Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 1

Getting into Photoshop CC Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

Discovering the Photoshop tools

Navigating your work area

Changing screen modes in Adobe Photoshop CC

In this chapter, you are introduced to the Photoshop CC work area and tools. You’ll also find out how to neatly organize and hide panels. You will also find out how to do basic tasks, such as open an image, crop it to a different size, and then resave it.

The Start Screen

When you launch Photoshop, unless you have changed your preferences, you see a start screen, as shown in Figure 1-1. This start screen can making it easier for you to find files that you have recently worked on or jump right into a new document.

If you would rather not have this screen every time you launch Photoshop, you can choose Edit ⇒ Preferences ⇒ General and uncheck Auto show the Home Screen. On the Mac you would choose Photoshop ⇒ Preferences ⇒ General and uncheck Auto show the Home Screen.

FIGURE 1-1: The Start screen in Adobe Photoshop appears as a default.

The New Document Window

If you are still using Photoshop at its default settings, ...