#Cs4 mac#
#Cs4 windows#

Simply move your mouse cursor over the name of the tool you want, then release your mouse button to select it:Д¬lick on a panel's menu icon to view a list of related options and commands. For example, by clicking and holding on the Rectangular Marquee Tool at the top of the Tools panel, a fly-out menu appears giving me access to the Elliptical Marquee Tool, the Single Row Marquee Tool and the Single Column Marquee Tool. Whenever you see a tool in the Tools panel with a small arrow to the bottom right of the icon, it means there are additional tools behind it waiting to be selected, and if you click and hold your mouse button down on one of these tools, a fly-out menu will appear showing you the additional tools. So instead, Adobe has grouped many related tools together, with one tool in the group visible in the Tools panel and the others hidden behind it. Photoshop CS4, like earlier versions, comes with so many tools that if Adobe tried to display them all at once, the Tools panel would need its own scroll bar. You can switch between a single or double column layout in Photoshop CS4. In Photoshop CS4, you'll find the Tools panel displayed in a single column, but I've split it in half here just to make it easier to fit on the page: This is where we find all of the various tools we need for working on our images. The Tools PanelДЄlong the left side of the screen is Photoshop's Tools panel, formerly known as the Tools palette (palettes are now officially known as panels in Photoshop CS4), and also commonly referred to simply as the Toolbox. Also, the Analysis and 3D menu headings are exclusive to the Extended version of Photoshop CS4 and not found in the Standard version.

You'll find the Preferences under the Edit menu in Windows.

#Cs4 windows#

The Photoshop menu option on the far left, which is where we find Photoshop's Preferences on the Mac, is not found in the Windows version.

#Cs4 mac#

As I mentioned, I'm using the Mac version of Photoshop CS4. We won't bother going through all the menu options here since we'd both die of boredom and most of the important options and commands are covered in our other tutorials. The Menu Bar in Photoshop CS4 (Extended). Again, we'll look at these differences when needed: Also, I'm running Photoshop CS4 Extended here which contains some additional features not found in the standard version of Photoshop CS4. Generally speaking, both the Mac and Windows versions of Photoshop CS4 are identical, but there are a couple of small differences which we'll look at as we come to them. The screenshot below is of the Mac version of Photoshop CS4. If you've upgraded to Photoshop CS4 from a previous version, you'll find that even though the overall appearance of the interface may seem quite a bit different from older versions (especially if you've upgraded from Photoshop CS2 or earlier), everything is pretty much where you'd expect to find it in Photoshop CS4, and considering how massive Photoshop has become over the years, it's a definite nod to the talents of Adobe's designers that they've managed to keep the interface so clean and elegant.Дownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! In this Photoshop Basics tutorial, we'll take a quick, general tour of the new interface to see what's what, what's new and where it all is in this latest and greatest version of the world's most popular image editor! Adobe has been making major changes lately to Photoshop's user interface, and Photoshop CS4 brings with it the most streamlined, efficient and user-friendly interface we've seen yet.