DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

REGION III
Schools Division of Cabanatuan City
Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City

Adobe Photoshop
How to Open Files and Create New
Documents

COMPUTER SCIENCE 2

Writer and Layouter: Alora S. Santoyo (Teacher I, Marciano Del Rosario

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Memorial National High School)

LEARNING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION

Project EL AR: Enhance Learning thru Adequate Resources
 GUIDE FOR THE LEARNER, PARENTS,
GUARDIANS AND LEARNING FACILITATOR

To You, Learner:
Welcome to Computer Science 2 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on Adobe Pho-
toshop How to Open Files and Create New Documents . This module was made to
give you with fun and meaningful time for guided and independent learning at
your convenience. You will be able to process the contents of this Module while be-
ing an active learner.
To You, Parent/s, Guardian/s and Learning Facilitator/s:
This Module was collaboratively developed and reviewed by the teachers,
school heads and supervisors of DepEd Division of Cabanatuan City to assist you in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while over-
coming their different constraints in schooling. As a facilitator, you are expected to
orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need to keep track of the
learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore,
you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks includ-
ed in the module.
This module is about the basic concepts and underlying principles of Photo
Editing specifically using the Adobe Photoshop. This module is designed to focus ex-
ploring photo editing. It is enrich with different activities that will assess your level in
terms of skills and knowledge, that you are expected to demonstrate after com-
pleting this learning materials. It is divided into different sections - What Do You
Know, What You Need to Know and What Did You Learn. Go over with the suggest-
ed tasks and accomplish them to practice developing a sustainable program, pri-
oritizing needs and building vision.

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 OBJECTIVES

At the end of this self learning module, the learner is must be able to:

1. Identify Photoshop’s Preferences

COMPETENCY

Explore and examine the basic concepts and underlying principles of Photo
Editing specifically using the Adobe Photoshop

 Create and save new documents files in Adobe Photoshop

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 WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?

Direction: Write the steps on how to open and create a new file in Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Write as many steps as you can. (Shortcut
method is not acceptable) Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.

Steps on how to open a file in Microsoft Word: Steps on how to create a file in Microsoft
Word:
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
Steps on how to open a File in Microsoft Excel Steps on how to create a file in Microsoft
Excel:
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
Steps on how to open a File in Microsoft Steps on how to create a file in Microsoft
PowerPoint PowerPoint:
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

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 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

How To Open Files & Create New Documents In Photoshop

If you’re absolutely new to Photoshop, you need to know how to open up your own photo-
graphs or images, and how to learn how to create new documents.

How To Open A File In Photoshop

There are several ways to open your files in Photoshop. Here are two:

1. Choose File > Open from the menu at the top of the screen. You can also use the keyboard
shortcut Cmd + O (Mac) or Ctrl + O (Win)
OR
2. From the Home Screen, click on the Open… button on the left-hand side.
Whichever way you choose, it will open a dialog where you can browse to find your file. Click on
the file name and click Open.

How To Open A Recent File In Photoshop

If you’ve already been working on some images or photos in Photoshop, those files are consid-
ered to be “Recent” files and you can open them quickly in two ways:

1. Choose File > Open Recent, and select a

file from the submenu that pops out
OR

2. On the Home/Start screen, simply click on

the thumbnails of Recent files that appear
there.

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How To Create A New Document In Photoshop

When you’re ready to start creating your own artwork and graphics from scratch, you cre-
ate a New document in Photoshop. Follow along in this step by step tutorial. To create a new
document in Photoshop, we use the New Document dialog box. There are several ways to get to
this dialog box.

1. Click File > New on the Menu Bar along the top of the screen.
OR
2. Use the keyboard shortcut, Cmd + N (Mac) / Ctrl + N (Win). This is a handy keyboard shortcut
that we use over and over when working in Photoshop, so it’s worth making an effort to remem-
ber it.
OR
3. From Photoshop’s Home or Start screen, Click on the New… button on Photoshop’s Start
screen.

What’s In The New Document Dialog Box in Photoshop CC?

Along the top of the New Document dialog box, you’ll see a row of categories – Recent,
Saved, Photo, Print, Art & Illustration, Web, Mobile, and Film & Video.

By default, the Recent category is selected and you will see a grid of document sizes that
you’ve used recently. If this is the first time you’ve opened Photoshop, or if you have reset Pho-
toshop to factory settings, there will be nothing in this category.

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How To Create A New Document In Photoshop With Your Own Custom
Settings

Let’s say that you want to make a document at a size that is not already available as a
preset. Here’s how to add your own custom settings.

1. Choose File > New in the Menu Bar along the

top of the screen. The same New Document di
alog opens as before.

2. On the right-hand side, in the Preset Details

section, type in the values 10 inches for width, 3
inches for height and change the colour mode to
CMYK. We change the units of measurement
by clicking on the drop-down box to the right of
the Width field.
Now, let’s say that we know this is a document
size that we may want to use again, it’s a good
idea to save it as a preset.

3. Click the Save Preset icon (circled in red).

4. Give it a name by typing in the Preset name

field at the top. (It will say something like Untitled
initially).

Give it a descriptive name to make it easier for

your self to remember what the preset is. I called mine Jen – Banner – 10 x 3.Then click Save
Preset again.
The new saved preset now appears in the Saved category. This means you can come back
to it at any time and it will speed up your workflow by not having to type in the values
each time you want a document of that size.

5. Click on the Create button and your new file opens in Photoshop.
And that’s how you make a new document in Photoshop. Note: You DO NOT have to save your
preset every time.

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 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

Direction: Provide the correct letters to complete the categories you will
found once you open the New Documents Dialogue box . Write your answer
in a separate sheet of paper.
R C N T

1.
A V E
2.

P H T O
3.

P R T
4.

A T & I L U S R A I O N
5.

E B
6.

M B L E
7.

F R M & V E O
8.

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY 1

A. Direction: Complete the sentence below by providing the correct word or

group of words to the sentence. Write your answer in a separate sheet of
paper.

There are several ways to open your files in Photoshop. Here are two:

Choose File > 1. __________ from the menu at the 2._______ of the screen. You can
also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + O (Mac) or Ctrl + 3.__________ (Win)
OR
2. From the Home Screen, click on the 4.__________ … button on the left-hand side.
Whichever way you choose, it will open a dialog where you can browse to find your file.
Click on the file name and click 5.___________

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B. Direction: Complete the sentence below by providing the correct word or
group of words to the sentence. Write your answer in a separate sheet of
paper.
How To Open A Recent File In Photoshop

Choose File > 1.___________, and select a file from the 2.___________ that pops out
OR

On the 3.__________ screen, simply click on the thumbnails of 4._________files that ap-
pear there.

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY 2

A. Direction: Enumerate the steps on how to Create A New Document

In Photoshop. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.
1.

2.

3.

B. Direction: Enumerate the steps on How To Create A New Document

In Photoshop With Your Own Custom Settings . Write your answer
in a separate sheet of paper.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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What Do you Already Know
Answers may vary. But steps must be in chronological order.
What Have You Learned
1. RECENT 5. ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION
2. SAVE 6. WEB
3. PHOTO 7. MOBILE
4. PRINT 8. FILM AND VIDEO
Enrichment Activity Number 1
A. B.
1. OPEN 4. FILE 1. OPEN RECENT
2. TOP 5. OPEN 2. SUB MENU
3. O 3. RECENT FILES
Please refer to page 6 and 7 of this module.
Enrichment Activity Number 2
ANWER KEYS
 REFERENCES

Module

K-12 Basic Education Program Learning Materials 7/8

Adobe Photoshop Elements Techniques
Photoshop Tutorials / Tips & Tricks

Online Sources

http://www.photoshop-bootcamp.com/how-to-create-a-new-file-in-photoshop-cc/

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 Adobe Photoshop
How to Open Files and Create New Documents
This module is about Tweaking Photoshop’s Preference in Adobe Photoshop. The objectives
of this module is to identify Photoshop’s preferences and enumerating the content of Preference
dialogue Box. At the end of this module you are expected to be familiarize with Adobe
Photoshop’s preferences.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Region 3 Division of Cabanatuan City

Curriculum Implementation Division (CID)
Learning Resource Management and Development System (LRMDS)
This self-learning module (SLM) is developed by the SDO Cabanatuan City CID-LRMDS Team under
Project EL AR: Enhanced Learning thru Adequate Resources.
Cover and page elements illustrations by Jan Carl B. Briones ● Project EL AR logo by Gemmarie G. Rivas