of the new features in Photoshop CS6 by putting together an
exciting composition.
Starting up
Before starting, make sure that your tools and panels are consistent by resetting your preferences. See “Resetting Adobe Photoshop CS6 preferences” in the Starting up section of this book. Users of all levels can follow this step-by-step exercise of new features in Photoshop CS6. However, if you are a new user, we recommend that you start with Lesson 2, “Getting to Know the Workspace,” and return to this lesson when you have completed all the other lessons. Register your book at www.digitalclassroombooks.com/CS6/Photoshop to gain access to updated lesson i les on any computer or watch the videos on any device. You will work with several i les from the ps01lessons folder in this lesson. Make sure that you have loaded the pslessons folder onto your hard drive from the supplied DVD. See
“Loading lesson i les” in the Starting up section of this book. Now, let’s take a look at
some of the new features in Photoshop CS6.
See Lesson 1 in action!
Use the accompanying video to gain a better understanding of how to use some of the features
shown in this lesson. You can i nd the video tutorial for this lesson on the included DVD.
Taking a look at the final project
In this lesson, you’ll create a photocomposition that will come from several sources,
allowing you to use some of the new tools and features available in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
1 Choose File > Browse in Bridge. You will use Adobe Bridge to locate your images
for this lesson. Adobe Bridge also helps you to search for, organize, and manage your
documents. Refer to Lesson 3, “Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge,” to i nd out
more about Adobe Bridge.
2 In Bridge, choose Window > Workspace > Essentials to make sure that you are
viewing the entire workspace.
If you are unfamiliar with Adobe Bridge, click the Folders tab in the upper-left corner
of the workspace to navigate from one folder to another. If you saved your lesson i les on
the desktop, click Desktop; all the folders on your desktop appear in the Content panel.
In addition to some standard Photoshop features, some need-to-know new features have
been integrated into this lesson. As you can see by investigating the Layers panel for
this image, many of the new features in this lesson relate to new and exciting vector
capabilities.
Now that you have seen the i nal image, choose File > Close. If a Warning dialog box
appears, click No (Windows) or Don’t Save (Mac OS).
