Adobe Photoshop Intermediate (2023): Art Boards

Name: Adobe Photoshop Intermediate (2023): Art Boards
Author: Jeff Drylewicz

Learn to use artboards to make the most out your workspace

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Hello, welcome to Knowledge City's Intermediate Course in Adobe Photoshop. My name is Jeff Trilowitz, and today, I'll be teaching you how to create an artboard. So an artboard essentially is a digital canvas, that's what we work on in Photoshop, and we can have multiple artboards open within one document. This is great for a storyboarding and animation project, or just trying to get your ideas down in separate artboards. So now to create one. Once you get to your new document page, whether hitting new file or going to file new, which everyone works better for you, I'm going to come over here and just set up the size I want to use. So I want to do this one right here, seven by five, and this box right here, all I have to do is check artboard. And once I've got that checked off, I can hit create. All right, so if you'll notice something different here now, we've got artboard one up here above our working space. Usually you don't have that. And we've also got artboard one here in the layers. This acts almost like the same as a group, like a folder here. So anything that I put now in my layers will be in this artboard. And to start off with, let's just make a triangle. All right, so we've got our blue triangle there. I'm going to make another new layer. And let's make a different shape this time around. We're going to do a rectangle and make that this teal color. And lastly, we'll make one more new layer and we're going to make a circle this time or an ellipse and let's go with this maroon. All right, so I've got these three layers. They're all within my artboard and I can collapse it the same way I would a folder. So they're all happily in there and this is great. Now, let's say I don't want to use this artboard anymore. What I could do is right click on it and I've got the option to ungroup artboard or duplicate it if I wanted a second one, but this time I'm going to ungroup it. So it converts everything back into regular layers. Now I also have an option to create an artboard based on the layers that I have in the first place. So if you're working in a document and you decided that you wanted to take the current layers you had or just a group of layers you had within your document and make them into an artboard, what you can do is click on the top one, hold shift and click on the bottom one or how many away you want to be selecting. So I wanted all three selected and what I can do then is right click again and this time I'm going to choose artboard from layers and what I will get is this pop up asking me to name it. I can also have a preset size depending on what I'm trying to work with if they're making something for an iPhone or a Surface Pro for example, but I'm just keeping it as custom and I'm going to hit OK. And so we've got it in there and I can open it back up and there are all my layers and there are all my shapes contained with it again. So we have an artboard and that wraps up this lesson on creating new artboards. So in our next lesson we'll learn how to manually add more artboard to an already open document. Thanks for watching.

Intermediate Provider : Jeff Drylewicz 7 Lessons · 28m in English

Course Description

In this course on Adobe Photoshop, you will learn how to work with artboards. We’ll show you how to create artboards, how to add and remove artboards, and how to convert layers into artboards. Artboards allow the user to better organize and manage their photos and design work. All of these can be exported and packaged to share with clients, printers, and design teams. By the end of this course, you will be able to create new artboards, add to existing artboards, copy elements between one another, and create a more organized workflow within a single document.

These lessons will also provide a primer on Smart Objects, which can be used to decrease file size and make nondestructive edits. The use of Smart Objects also allows you to choose to embed or link a file, which ensures edits are only being made to a duplicate copy, or linked back to the original file within multiple documents.

What You'll Learn

Create new artboards and convert existing layers into artboards
Add artboards manually to an open document and remove artboards as needed
Adjust artboard settings and save artboards for sharing with clients, printers, and design teams
Copy elements between artboards to build a more organized workflow within a single document
Use Smart Objects to decrease file size and make nondestructive edits
Embed or link a Smart Object and export it by converting to layers or rasterizing

Key Takeaways

Artboards let users better organize and manage their photos and design work within a single document.
Artboards and their contents can be exported and packaged to share with clients, printers, and design teams.
Smart Objects can be used to decrease file size and make nondestructive edits.
Choosing to embed or link a Smart Object ensures edits are made only to a duplicate copy or linked back to the original file across multiple documents.
This course covers creating, adding, converting, and saving artboards as well as embedding, linking, converting, rasterizing, and exporting Smart Objects.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I be able to do after completing this course?

By the end of this course, you will be able to create new artboards, add to existing artboards, copy elements between them, and create a more organized workflow within a single document.

Does this course cover Smart Objects?

Yes. The lessons provide a primer on Smart Objects, including embedded and linked Smart Objects, converting them to layers, and rasterizing and exporting them. Smart Objects can be used to decrease file size and make nondestructive edits.

What is the difference between embedding and linking a Smart Object?

Using Smart Objects lets you choose to embed or link a file, which ensures edits are only being made to a duplicate copy or linked back to the original file within multiple documents.

Why would I use artboards in Photoshop?

Artboards allow you to work with multiple photos or designs, better organize and manage your work, and export and package it to share with clients, printers, and design teams.

What topics are included in the lessons?

Lessons cover creating an artboard and converting layers, manually adding artboards, working with artboard settings, saving artboards, embedded and linked Smart Objects, converting them to layers, and rasterizing and exporting them.