Exploring workspace tabs
Tabs are a way of organizing features and content. The Photography, Essentials and Complete workspaces show different tabs by default.
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Welcome — available in Photography, Essentials and Complete
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Manage — displays in Complete
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Adjust (optional) — available in Complete, but not a default tab
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Edit — available in Photography, 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.
Some workspaces (Complete, for example), let you save your current workspace configuration and state, including all open images, magnifications and screen positions, as well as positions and preferences of palettes, toolbars, dialog boxes, and windows. For more information, see Using custom workspaces.
The Welcome tab
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.
Welcome
The Manage tab
In the Complete workspace, the Manage lets you access photo management features that help you preview, organize, and streamline your photo-editing workflow.
Thumbnail mode
Manage consists of the following components:
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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.
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Preview area — lets you choose between two views — a large single-image view or a multi-thumbnail view (expanded Organizer palette).
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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.
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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
The Edit tab lets you access editing features. Depending on the workspace, it includes menus, tools, and palettes that you can use to create and edit images.
(Photography workspace) A simplified, touch-friendly workspace, with a handy Split View makes editing in the Photography workspace easy for beginners and ideal for quick edits.
(Complete workspace) A photo displayed in Edit
Edit includes the following components:
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Menu bar — displays commands for performing tasks. For example, the Effects menu contains commands for applying effects to images.
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Toolbars — display buttons for common commands. For more information, see
Using toolbars.
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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.
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Image window — displays open files. You can choose from a tabbed view or a window view. For more information, see
Viewing images.
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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.
Optional tabs: Adjust (Complete workspace)
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.
A photo displayed in Adjust
The Adjust includes the following components:
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Adjust palette — displays tools and controls for adjusting photos
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Preview area — displays the photo selected in the Organizer palette
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Toolbar — displays buttons for accessing common saving and viewing commands
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Instant Effects palette — displays preset effects that you can apply to your photo
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Status bar — displays information about the selected tool
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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.
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Set Rating control — lets you assign ratings to each photo, so that you can quickly find your favorites
