Photoshop cc 2020 user interface :



The Photoshop CC user interface is as shown below. When we open Photoshop, we have menu bars, property bars, toolboxes, and panels that can be used to do our artwork. You can move the toolbox wherever you want. We can set the panels as we like. These dock panels can work with the ones we need and close the ones we don't need.



Some shortcuts to the user interface:

Pressing the tab on the keyboard closes the toolbox, panel groups, and toolbar bar.

Pressing the Control key and the tab on the keyboard will jump from one document to another.

Pressing the Shift key and the Tab key on the keyboard will close the panel groups.

These three keyboard shortcuts are of great use to us.

User interface technical view:

  • 1.     Tools panel
  • 2.     Menubar
  • 3.     Tools property bar
  • 4.     Panels
  • 5.     Statusbar

 

Tools panel :

A.     Selection tools

B.     Crop tools

C.     Paint tools

D.     Retouching work tools

E.     Type tools

F.      Vector tools

Menubars:

A.     File menu

B.     Edit menu

C.     Image menu

D.     Layer menu

E.     Type menu

F.      Select menu

G.    Filter menu

H.    3D menu

I.       View menu

J.      Window menu

K.     Help menu

 

 

Menubars contain all the options of our artwork. You can also do our work through shortcuts without using these menubars. Image Properties and Effects, 3D Options, Adobe Help, Panels Group can all be found in these menubars.

Property bar :

The Properties bar contains options for tools. If we select any tool, the options of that tool will be displayed to us. If we know these options, 90% of us will not know much about this option as Photoshop. These options will simplify our workflow.

Toolbox :

This toolbox contains all the tools related to our workflow. They are selection tools to select an object and cut out a part of the object. Also, there are crop tools to cut out some part of the object or the part we need. There are re-touching tools to repair the damaged part of the image. Our document contains text tools for adding text. Contains vector tools for creating logos, ID cards, brochures, flyers, and more. Overall it contains all the tools related to our artwork.

Pannel groups :

All these panel groups are on the right side of us as soon as we open Photoshop as soon as we have Photoshop installed. We can keep or close these panels as we wish. All the panels are also docked panels which means we can move or close where we want to get them back which means we can get them from the window menu bar. We mostly use the layer panel, 3D panel, channel panel, and gradient panel. We will work with all the panels. Once closed, all the panels are required. If we reset our workspace, all the panels will be displayed again.

Status bar :

This status bar is on the left downside of our document. This bar shows the view percentage of our document. As well as indicating our document size and document resolution.