1. Menu bar

Lets you access tools and features using pull-down menu options

2. Brush Selector bar

Lets you access the Brush Selector flyout. It also allows you to access the previously used brush variant and mark brushes as favorite.

3. Brush Selector flyout

Lets you choose a brush library, select a brush from a brush category, apply brush filters to show only the brushes you need, and browse additional brush packs that can complement your creative set of brushes. It also lets you instantly identify which brush variants are compatible with the Default, Liquid Ink, Thick Paint, and Watercolor layers. When you hover over a brush variant, eligible layer compatibility icons appear beside the brush name at the bottom of the Brush Selector.

4. Command bars

The command bars — File/Edit, Canvas, Photo Art — contain buttons and controls that are shortcuts to many commonly used menu commands.

5. Property bar

Displays commands that relate to the active tool or object. For example, when the Fill tool is active, the fill property bar displays commands for filling selected areas. Controls on the property bar are organized logically for ease of use. Group labels help you find, understand, and use commands quickly and efficiently.

6. Paint Opacity flyout

Lets you access the controls for fluid paint. You can adjust grain behavior, fluid opacity and accumulation levels, expression settings, and paint layering.

7. Select panel

Lets you access selection functions, such as contract, convert to shape, expand, feather, load, modify border, remove, revert, smooth, and save. You can also create selections from a layer or group, based on image luminance, current or specified color, and paper texture.

8. Color panel

Lets you select a color and view information about the selected color

9. Harmonies panel

Lets you use harmony rules to create color harmonies

10. Layers panel

Lets you manage the hierarchy of layers and includes controls for creating, selecting, hiding, locking, deleting, naming, and grouping layers

11. Papers panel

Lets you apply and edit paper textures as well as open and manage paper libraries, including the new Fluid Papers library

12. Color Selection panel

Lets you adjust the behavior of selection brushes when selecting color by painting

13. Canvas

The canvas is the rectangular work area inside the document window whose size determines the size of the image you create. The canvas acts as the image background and, unlike a layer, it is always locked.

14. Toolbox

Lets you access tools for creating, filling, and modifying an image