Chapter 2: The Photoshop Workspace

This chapter details the Photoshop workspace. Tools, menus, Palettes and accessing Preferences are summarized. Each aspect of the Photoshop interface is examined in depth in later chapters as you learn to use the application. At this point, it's essential that you familiarize yourself with the workspace so you can begin to learn Photoshop.

Objectives

After completing this chapter you should be able to:

1. Understand the main elements of the Photoshop interface
2. Customize the Photoshop workspace
3. Restore default Palette layouts
4. Access Preferences
5. Set Key Preferences
6. Set Color Settings