Adobe Photoshop Visual QuickStart Guide

2. Documents and Navigation

In This Chapter

• The Photoshop Interface

• Viewing Images

• Tools

• The Application Frame

• Precise Positioning

• Workspaces

To be comfortable working in Photoshop you need to know what things are called, how to move around, and how to find the things you need. This should be effortless—and with practice it will be—so that you can concentrate on being creative. In this chapter, you’ll get familiar with the Photoshop interface and gain an understanding of why things are named the way they are, as well as why they are located where they are. Crucially, you’ll learn how to move around—including how to change the zoom level and screen mode and rotate the canvas view. As you’ll see, when it comes to viewing and moving around ...