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TableOfContents
Preface............19
Gettingresultsfromtheverybeginning............19
Lessreading,morelearning............19
LearnPhotoshoponthego............20
ClearInstructions............20
ChaptersLayout............21
Thefutureofthisbook............21
PhotoshopuserInterface............22
Inthischapter............22
AbrieflookonPhotoshopuserinterface............22


Theoptionsbar............23
WorkingwithPhotoshopPanels............24
Showingandhidingapanel............25

TheToolsPanel............29
Workingwithworkspaces............33
CreatingANewWorkspace............34
CreatingNewFilesInPhotoshop............36

TheHandTool............44
Summary............46
GettingStartedWithTheBrushTool............48
YoucanusetheBrushToolto:-............48

Thebasicsofthebrushtool:-............48
SoftVSHardbrushtip............49
Brushflowandopacity............49
Togetthedifferencebetweenthetwo,dothefollowing:-............50

ThePressureSensitivityOption............52
CreatingasimpleLogo............53
Drawinga3Dball............54

Howtochoosetherightvaluesforyourbrush:-............55
Summary............55
Blendingmodesofthebrushtool............56
Clear............58
Darken............58

TheNormalGroup............59


NormalMode............59
Multiply............60
LinearBurn............61
Darkercolor............62

TheLighteninggroup............63
Lighten............63
Screen............63
ColorDodge............64
Lineardodge............64

TheContrastGroup............66

Overlay............66
Softlight............66
HardLight............67
VividLight............68
LinearLight............68
PinLight.............69
Difference............71

Thecolorcomponentsmodes............73
Hue............73
Saturation............73
Luminosity............73
HueBlendingMode............74
LuminosityBlendingMode............75
Color............76

Examples............76
Makethembothblue:-............76


CreateGeishagirls............79
.Makewhitepenguins............79
Conclusion............80

BlendingModesResources:-............80
Summary............80
LoadingnewbrushesInPhotoshopandcreatingnew
ones............82
LoadingnewbrushesinPhotoshopafterdownloading
themfromtheweb............88

AWordAboutdownloadingbrushesonlineand
copyrightsissues............91
CreatingyourownbrushesinPhotoshop............92
Examples............95
Drawingaspace............95
Addinggrassestoapictures............97

Summary............98
Workingwithlayersandmanipulatingthem............99
Whatarelayers?............99
WorkingwithPhotoshoplayers............101
Thelayerspanel............102
Tochangethelayeryouaredrawingon:-............102
Tochangethesizeofthethumbnailofthelayers:-............102
Tocreateanewlayer............104
Toarrangelayersinthelayerspanel............104
DeletingLayers............105


Renaminglayersfromthelayerspanel,thefastway............106
Hideandshowlayer............108

Someusefultips&tricksaboutlayers............111
Selectinglayersquickly............111
Thelayerlockmodes............112

Thebackgroundlayer............114
Tochangethebackgroundlayertoanormallayer,dothe
following:-............114
Tomaketheselectedlayerabackgroundlayer,dothe

following:-............115
UnserstandingLayerMask............116
WorkingWithLayersMasks............119
Makeanimagebrighter............121
SurroundEiffelTowerWithAThread............121
Blending/MixingTwopicturestogether............122

Summary............124
Photoshopselectiontools............126
Theshapesgroup............126
TheRectangularMarqueeTool ............126
TheEllipticalMarqueeTool ............127
SingleRowMarqueeTool ............128

TheLassoGroup............129
TheLassoTool ............129
ThePolygonalLassoTool ............130
TheMagneticLassoTool ............131


TheWandsGroup............134
TheWandTool ............134
TheQuickSelectionTool ............139

DecidingwhatPhotoshopselectiontooltouse?............141
MoreaboutPhotoshopselectiontools............141
NewSelection,Add,subtract,intersectionselection
Options............141
NewSelection............141
Subtractselection............143

Convertingalayerintoselection............146
Movingtheselectioninsteadofitscontents............149
Modifyingselectionsaftermakingthem............149
Border............150
Smooth............151
Expand............152
Contract............153

Theselectmenuoptions............154
All............154
Deselect............154
Reselect............154
Inverse............154

Examples............154
Creatinganarmyofmen............155
Drawingabettersky............155
TheNewModel............156

Summary............158


UsingPhotoshoppentool,andanintroductiontoBézier
curves............160
AdvantagesofPhotoshoppentoolovertheother
tools............160
Aneasystart,drawingstraightlines............161
Drawingcurvesusingthepentool............162
UsingPhotoshoppentoolInPractice............167
DrawingstraightlineswithPhotoshopPentool............167

Gettingtodrawcarves............169
DrawingSimpleArcWithPhotoshopPenTool1............169
DrawingSimpleArcWithPhotoshopPenTool2............171
Drawingvariouscurvesusing3lines............174
Creatingasimplecurve............174
Creatingabrokencurve............176

ALittleSummaryBeforeWeContinue............179
Editingthepathafteryoucreatedit............179
Thepathselectiontoolsgroup............180
Thepathselectiontool ............180
TheDirectSelectionTool ............181

ThePenToolsGroups............182
MoreonPhotoshoppentoolandpaths............184
Turningapencurveintoselection............184
Freedompentool ............185
Fillingapathwithpixelsrightaway............187

LearnPhotoshopPentoolwiththeBézierGame............194
Examples.............194


Makingahardselection............194
Creatingasignature............195
CreatingComplexDrawings............196

Summary............197
CroppingImagesinPhotoshopusingtheCropTool&

RectangleMarqueeTool.AndAnIntroductiontoaspect
ratio............198
Whatcroppingimagesmeans?............198
CroppingimagesinPhotoshopusingtheCropTool
............199
AboutAspectRatio............201
UsingtheCropTooltocropapicturetoacertainAspect
Ratio............206
UsingtheRectangleMarqueeToolForCroppingimages............208
UsingtheRectangleMarqueeTooltocropapicturetoacertain
AspectRatio............209

Makingselectionsofacertainsize............212
MoreontheCropTool&Cropping............214
ChangingtheappearanceoftheShield(PhotoshopCS6and
later)............215
SettingTheAspectRatioOfTheCropToolfromAnExisting
Image............219

Croppingpicturesusinganon-rectangular
selection............221
CroppingapicturetofittheAspectRatioofaforum
avatar.............222

Summary............224


ResizingImagesinPhotoshopandCanvas............225
Whywouldanyoneresizeimages?............225
ThebasicstepsforresizingimagesinPhotoshop............225

Resizingtheimagecanvas(insteadofthepicture
itself)............229
Resizingtheimagecanvasinacertaindirection............233
Addingthememetextonthepicture............236
MoreaboutresizingimagesinPhotoshop............237
AmoredetailedlookontheImageResizeDialog............237
Thepixeldimensionssection............238
TheDocumentSizeSection............238
TheImageSizeDialog(PhotoshopCCandlater).............239

Moreaboutresizingthecanvas............241
ResizingCanvas:-DecidingthedirectionintowhichPhotoshop
will............241
Therelativeoptioninthecanvassizedialog............243
WordaboutresizingimagesinPhotoshop............244

Summary............246
AllAboutPhotoshoptypetools............247
PhotoshopTypeTools............247
AddingtextPhotoshopusingtheHorizontalType
Tool............247
EnteringaverticaltextusingtheVerticalTypeTool............248
CreatingtextselectionsusingtheHorizontalTypeMaskTooland
verticalTypeMaskTool:............250
PhotoshopTypeToolsoptions............253


Changingtextstyle............254
TextAnti-AliasingSettings............255
TextAlign............257

TextColor............258
Let’stakealookateachoftheseoptionsonebyone:-............259
VerticalOrHorizontalDistortion............260
Displayingandhidingthecharacter¶graphpanels............261

MoreaboutPhotoshopTypeTools............262
Textlayers............263
Convertingtextintoarasterlayer............263
Formattingpartofatext............264

ExplainingtheCharacterPanel............265
Changingthespacebetweencharacters:-............268
Changethespacebetweenlines:-............269
Characterskerning:-............270
Vertical&horizontalscale:-............271
Thebaselineshift:-............272
Changethetextcolor:-............273
Changethetextstyle:-............273

Resetcharacters............278
ExplainingtheParagraphPanel............279

HowtodownloadandaddfontstoPhotoshop............283
Downloadingthefont............284
Installingthefontonyourcomputer............284
ToinstallafontinMacOSX:-............285

AligningTextToPath.............285

Examples............286
MakingabetterInternetmemes.............286
Coloredtext+BlendingModes............287
CreatingASimpleLogo............287

Listofsitestodownloadfontsfrom:-............288
Summary............288
PhotoshopPhotoManipulationtoolsPartI:-CloneStamp
Tool,HealingBrushTool&SpotHealingBrush
Tool............290
PhotoshopPhotomanipulationtools............290
FirstlookattheStamptool ............290
Howcancopyingpixelsfrompartofthepictureintoanother
benefitmeatall?............291
TheCloneStampToolinaction............292

TheHealingBrushTool............297
TheSpotHealingBrushTool............298

TheAlignoptioninCloneStampToolAndHealingBrush
Tool.............299
Examples:-............302
Changingthefaceofsomeday............302
ArtificialSunset............303
Removingcateyes............306
PullingoutaPhotoshopScam............306
RestoringanoldPhoto............306
Summary............307

PhotoshopPhotoManipulationToolsPartII:PatchTool,
Content-AwareMoveTool,AndContent-Aware
Fill............308
WhatisContent-Aware?............308
ThePatchTool ............308
TheContent-AwareMoveTool ............312
Content-AwareFill............314
UsingContent-AwareFill............315
UsingContent-Awarefilltoextendapicture............318
Content-AwaretoolsVSSpotHealingBrushTool............321

Examples............322
Movingacataround............322
Removingthemountains............323
RemovingBlemishes............324
Summary............325

PhotoshopBlurTool,SharpenToolandtheSmudge
Tool............326
TheBlurTool ............326
IntegratinganewobjectintoapictureusingtheBlurTool............330
Don’toverdoitwiththeSharpenTool............333
ThestrengthoptionoftheBlurTool&TheSharpenTool............334
TheSmudgeTool ............335
Fingerpainting............336

Summary............337
Examples............338
Blurthesurroundingsofanobject............338

Emphasizingthedetailsofapicture............338
Creatingalogo............339

PhotoshopDodgeTool,BurnTool,AndtheSponge
Tool............340
TheDodgeTool ............340
TheRangeoptionoftheDodgeTool:-............341
TheExposuresettingoftheDodgeTool:-............342
TheBurnTool ............343
RangeoftheBurnTool............344
TheFlowOptionoftheSpongeTool............348

Summary............349
Examples............350
Enhancingtheeyelooks............350
Paintinglightsonacar............351
BurningthefacewiththeBurnTool............352
Saturatingapartofthepicture............353

PhotoshopShapeTools............354
PhotoshopShapesTools............354
TheRectangleTool ............354
AnotherwaytodrawrectanglesusingtheRectangleTool............356
RoundedRectangleTool ............357
Drawingaroundedrectangleusingthedialog............358
TheEllipseTool ............359
Tocreateanellipseinteractively,followthesesteps:-............359
Tocreateanellipseusingthedialog,followthesesteps:-............360

PolygonTool

............361

TodrawapolygonusingthePolygonToolinteractively,follow
thesesteps:-............361
SmoothCorners............363
IntentSidesBy............364
ToDrawapolygonusingthedialog............365
TheineTool ............367
TodrawalineusingtheLineTool,followthesesteps:-............367
ArrowsConcavity............370

MoreaboutthePhotoshopShapeTools............370
Exploringthe3differentmodesofshapestools:-Shape,PathAnd
Pixels............371
TheShapeMode............371
ThePathMode............371
ThePixelMode............371
TheShapeModeOptions............371

Convertingshapelayerintonormallayer............376
Summary............378
Examples............379
CreatinganiPhone-likeIcon............379
DrawinginPerspectiveusingthePolygonTool............379
Usingtheshapestoolstocreatesimpledrawings.............379

PhotoshopCustomShapeTool............382

DrawingashapeusingtheCustomShapeTool............383
LoadingnewshapegroupsintoPhotoshop............384
Toloadanewshapegroup,followthesesteps:-............384


DownloadingandLoadingnewshapesfromtheInternet............387
ToloadtheCSHfilethatcontainstheshapeinto
Photoshop:-............388

CreateNewShapeFromScratch............390
Tocreatethethundershape,followthesesteps:-............391

SiteswhereyoucandownloadCustomShapes
from............394
Summary............394
Examples............395
CreatingASimpleGreetingcard............395
Embeddingshapesintotext:-............395

PhotoshopBlendingOptions............396
Style............398

Default............400
Technique............405
Depth............407
Size............409
Soften............409
UseGlobalLight............411
GlossContour............412
HighlightMode............415

HighlightOpacity............417
ShadowMode............418

Contour............422
Contour............422
ContourRange............423


Texture............424
Pattern............424
Scale............425
Depth............426
Invert............426
LinkWithLayer............427

Stroke............427
Position............428
StrokeFill............431
GradientStyle............434
GradientAngle............435
Scale............437
StrokePattern............438
Pattern............438
Scale............439
LinkWithLayer............439

InnerShadow............440
BlendMode............441
ShadowColor............442
ShadowOpacity............442

Distance............444
Choke............445
Size............446
Contour............447
Noise............448
BlendMode............450


Opacity............451
Technique............455
Source............456
Choke............457
Contour............461
Range............462
Color............466
BlendMode............466
Opacity............467
Angle............467
Distance............468
Size............470
Contour............471
Invert............473
Color............474
BlendMode............475

GradientOverlay............477
Opacity............478
Gradient............479
Style............479
Angle............480

Scale............482
BlendMode............485
Opacity............485
Pattern............486
Scale............487


LinkWithLayer............487

OuterGlow............488
BlendMode............489
Opacity............490
Noise............491
OuterGlowColor............492
SingleGlowColor............492
Gradient............493
Technique............494
Spread............495
Size............496
Contour............497
Range............498
Jitter............499
BlendingMode............501
Color............502
Opacity............502
Angle............503
UseGlobalLight............504
Distance............505
Spread&Size............505
Contour............507

Noise............508

EnablinganddisablingLayerstylesfromtheLayers
Panel............510
RasterizingyourLayersStyles............510


Tomergethetwolayers,dothefollowing:-............511

SavingyourLayerStyles............512
LoadingmoreLayerStylesintoPhotoshop............514
DownloadingandloadingnewStylesfromtheInternet............516

Examples............519
DrawingAHouse............519
CreatingaLogo............520

TheHistoryBrushTool,andtheHistoryPanel............522
TheHistoryPanel:-............522
UsingtheHistoryBrushtoretrievepartofaprevious
state............526
Summary............529
PhotoshopFilters............530
GaussianBlur............530
MotionBlur............532
AddNoise............540
MedianFilter............542
Liquify–TheBestPhotoshopFilter............546
Aquicklookatsomeoftheotherfilters............553
Summary............555

Examples............555
MakingtheskinsmootherusingtheMedianfilter............555
Blurringeverythingaroundyoursubjectinthephoto............556
Addingmotiontoabullet............556
Enhancingthequalityofapicturebysharpeningit............557


MakingacatmorefluffyusingtheLiquifyfilter............558

ImageAdjustingTools............561
Bright/Contrast............562
Levels............565
WhatistheHistogram?............566
UsingLevelsDialogtoadjustyourimages............567

Invert............582
Disadvantagesofeditingpicturesthatway,andwhatto
doaboutthis............582
Summary............586

Preface
IhavereadmanyPhotoshopbooks,whilemanyofthesebookswerewrittenbygreatPhotoshop
users,andmanyofthosedefinitelyarebetterthanmeatusingit,theproblemwithmanyofthese
books,inmyopinion,isthattheyarekindofboringtoread,andtheytendtorequireyoutofumble
aroundtodothingslikefindingabuttonoriconthebookistalkingabout.Ihavealsonoticedthat
thesebookstakestoomuchtimetoread,theytalktoomuch,andtheytrytocoverthetoolsina
logicalway,nottheorderyouwillneedthesethem.Forexample,whentheycovertheuserinterface,
theytalkaboutallPhotoshoptools,includingtheonesthatyouwon’tneedtoknowaboutuntilmuch
later,andsomeofthesetoolsareonesyoumayneveruse.Inasimilarfashion,theytalkaboutevery
singlethingindetailsthatyouwillneedtoreadhundredsofpagesbeforeyougettoseeresults

(thoughthat’snotabadthingforsomepeople).
Photoshopisalreadyavastprogramthatisboringtolearn,yetveryfuntouse,onehasbebraveto
wadethroughoneofthesebookstocrosstheboringlearningcurvetothefunworldofPhoto-editing.

Gettingresultsfromtheverybeginning
WhatItriedtoachieveusingthisbookistheoppositeofallthat,Iwantedtocreateabunchof
chaptersthatallowsyoutoachieveresultsfromtheverybeginning,youwillstarttonoticethatfrom
thesecondchapter“GettingStartedwiththeBrushTool”.IfyouarefamiliarwithPhotoshopuser
interface,youcouldskiptheuserinterfacechapter,whichIwrotefortheabsolutebeginners.Afterthe
secondchapter,Iwillstartbuildinggraduallyonwhatyouhavelearnedearliersoyoucouldachieve
morethings,evenifyoureadpartofthisbook,youwillstillbeabletocreatemanythingsusing
Photoshop.Theorderofchaptersinthebookalittleweirdforsome,butIbelieveitwillmakethe
learningprocesssmoother,becauseoftheresultsyouwillachievefromthat


Lessreading,morelearning
ThesecondthingIwantedtoachieveusingthisbookistomakeitkindoffast&easytoread,which
iswhyIheavilydependonpicturestoconveytheconcepts,whichwon’tonlymakeitfasttoread,but
prettymuchcleartoo.Theaverageofwordsineachpagesofthisbookislessthan100-200words;
andsomepageshavewaylessthanthat.
Forthemostpart,Iwilldependonpictureforteachingyoutheconcepts.WhichIhopewillmakethis
bookappealingtoread,especiallyforvisuallearners.Ialsohopethatwillmakeitmuchfasterto
read,becauseIamprettysureyouwanttospendyourtimeusingPhotoshopinsteadofwading
throughwallsoftexts.

LearnPhotoshoponthego
Tosomedegree,thisbookcanbereadwithouthavinganaccesstoPhotoshop,thisisniceincaseyou
haveatabletorsomeportabledevice,andwantedtomakeauseofyourtime,butbearinmindthat
somePhotoshopconceptsaremucheasiertolearnifyoutriedthemyourself.Andyouwillgetthe
bestresultsifyoudosomeexperimentingoftheconceptseverynowandthen

ClearInstructions
IdideverythingIcantomaketheinstructionseasytoread,takingintoaccountthatmanyofthe
readersarenotfluentinEnglish,andforthatveryreason,Itriedasmuchaspossibletocutbackon
thevocabularyamount&idiomsthatareused.
AnotherthingIavoidedinthisbookistotellyoutodothingswithoutmakingsuretheymakesense
toyou.Forexample,Iwillnevertellyouto“ClickbuttonXthatislocatedbetweentheovalbutton
andtheOKbutton”.Insteadofthat,Iwillshowyouapictureofwherethebuttonyouhavetoclickis.
Especiallythatmakingyoufumblearoundunnecessarilyissomethingthatcanbeeasilyavoided
Also,Iwillnevergiveyouvagueinstructionlike“SetXvalueto34.5thenclickOK”.Something
manybooksdo,sadlyspeaking.Insteadofthat,IwillmakesurethatIwillletyouknowwhereIgot
thevaluefrom,andwhatthatvalueactuallydoes.
Oneofthingsyouwillnoticeaboutthescreenshotsinthebookisthattheyarealltakenwithmy
PhotoshopinstallationissettotheLightcolortheme,which,inmyopinion,makethemeasiertoread
(AccordingtoaresearchmadebyBauer,D.,&Cavonius,C.,R.(1980).Improvingthelegibilityofvisualdisplayunits
throughcontrastreversal ).Sounlessyouchangedyourinterfacecolortobelikemine,yourPhotoshopuser
interfaceisgoingtobeblack,butthatwon’thinderyourabilitytodistinguishbetweentheoptions
Iamfullyawarethatthereissomeamountofrepetitioninthecontentsofthisbook,butIintentionally
didn’ttrytolowerthat.BecauseIbelievethatrepetitionisaverypowerfullearningtool.Itwon’tonly
makeiteasierforyoutoremembertheconceptsexplainedinthisbook,butitwillalsohelpyou
understandthepartsyoufindconfusingatfirst,somethingthatcan’tbeavoidedwhenitcomesto
somePhotoshopconcepts.Tomaketherepetitionlessofaproblem,manyoftheserepetitionswillbe
explainedusingdifferentwordingstoavoidgettingyouboredbythem


ChaptersLayout
Insteadofwalkingyouthroughsomefictionalprojectsyouprobablydon’tcareabout,eachchapter
willteachyouthetoolsdirectly,withoutwastinganyofyourtime,thenitwillproceedtoasummary
sections.Formostofthechapters,thereisgoingtobeanexamplessectionsthatwillshowyousome
goodwaystousethetoolsyoulearned.Somechaptersdon’thaveexamplessection,mainlybecause

thereisnoviableexamplestoprovideotherthanwhatisexplainedinthechapter.
EverytimeyouhavetoencounteraComputerGraphicsterm,Iwilltakealittledetourtoexplainthat
concepttoyoubeforeproceeding,soyoudon’thavetoworryabouthavingapriorbackgroundabout
graphicsinordertoreadthebook.
SomeofthemostimportantaspectsofPhotoshop,likeLayers&thePentool,willbetaughttoyou
muchearlierthansomePhotoshopcoursesdo,becausetheseconceptsaresoimportant,andbecause
manyotherconceptsarebuiltonthem.Plus,learningtheseconceptsprettyearlierwillgiveyoua
senseofachievementJ

Thefutureofthisbook
Thisisstillthefirsteditionofthebook,Istillplantomakemanyimprovementstoit,addmore
information,andfixanypossiblemethodsofteachingIhaveused.Ifyouhaveanysuggestion,don’t
hesitatetosendmeanE-mail
WhileIwilltrymybesttocoverasmuchoftheoptionsyouencounter,therearetimewhenIwon’t
reallycovereverythingaboutacertaintool,thistoavoidloadingyouwithInformationyouprobably
won’tneed(Youdon’treallyneedtoworryaboutlearningeverysinglePhotoshopfeaturetowork
efficientlywithit),butIwilltrytoaddthoseintheupcomingeditionofthisbook,maybeintheirown
chapters,sothattheoriginalbookwillstaythesame


Ifyoulikedthisbook,pleaserecommendittoafriendortweetaboutit,itwillbeabighelp,asitwill
givememoremotivationtoaddmoreandmorechapterstoit.Andthankyouinadvancefor
supportingthisbookJ

PhotoshopuserInterface

Thischapterwillgiveyouaverygoodideaabouttheuser-interfaceofPhotoshop.
Ifyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththat,youcanskipthischapterandreturntoitlaterwhenyouarein
themoodforit.

Inthischapter
AbrieflookonPhotoshopuserinterface
Theoptionsbar
WorkingwithPhotoshoppanels
TheToolspanel
Workingwithworkspaces
Creatingnewdocuments

AbrieflookonPhotoshopuserinterface
GettingtoknowthemainelementsonPhotoshopuserinterfacewillmakeiteasiertofollowallthe
instructionsofthisbook.ItwillalsohelpyouusePhotoshopmoreefficiently.


ThemainelementsinPhotoshopuserinterfaceare:TheOptionsBar:-Containsoptionsthatchangedependingonthetoolyouareworkingon.
TheMenusBar:-whichexistsinallcomputerprograms.Themenubarcontainsall
Photoshopoptions,manyoftheseoptionsarealsoaccessiblethroughPhotoshoppanels.We
won’tsaymuchaboutthemenubarinthischapter.Butmanyofthemainmenuoptionswillbe
explainedindetailsintheupcomingchapters.
Panels:-PanelsareaconvenientwaytoaccessmanyofPhotoshoptoolsandoptions.And
theyareagoodwaytostreamlineyourworkflow
ToolsPanel:-Whileitisconsideredapanelitself,itdeservestobementionedonitsown,
thispanelcontainsallthemainPhotoshoptool.Ifyoumasteredusingthesetools,youwillbe
abletodoalotofthings

Theoptionsbar
Theoptionsbardisplayoptionsrelatedtothetoolyouareusing.Theoptionsshownchange
dynamicallyeverytimeyouchangethetoolyouareworkingon.
Hereishowtheoptionsbarlookslikewßhenthebrushtoolisselected:Andhereishowitlookslikeforthetexttool:WewilltakeamoredetailedlookattheOptionBaroptionseachtimewecoveranyofPhotoshop
Tools.

WorkingwithPhotoshopPanels
PanelsprovideagreatwaytoaccessthevarioustoolsandoptionsinPhotoshop.Arrangingthepanels
tosuityourneedsisessentialtoensureyouhavethebestworkflowpossible.
Panelscanbefloatingonthemiddleofthescreen,likethis:-