Ok I promised this tutorial blog would be newbie friendly so I did include some basics for those who are just starting off with Photoshop CS4, This will be quick though so if you want more details about a certain tool or interface element you could always look it up from the photoshop help menu.


When you try to look at the interface of the new Adobe Photoshop CS4, you will be amazed of how intuitive and easy to use the tools offered by the software compared to its predecessors. At the left hand side of the window you will see the toolbox (1). It contains the tools you will use to edit your images. Above that is the tool options bar(2) which contains additional information about the current tool selected. At the right of the screen are one or more panels(3) that contain more commands and settings used to work with images. At the top of the screen is a set of menus(4) with drop-down options containing commands, many of which you will find duplicated o the right hand panels. You will notice some new interface elements that bring Adobe Photoshop CS4 in to line with the interface of other Adobe applications. One of which is the application bar(5). On a PC, the application bar is combined with the menu bar. On a Mac, the application bar is separate. It contains some commonly used tools such as the hand tool and the zoom tool, viewing modes and screen modes and some extra tools you will find useful later on when you start working on your projects. And lastly, the document window(6) is used to display open documents and some useful information about a file.

So that’s It for now, you’ll encounter more of these along the way as you work on the projects, and you’ll get the hang of finding your way through Adobe Photoshop CS4’s new improved user interface.