There are eight buttons at the bottom of the page, arranged in two rows. You’ll transform images
into buttons for the top row, and use an action to prepare the buttons for the second row.
6. Double-click the 13Start.psd thumbnail to open the file in Photoshop. Click OK if you see
the Missing Profile dialog box.7. Choose File > Save As, rename the file 13Working.psd, and click Save. Click OK in the
Photoshop Format Options dialog box.Creating placeholders with the Frame tool
When you lay out objects for a print, web, or mobile device project, it’s common to design the
layout before you have the final graphics for it. You could add temporary graphics that you plan
to replace later with final graphics, but this requires additional file management. You can
simplify the design process by creating placeholder shapes, called frames, during the early stages
of design. As you refine the design and as final graphics become available, it’s easy to place
graphics directly into a placeholder frame.
You create frames using the Frame tool. A frame can contain an imported graphic, Smart Object,
or a pixel layer. When you create a frame, it appears in the Layers panel, because a frame is like
a layer group with a vector mask.
The document 13Working.psd contains empty gray boxes. The gray boxes exist only to help you
position new frames that you’ll create for this lesson. When you create your own designs, you
can design using the Frame tool alone.
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers (Windows) or Photoshop CC > Preferences >
Units & Rulers (Mac). In the Units area of the dialog box, choose Pixels from the Rulers
menu, and then click OK.Tip