Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks are the two most common graphic web development programs used today in the world. In this tutorial I will be giving the reader the basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop Windows, and tools.
The Photoshop Work Space
Menu Bar: The menu bar is located at the top of the page and it contains all the various menus.
Option Bar: The option bar sits underneath the Menu Bar and it holds multiple icons for the user to interact with.
Tool Bar: The tool bar is located on the left side of the windows. It holds all your tools (Also Read Adobe Photoshop learning work space for beginners tutorial for an advance look at the Tool Bar options)
Customizing Your Work Space
Customize your workspace any way that it suits you. If you want to customize the color of the tool bars Go to Edit > Menus and use the dialog box to modify the menu bar and palette menus.
Rearranging Pallet's
Rearrange Pallets any way that suits the eye by right clicking and hold the tab. The user can drag and drop on top of windows or any where with in the work space.
Saving Your Projects
Get in the the habit saving your work often. By hold ctrl + s are shortcut keys to saving your work quick and efficiently.
Creating New Documents
To create a new document go to File> New Document.
Opening Adobe Projects
To open a new project go to File> Open.
Saving Projects for the Web
Adobe Photoshop has an easy option for saving your projects under different file options for web developers. Gif, Jpeg, Png are some the options. File > Save for web
Working with layers
Layers let the user see an object without disturbing another object. Layers also are used to determine the position of an object. Foreground and background.
Shortcut Keys for Layers
Rename layers by double-clicking on the layer name.Change the transparency of a layer by changing its opacity with the Opacity slider, or typing a value into the Opacity box (which is visible when you have the Selection, Move, or Crop tools selected).
Duplicate a selected layer by pressing Ctrl-J (Command-J on a Mac). You can also duplicate a layer by dragging it while pressing the Alt (Option) key.
Select multiple layers by holding down Ctrl (Command on a Mac) and clicking the layer names. This forms a temporary link between the selected layers that allows you to move them as one unit, delete them all, and so on.
You can also link layers together. Select layers by clicking on them while holding down Shift or Ctrl (Command on a Mac). Once you have selected all the layers you wish to link, click the Link Layers button at the bottom-left of the Layers palette (signified by the chain). Linking layers allows the link relationship to remain even after you select a different layer (unlike the process of simply selecting multiple layers).
To unlink all the layers, select one of the linked layers and go to Layer > Unlink Layers. To unlink a single layer, select the layer you wish to remove from the link and click its corresponding link icon; the other layers will stay linked. To temporarily unlink a layer, hold down Shift and click on its link icon (a red “X” will appear over the link icon). Reactivate the link by holding down Shift and clicking the link icon again.
Rearrange layers by dragging the layer above or below other layers. Use the “move down” shortcut Ctrl-[ (Command-[ on a Mac) and the "move up" shortcut Ctrl-] (Command-]) to move selected layers up and down. Shift-Ctrl-[ and Shift-Ctrl-] (Shift-Command-[ and Shift-Command-] on a Mac) will bring layers to the very top or the very bottom of the stack.
Select a layer by using the keyboard shortcuts Alt-[ and Alt-] (Option-[ and Option-] on a Mac). These keystrokes let you move up and down through the layers in the Layers palette.
Create a new layer by pressing Shift-Ctrl-N (Shift-Command-N on a Mac). This will bring up the New Layer dialog box. Want to create new layers quickly without having to deal with the dialogue box? Simply press Shift-Ctrl-Alt-N (Shift-Command-Option-N).
Merge a layer into the one beneath it by pressing Ctrl-E (Command-E). If you have selected layers, this shortcut will merge those selected layers together.
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