Explain menu bar in Photoshop?

Explain menu bar in Photoshop?

 

Menu bar in the Photoshop contains the following menus: File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, and Help.

· File Menu:

Option	Purpose
New	This option is used to create a new Photoshop document or file with PSD extension
Open	This command is used to open a required image file in Photoshop
Close	This option is used to close an open document in Photoshop.
Save	This option is used to save any document created or modified on Photoshop in any required format.
Save As	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.
Revert	This option is used to remove all the changes made in any image by the use of Photoshop.
Page Setup	This command is used to set the Size, Source and Orientation for the page.
Print	This command is used to print any selected file in as much copies as we need.
Exit	This command is used to close opened Photoshop window.

·      Edit Menu

Option	Purpose
Undo	This command is used to delete the impact of the most recently applied command on the Photoshop document.
Step backward	This Command is used to undo or remove the impacts of the two or more than two recently applied commands from the Photoshop document one by one.
Step forward	This command is used to apply back the removed impacts of the two or more than two commands on Photoshop document.
Cut	Through this command we can transfer any selected image or a selected part of an image temporarily from the canvas to computer‘s memory (Clip Board).
Copy	Through this command we can create a copy of a selected image or the selected part of an image temporarily into computer‘s memory in an area that is called Clip Board.
Paste	This command is used to drop and display images that we have saved in the Clipboard by applying Cut, Copy commands.
Clear	In Adobe Photoshop 7.0 the command named Clear is used to delete the selected part of the layer that is currently selected in the layer palette.
Check spelling	Through this command you can correct the spelling mistakes made accidentally in the text, typed on the Photoshop document.
Find and replace text	If you have used any specific word many times in the text typed on Photoshop document and you want to replace that word with some other word in an instant, you can use the option named Find and Replace Text given in the Edit Menu.
Fill	This command is used to fill any desired solid color or predefined pattern inside the selected layer with desired level of Opacity.
Stroke	This option is used to create outline around the selected area. Through this option you can not only create outline around the selected area, but you can set the Width, Color, Location, Blending Mode and Opacity for that outline.
Free transform	Through this command you can easily re-size any selected layer and rotate it in any direction.
Purge	This command is used to make Photoshop run faster by deleting unnecessary or corrupt files holding the record of previously applied commands on Photoshop document from the computer's memory.

· Image Menu:

Option	Purpose
Mode	The first item on the Image menu is Mode. This is what you use to change the color mode and appearance on the entire image.
Adjust	You can see that the adjust option on the Image menu gives you a lot of different tools for adjusting your image. The most basic types of adjustments you can make with Photoshop involve colors and brightness.
Image size	Another common basic feature of Photoshop that lives on the Image menu is image size. You use this function to resize an image
Canvas size	Canvas Size is similar to Image Size, but changes to an image's canvas size can provide you with more working area for your image
crop	The Crop function in the image menu is fairly straightforward. Make a selection, go to Image and select crop, and then everything outside your selection disappears. The image size reflects the change.

· Layer Menu:

Option	Purpose
New	To create a new layer
Duplicate layer	Creates the duplicate layer
Delete	For deleting selected layer
Layer properties	To know the properties of current layer like name, color, etc.
Layer style	For applying stroke, shadow like styles to the current layer
New fill layer	For applying solid color, gradient and pattern options

· Select Menu:

Option	Purpose
All	This command selects everything on the current layer.
Deselect	Use this command to get rid of the marching ants around a selection
Reselect	If you didn‘t mean to deselect a selection, use this command to get the selection back.
Modify	This option lets you tweak the edge of your current selection by expanding or shrinking it, feathering it, grabbing just its border, or smoothing it.
Grew	This command finds and grabs pixels that match the colors around the area you‘ve selected.
Similar	Like the Grow command, this option finds all the pixels in your image that match the selected area‘s colors, but it finds similar-coloured pixels anywhere in your image.
Transform selection	This command lets you resize the currently selected area with the handles of a bounding box

· Filter Menu:

Option	Purpose
Liquefy	This filter lets you push, pull, and move pixels in all sorts of ways
Blur	These filters change the focus in all or part of an image
Artistic	This category includes filters that make your images look like a painting or drawing
Brush strokes	The filters in this category make your image look like it was painted, penciled, or spray painted, among other effects;
Distort	These filters create geometric patterns based on your image, including ripple, twirl, and zigzag effects
Noise	This category includes filters that can help smooth areas of your image that don‘t blend well, fix dust and scratches in photos, and remove graininess
Sharpen	You can use filters in this category to make blurry or out-of-focus images appear more clear

View Menu:

Option	Purpose
Proof setup	Use the items in this submenu to create a proof
Proof colours	This option turns soft proofing on or off
Pixel aspect ratio	This item lets you change the shape of your image‘s pixels for specific projects.
Zoom in	This command works like a magnifying glass, increasing your image‘s magnification level
Zoom out	This command decreases your image‘s magnification level
Fit on screen	This option resizes the current image and the window it‘s in to fill your monitor‘s screen
Print size	This item changes the size of your image to show how big or small it will be when you print it.
Screen mode	This submenu lets you choose how you want to view your images.
Rulers	This command shows or hides the horizontal and vertical rulers that run along the document window‘s left and top edges

· Window Menu:

Use this menu to change what you see in Photoshop; it lets you arrange your open  documents, view or hide panels, and so on. Here we have options that the parts of Photoshop application window likes, Tools, options, Navigator, color, history and layers, etc are to hide or unhide.

· Help Menu:

If you don‘t know how to do something in Photoshop, you may find the answer in this menu. It includes a link to Adobe‘s online help system, several tutorials, and options for activating and deactivating your copy of Photoshop. You need an active Internet connection to use almost every item in this menu