again.
6. Press [TAB] key; all the palettes disappear; press this key again to get them back. Bear this trick in mind, because you will use it often while working with large images.
7. Double-click a palette's (for example, the Option bar's) title bar to minimize it.
8. Click the "close"
button in the image window to close the document.
Since 1999, Andrei has run the digiCollage – an online image editor's shop. Having edited all kinds of customers' images, he has vast Photoshop experience that he willingly shares with you in this course. You are invited to look over an expert's shoulder and see Photoshop in action.
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