Photoshop Interface

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool for editing photographs and graphics. The first step in learning Photoshop is to familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface, which consists of five basic components:

1) Menu Bar — contains all of Photoshop’s available options

2) Toolbox — has various tools for editing the image

3) Options Bar — set the options for the currently selected tool

4) Palettes — various panes to control different aspects of the project. Includes layers, channels, paths, history, etc.

5) Image Area — the currently open image(s)


Each component is labeled below:


Credit to Dr. Mary Nicholson