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ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP CS6
Working with the
Panels
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FRAME
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PANELS
- found in a column on the right
side of your Application Frame.
- lets you work with commonly
used features like colors,
adjustments, layers, and so on.
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Secondary
Narrow Column

Main Column
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PANELS
- Panels can be free floating on
your screen, or it can be attached
to the top, bottom, left, or right
side of your screen.
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PANEL MENU
- panel’s very own menu
- located in its top-right
corner and its icon looks like four
little lines with a downward-
pointing triangle.
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THE PANELS
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Collapsing or Expanding the
Panels
Steps to collapse horizontally:
1. click the tiny double arrow in its
top-right corner
2. click this same button again to
expand the panel
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Collapsing or Expanding the
Panels
Steps to collapse vertically:
1. double click the panel’s tab to
make it roll up like a window
shade
2. single-click the tab to roll the
panel back down.
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Adding and Modifying Panel
Groups
1. Go to Windows menu on the
top portion of the application
frame.
2. Select the name of the panel
that you want to open.
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Adding and Modifying Panel
Groups
3. The panel selected will then
appear in a column to the left of the
secondary narrow column.
4. A tiny button is added to its right that
you can click to collapse it horizontally
and vertically.
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YOUR WORKPLACE
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CUSTOMIZING
WORKSPACE
- arranging tools and panels you
needed the most.
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Essentials
PRESET - the default workspace on Photoshop
WORKSPACES
IN - includes panels that most of the
people use
PHOTOSHOP
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New in CS6
PRESET
WORKSPACES - includes only new features
IN
PHOTOSHOP
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Motion
PRESET
WORKSPACES - use for video editing
IN
PHOTOSHOP
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Painting
PRESET
WORKSPACES - use for painting
IN
PHOTOSHOP
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Photography
PRESET
WORKSPACES - use if you are working mostly on
IN photos
PHOTOSHOP
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Typography
PRESET
WORKSPACES
IN - use when working with text
PHOTOSHOP
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To swap between these

workspaces, just
simply click one of these and
Photoshop will do the
arrangements.
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Saving Custom
Workspace
Step 1: Arrange things the way you
wanted.
Step 2: Go to the Workspace menu
and select New Workspace
Step 3: Rename your workspace.
Step 4: Click save.
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