Working with panels and the Panel Bin

You'll find the most important panels in the Panel Bin, located on the right-hand side of the main screen in the Quick and Expert edit modes. While they might not be the most glamorous part of this application, panels still play an important part in your day-to-day workflow.

Using Styles, Drop Shadows, and more: Here I have highlighted the Styles panel in pink where, with a file open in the main window, a specific pre-recorded visual effects recipe can be applied—this could be anything from a color tweak to contrast, brightness, and sharpness adjustments. Even special effects can be applied to a file with a single mouse click.

The principal panels in the Quick edit mode are the Adjustments panel (Chapter 3, The Basics of Image Editing), Effects, Textures, and Frames (Chapter 5, Easy Creative Projects). The Expert edit mode has a wider selection of panels, including Layers, Effects, Filters, Styles, and Graphics...