Palettes in Photo shop CS4

This entry is part 2 of 18 in the series Photo Shop CS4 Tutorials

You can use palettes to do different things with Photoshop CS4. You can show or hide certain ones by going to the window menu and selecting a palette name. Palettes are placed into different groups.

Palettes
For instance, one group would consist of layers, channels and paths. If you need to move a palette group, you can do so by dragging the blue bar that is located at the top of the group. If you want to shrink a palette group, click on the blue bar twice. Using the close box (“X”), you can hide a palette group if you wish.
Palettes

The palettes have tabs and they can be moved around by dragging them. If you don’t want to do that, then the palettes can be mixed into other groups. Or if you want to place them in a default setting, you can do that also.

This graphics software also has rulers that you can use to see the measurements of your image. You will be able to tell whether it’s too big or too small. If you want to change the size, click on the ruler twice, or you can use the “Preferences” command. You can change the measurement from pixels to inches.

Using the status bar, you will have information regarding the current file that you’re working on. You will be able to view and use one of the tools. The status bar shows which tool that you have chosen to work with.

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