The first menu given in the menu bar of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is File Menu. There can be seen twenty two options in this menu. Some of the commands or options given in the File Menu (e.g. New, Open and Save etc) are very commonly used by all the users of Photoshop while at the same time there can be found a good number of users especially the beginner ones, who gets tremendously confused whenever it comes to use some of the commands of Photoshop given in the same File Menu e.g. Revert, Place, Import, Export, Automate and File Info etc.
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| Different commands given in the file menu of Adobe Photoshop |
Here I am going to give a brief introduction of all these commands. Though, this introduction might not enough to explain the full functionality of all the commands but at the same time, having read this brief introduction, the beginners in the field can have a better idea of the causes of presence of these commands in the File Menu.
New
This option is used to create a new Photoshop document or file with PSD extension. Whenever this option is selected, there is opened a window or dialogue box named New. In that dialogue box or window there are found many options through which one can specify the Size, Resolution,Color Mode and Content for the new document.
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| Dialogue box named New |
Name Box
At the top of that dialogue box named New, there can be seen a box called Name. In that box you can type the name of the PSD file which is going to be created.
Size
Right beneath the Name box there can be seen a drop down menu named Preset Sizes. If you don’t want to specify the width and the height of the document by yourself you can select any preset size according to your requirement out of the different options given in the drop down menu named Preset Sizes. But if you want to specify the size (width and height) of the document by yourself, you can ignore the drop down menu named Preset Sizes. If you type any values in the boxes named Width and Height given in the dialogue box named New, you will notice that the option named Custom will get selected all by itself out of the options given in the drop down menu named Preset Sizes. Further measurement unit for the image size can be specified in pixels (if you want to create any project for web ) , inches, centimeters and millimeters (if you want to create any project for printing), columns (if you want to create any image that is supposed to be fit inside any column given in any page). As far as Points and Picas are concerned, these two unit are basically used for the measurement of the lines of typed text. Generally, one Pica is considered equal to 12 Points and 6 Picas contribute in one Inch.
Resolution
Right beneath the boxes named Width and Height there can be seen another box named Resolution. This box is used to specify the resolution of the image (PSD file that is about to be created). As I have already explained in the previous page that Photoshop is a Raster Graphics Editor and raster graphics are based on pixels. Pixels are small colorful dots and resolution of an image depends on how smaller and how closer these dots are. Generally, resolution equal to 72px/inch is considered to be OK for the images which are made for the use in websites and presentations. If you want to print an image for any professional purpose, the suitable resolution cannot be less than 300px/inch but in order to print an image for an ordinary purpose, resolution equal to 240px/inch might be proved perfectly OK.
Mode
Right beneath the box under the head or Resolution, there can be seen a drop-down menu named Mode. This drop-down menu offers usually five options regarding the selection of Color Mode for the document. These options are :
- RGB is probably the most widely used color mode. As this color mode combines three primary colors (Red, Green and Blue ) with different ratios to generate a large number of colors so it is also referred as an additive color mode. Each color in this mode whether it be Red or Green or Blue is capable of generating 256 shades and total number of colors this mode can generate by combining all these shades is approximately 16,777,162. This color mode is used in electronic devices e.g. Televisions, computer monitors and cell phones etc so this color mode is suitable for all the projects which are made for websites and presentations. This color mode is device dependent meaning devices’ ability to display colors might affect the colors of the images made by the use of RGB color mode.
- CMYK color mode is used in printing so if you want to compose an image in Photoshop for printing purpose, this color mode should be your choice.
- Grayscale color mode shows only black white and 254 shades of grey. As grayscale images are considerably (two-third) smaller in size than RGB images so this color mode should be preferred if smaller size of an image is more important than it’s colors.
- Lab color mode is very rarely used by Photoshop users. This color mode deals with three channels which are referred as L channel, A channel and B channel. L stands for light while A channel deals with the information regarding different colors generated from the different combinations of green and red while the B channel deals with the information regarding the different colors generated from the different combinations of yellow and blue. Colors of the images made by the use of this color mode always remain intact in all operating systems. Unlike RGB color mode, Lab color mode is device independent.
- Bitmap color mode shows only two colors which are black and white. This color mode considered to be important because images made by the use of this color mode are very smaller in size and take up very little space.
Contents
Like different color modes, Photoshop offers different Content styles for the document. Through selecting Content for the document we can decide how Photoshop document should look before being used. Photoshop 7.0 offers three choices regarding the document content.
- Content named White provides a pure white Photoshop document to work on.
- Content named Background Color provides a Photoshop document of the same color that has been selected as background color in the window named Tools.
- Content named Transparent provides a totally transparent or colorless Photoshop document to work on.
Open
The second command given in the File Menu is referred as Open. This command is used to open a required image file in Photoshop. Whenever this option is selected, there is appeared a window named Open.
At the top of that window there can be seen a drop-down menu named Look in. This drop-down menu is used to select the current location of the required image file in the computer’s hard drive or in any external drive( CD, DVD or USB etc). Whenever any location is selected through this drop down-menu, all the folders and files located there appear in an instant in the same window right beneath the menu named Look in. But in the window named Open, that drop-down menu is not the only source to look for a file. On the right side of the window there can be seen a few icons (Recent Places, Desktop, Libraries, Computer, Network etc) through which we can easily navigate through the entire hard drive. Right beneath the File Picker area there can be seen two more drop-down menus referred as File name and File type. File name is used to select any file saved in the selected location by name while the menu named File type is used to select the format of the required file.
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| Window named Open |
Browse
Browse is the third option that is given in the File Menu. This is an alternative option for searching and opening required image files in Photoshop. Whenever this option is selected, there is appeared a window named File Brower on the right side of the main Photoshop window.
Through this window we can not only search and open our required image files but at the same time, the same File Browser tells us all the main properties of the selected file e.g. Orientation, X and Y Resolution, Pixel Dimension and Color Space etc. By single left mouse click you can select any image in File Browser to see it's properties in the properties pan while in order to open an image file through File Browser window you can double click on that image.
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| Browse any image and see it's properties. |
Open Recent
This option helps to look for recently modified files for further modification. Whenever you put the pointer of your mouse on Open Recent in the File Menu, there is opened a side menu that shows the 10 most recently modified files, out of those you can select and open your required file by clicking on it.
Close (CTRL + W)
This option is used to close an open document in Photoshop. This option is very rarely used by Photoshop users.
Save (CTRL + S)
This option is used to save any document created or modified on Photoshop in any required format. As soon as this option is selected, there is appeared a window named Save As.
At the top of that window, there can be seen a drop-down menu named Save in. Through this menu you can select the location in hard drive where you want to save your recently created or modified image file. Further you can select the location for your file by clicking on any icon given on the left side of that window. Right below the image picker area in the window there can be seen a box called File Name. Through this box you can give a new name to your file by typing it in the box or by clicking on the arrow given on the right side of that box you can open a drop-down menu and out of the options given in that drop-down menu, you can select any existing file to replace it with the new one. Right beneath the box named File Name there can be seen a drop-down menu referred as Format. Through this drop-down menu you can select any format for your image file. Having specified the file name and the format just click the button named Save that can be seen right beside the box called File Name and your file will be saved in the selected location with the name and format specified by you.
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| Select the location and format for your file and save it. |
Save As (CTRL + SHIFT + S)
If you want to save an image file two or more than two times with two or more than two different names or formats you can use the option named Save As.
Save for web (ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + S)
This option is used to save any image file for the use in web.
Revert
This option is used to remove all the changes made in any image by the use of Photoshop.
Place
This option is used to place any image with EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) format on any already opened Photoshop document without copying and pasting or dragging and dropping.
Import
There are found three options in the side menu of Import.
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| Options given in the side menu of Import |
PDF Image
This option is used to import images from PDF (Portable Document Format) files in Photoshop.
Annotations
This option is used to import both types of annotations (notes and audio annotations) from any Photoshop document that is saved in PDF format.
WIA Support
WIA stands for Windows Image Acquisition. This option is used to import images from certain scanner. Further,t his option can only be used if you have Windows Me or Windows XP or the other later versions of Windows installed in your computer.
Export
In the side menu of the option named Export there can be see two options:
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| Side menu of the option named Export |
Paths To Illustrator
Any drawing made by the use of Pen Tool is referred as path in the language of computer graphics. The option named Paths To Illustrator is used to export paths (drawings made by the use of Pen Tool) made on Photoshop document in the format of Adobe Illustrator.
Zoom View
This option is used to export images on Zoom View format. Zoom View is a format that makes it possible to deliver high resolution images on the web. Whenever any file is exported through this option Photoshop creates four items:
- · A files with MTX (Molecular Dynamics Hessian Matrix) format which contains the image that is going to be displayed on the web.
- · A HTML file that is necessary for the installation of the Viewpoint Media Player (without the installation of Viewpoint Media Player no image of MTX format can be displayed).
- · A folder containing JavaScript and VBS files.
- · Another folder containing tiles which are used to display the image.
Automate
Inside the side menu of the option named Automate, there can be seen eight options:
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| Option named Automate with sub options |
Batch
This option allows us to apply single action on multiple images and that is how we can save a lot of time that may spent on the editing of different images separately.
Create Droplet
Through this option we can create droplets. Droplets are saved in the form of arrow shaped icons and through these droplets we can apply a single action upon multiple files through drag and drop without opening those image files in Photoshop.
Conditional Mode change
Through this option we can specify the conditions through which we can change the color mode for any image during the recording of an action.
Contact Sheet II
Through this option we can bring all the images from any specific folder on a single Photoshop document without copying and pasting or dragging and dropping or even opening the folder containing those images.
Fit Image
This option is used to change the size of an image with perfect accuracy. For instance, you have a landscape or portrait image and you want to increase or decrease it’s size with perfect accuracy, all you need to do is to specify the same value in the boxes named Width and height given in the dialogue box named Fit Image.
This dialogue box is appeared whenever you select the option named Fit Image given in the side menu of Automate. Same width and height doesn't create square image in this case. It basically constrains the proportion of your landscape or portrait image so that the longest edge will have the same value and the shortest edge adjust itself accordingly.
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| Fit image dialogue box in Photoshop 7.0 |
Multi-page PDF to PSD
This command is used to save multiple pages of a single PDF file in the form of multiple images with PSD extension.
Picture Package
This command is used to bring a single image many times on the same Photoshop document. Whenever this option is selected, there is appeared a dialogue box named Picture Package.Through the different options given in that dialogue box you can set the Page Size, Layout and Resolution etc for the Picture package.
Web Photo Gallery
This option is used to create an awesome web photo Gallery.
File Info
This command helps us to embed our contact and copyright information with the images that is how anybody interested can know about the owner of the images.
Page Setup (CTRL + SHIFT + P)
This command is used to set the Size, Source and Orientation for the page.
Print with Preview (CTRL + P)
This command shows us how our document will look like after printing. Further through many options given in the window named Print (the window named Print appears when we select the command Print with Preview out of the different options given in the File Menu) we can set the Position of the image on the page, Background Color, Border width, existence or non-existence of Registration Mark , Captions and Labels etc.
Print (ALT + CTRL + P)
This command is used to print any selected file in as much copies as we need.
Print One Copy (ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + P)
This command is used to print only one copy of any selected image file.
Jump To Adobe Image Ready 7.0 (SHIFT + CTRL + M)
Through this command we can jump from the window of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 to Adobe Image Ready 7.0.
Exit (CTRL +Q)
This command is used to close opened Photoshop window.
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