{"id":10551,"date":"2019-09-05T00:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=10551"},"modified":"2022-11-01T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:07:31","slug":"create-new-documents-photoshop-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/create-new-documents-photoshop-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create New Documents in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everything you need to know to create a new document and begin your adventure in Photoshop! Learn all about the New Document dialog box, how to create custom document sizes, how to save your custom settings as presets, and more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n

To follow along with this tutorial, you'll want to be using the latest version of Photoshop<\/a> and you'll want to make sure that your copy is up to date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This lesson is part of my Complete Guide to Getting Images into Photoshop<\/a>. Let's get started!<\/p>\n

Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p>\n

Creating new documents vs opening images in Photoshop<\/h2>\n

Before we begin, it's important that we understand the difference between creating a new document in Photoshop and opening an existing image into<\/em> Photoshop. <\/p>\n

When to create a new Photoshop document<\/h3>\n

When we create a new Photoshop document, we create what is essentially a blank canvas. Then once we've created the canvas (the document), we can import images, graphics or other assets into it. New documents are perfect for design layouts, whether for print or for the web. You simply create a new blank document at the size you need and then begin adding and arranging your various elements.<\/p>\n

New documents are also great for digital painting with Photoshop's brushes, and for creating composites from multiple images. Basically, any time you want to start with a blank canvas and then add your content as you go, you'll want to create a new Photoshop document. And we'll be learning how to create new documents in this tutorial.<\/p>\n

When to open an existing image in Photoshop<\/h3>\n

But if you're a photographer, then instead of creating a new document, you'll most likely want to start by opening an existing image into Photoshop. Opening images is different from creating new documents, since the image itself determines the document's size.<\/p>\n

In the first lesson in this chapter, we learned how to set Photoshop as our default image editor<\/a> so that our images will open directly into Photoshop when we double-click on them in Windows or macOS. We'll learn other ways of getting images into Photoshop beginning with the next tutorial in this chapter, How to open images in Photoshop<\/a>. For now, let's learn how to create new documents.<\/p>\n