Lesson 4: Structure of Adobe Photoshop CS5
Topic 1: Main Parts
There are 5 main parts of Adobe Photoshop:

1. MENU BAR
   
2. OPTION BAR
   
3. TOOL BOX
   
4. DRAWING CANVAS
   
5. PALETTES

MENU BAR
It is basic component just like other softwares contains File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, Help.
OPTION BAR
It controls contextualized options for different tools present . It also contains work space menu, where we can save and load arrangements of palettes.
TOOL BOX
It is the main component of photoshop which include all the useful photo editing tools like selection tool, move tool, crop tool, brush, pen, eraser etc.
DRAWING CANVASS
It present in the center of PS where all the photo editing takes place like whatever photo you want to edit will open in this drawing canvas window where you can edit it with the help of various tools available in photoshop.
PALETTES
Each panes that carry options for working with your file in PS, known as palettes (also known panels), It float on the right-hand side of PS window. Each palette is tagged with a tab, and can be minimized, closed, grouped with other palettes, or dragged in and out of a panel dock available in PS.

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