Photoshop CS4 Workspace

First, i must mention that i'll be working on an 1280*800 monitor, so if you have a 4:3 screen mode things will look different. Until recent i've worked with Photoshop CS2, and now that i've updated to the newer CS4 i must say that the UI changed a bit.


The default Workspace is set to "Essentials" and from the drop-down menu you can choose different layout modes like painting, video, web, etc. I will be using mostly this workspace.

Another nice feature is "collapse to icons - expand panels". This is how this works: click on the 2 arrows located in the top-right of the Color Panel. Now, instead of the panels, icons will apear. To revert to the initial stage, click again on the 2 arrows

On the left side we see that the toolbox is consisted of one thin column with icons (but this can be reverted to the 2 columns layout by clicking on the 2 arrows from the top-left)

Depending on your preferences, all the panels can be moved around the workspace, and additional windows (such as Styles, Actions, Brushes etc) can be turned on or off (by accessing the Windows menu)