Or... you could simply change your workspace and have a lot of those changes made for you already! Clicking on the Photography workspace gets you about 90% of the way there (in terms of panels, anyway) with one click. Knowing how to change preferences is definitely a good thing, but when Adobe's already done a fair amount of the work for you, why not start from there? You'll find this option at the far upper right of Photoshop. Choosing "Photography" will hide most of the excess tools and panels. Most, but not all... example: the single line (vertical and horizontal) selection tools are hidden automatically, but quite a few others are not. It's just a pared-down starting point.
Hi Matt, I'm taking the plunge into Photoshop soon as I'm preparing to retire and do my landscape photography full-time. I've used Lightroom Classic now for more than two years, but I know there are features in Photoshop that I'm going to definitely want to start using as an integral part of my planned workflow. It's a bit of a scary looking application at first sight so your video was very helpful. Once I finish getting my processing kit set up I'll probably have a think about your Photoshop System Course. Thanks Matt. Paul, Sheffield, UK.
What's so funny is, since I started using Photoshop about 5 or 6 years ago, I've literally only ever used the tools and panels you mentioned and, other than to see what they were, never once touched the ones you said should go away. Even though my finished photos look fine, I often wondered whether I wasn't using the full scope of PS as I should be, so it's great to hear you confirm that much of it isn't needed for photographers 👍
Good tutorial. Difference of opinion on some of those. I use History and Actions all the time. I seldom use the path tool unless I am adding text and I agree that is not usually necessary on photographs. Same with shapes. Channels is very useful, not only for luminosity masks but any time you save a selection it is easier to retrieve using channels than going through the menus.
HI Matt, this is awesome information. Please continue with further videos on How to Simplify Photoshop. Call it " Photoshop for Photographers ( vs. Graphic Designers). "
I use the lasso all the time, along with the select tools. I use the history brush too. Some of the others I never use. At least not yet. I'm saving this video because some stuff is useful.
Hi Matt you answered my previous question later on in the video, but if you're aiming this at Photographers, why not start from the Photographers workspace rather than the Essentials one?
I'm having a problem with Windows junk files corrupting Photoshop and websites. Tools in Ps. don't work, or work in reverse. Layers get turned off and other problems. If I close everything down and do a file cleanup with Bitdefender Ps. works again unless something's been turned off. Then I have to reset whatever was changed. I run Bitdefender and Malwarebites both and don't have malware. At least no full scan with either detects anything. I do a file cleanup every time I start my computer, and often have over 100 Windows junk files removed. The obvious fix is to get an Apple, but I can't afford that right now. Any suggestions?
