Exploring workspace tabs

Tabs are a way of organizing features and content. The Essentials and Complete workspaces show different tabs by default

• Welcome — available in Essentials and Complete

• Manage — displays in Complete

• Adjust (optional) — available in Complete, but not a default tab

• Edit — available in Essentials and Complete, but customized to suit the editing profile of each workspace.

Each tab lets you access tools and controls to help you accomplish the task at hand quickly and efficiently.

For information about hiding and showing tabs, and setting the default tab for your workspace, see Setting workspace tab preferences.

You can save the workspace, including all open images, magnifications and screen positions, as well as positions and preferences of palettes, toolbars, dialog boxes, and windows. For information about using custom pages, see Using custom workspaces.

The Welcome tab lets you access default workspace settings, start a new project or open a recent file, and it provides learning tools, offers, and important information about your product.

Manage lets you access photo management features that help you preview, organize, and streamline your photo-editing workflow.

• Navigation palette — helps you find and organize photos. You can use the Search box or click the Collections tab or Computer tab to display the folders on your computer, or you can sort photos by collection, tags, or ratings.

• Preview area — lets you choose between two views — a large single-image view or a multi-thumbnail view (expanded Organizer palette).

• Info palette — displays information about the selected image. It consists of a camera-style display of the settings used to take the photo and a tabbed area that lets you add information, such as tags and ratings, and access a full list of EXIF or IPTC data.

• Organizer toolbar — offers a range of commands and options for managing photos. You can hide or show the tools by clicking the

button.

For more information about Manage, see Reviewing, organizing, and finding photos.

The Edit tab lets you access in-depth editing features. It includes menus, tools, and palettes that you can use to create and edit images. In addition to photo editing, it lets you perform painting and drawing tasks.

• Menu bar — displays commands for performing tasks. For example, the Effects menu contains commands for applying effects to images.

• Toolbars — display buttons for common commands. For more information, see Using toolbars.

• Palettes — display image information and help you select tools, modify options, manage layers, select colors, and perform other editing tasks. For more information, see Using palettes.

• Image window — displays open files. You can choose from a tabbed view or a window view. For more information, see Viewing images.

• Status bar — displays information about the selected tool or menu command, as well as information about image dimensions, color depth, and pointer position. The status bar appears at the bottom of the window, and unlike other toolbars, it cannot be customized or moved. For more information about viewing image information, see Displaying and editing photo information.

Adjust is the place for quick edits. It lets you fix and enhance your photos by offering a set of the most commonly-used tools.

• Adjust palette — displays tools and controls for adjusting photos

• Preview area — displays the photo selected in the Organizer palette

• Toolbar — displays buttons for accessing common saving and viewing commands

• Instant Effects palette — displays preset effects that you can apply to your photo

• Status bar — displays information about the selected tool

• Organizer palette — this palette lets you select photos (as thumbnails) and includes a toolbar with a range of commands and options for managing photos. You can hide or show the tools by clicking the

button.

• Set Rating control — lets you assign ratings to each photo, so that you can quickly find your favorites