Simple Photoshop Tutorial

Upon first inspection you will see that Photoshop is basically made up of four areas: the menu bar, at the top, the toolbar just below it, the toolbox on the left and the palettes on the right. The different modes and options you can choose are located in the menu bar and toolbox which always stay the same. The toolbar will change with the context.

The palettes are designed to display an up-to-date status of your image. Palettes include a history of all of the actions you have performed and a thumbnail view of your project’s current status.

As an example of how the interface changes as you use it, select the type tool from the toolbox (looks like a capital T). Note how the toolbar changes completely to permit changes to the font name, size etc.

Changes are noted in the history palette. The use of the type tool will be added to your history, and the layers palette will list the addition of a new layer for your text.

Everyday tools such as selecting, filling and making shapes will be found in the toolbox. More advanced functions, such as blurring sharpening and most other effects Photoshop can produce are found in the menus, most of which are found under the Filter menu.

Take a look at this Video I found on You Tube that demonstrates how to use some of the tool box functions