2.3. Choosing Your Screen Mode

You have a choice of three screen modes in which to work. Most users start and stay in the default (standard screen mode) until they accidentally end up in another. The modes are

• Standard mode is the typical view, where you have an image window open but can see your desktop and other images open behind.

• Maximized screen mode displays a maximized document window that fills all available space between docks and that resizes when dock widths change.

• Full-screen mode with menu view surrounds the image out to the edge of the work area with a neutral gray. This mode not only prevents you from accidentally clicking out of an image and leaving Photoshop, but also from seeing other images behind your working image.

• Full-screen mode, no menu is a favorite with multimedia types. This mode shows your image surrounded by black and also eliminates the menu items from the top of the window. Press Tab to hide all tools, and you have a very clean work environment.