Adobe Nav for Photoshop allows you to select and manage Photoshop tools on the iPad. Adobe Nav also allows you to browse open Photoshop documents using the iPad while you are working in Photoshop on your computer. Using Adobe Nav to access tools and documents gives you more space and flexibility for working on your images in Photoshop.
For a video tutorial on using Adobe Nav,
visit the Adobe CS5.5 update page of the NAPP
website. Or see Russell Brown’s Photoshop apps update video for information about
new Adobe Nav features for the iPad 2.Connect to Photoshop
Adobe Nav must be connected to Photoshop. For instructions on how to connect Adobe Nav to Photoshop, see Connecting Photoshop companion apps to Photoshop.
Adobe Nav Tools mode
Adobe Nav Tools mode allows you to select and work with Photoshop tools. Adobe Nav displays up to 16 tools at a time. You can customize Tools mode to include the tools you most commonly use, or the tools you use for a particular task, such as painting.
- A.
- Tool buttons
- B.
- Edit options
- C.
- Switch to Tools mode
- D.
- Switch to Document mode
- E.
- Connect to Photoshop
- F.
- Toolbox
To enter Tools mode, tap
at
the bottom of the app.To select a tool to use in Photoshop, tap it. The selected tool has a white background.
Note: To specify tool options, use the Options bar in Photoshop.To display a 100% view of the active image, tap the Actual Pixels button.
To cycle through screen modes, tap the Screen Mode button. See Change the screen mode for more information.
To reverse the foreground and background colors, tap the Switch Colors icon
. To
restore the defaults, tap the Default Colors icon 
.Note: The toolbox in Adobe Nav shows the selected foreground and background colors. To actually select foreground or background colors, use the toolbox in Photoshop. See Choose colors in the toolbox.To add, delete, or move tools, tap Edit. Then, do one of the following:
To move a tool, drag it.
To delete a tool, tap the X in the upper-left corner of the tool button.
To add a tool, drag it from the menu at right onto the grid.
Tools that are in the grid are blue in the menu.
To return to Tools mode, tap Done.
Adobe Nav Document mode
Document mode allows you to select, view, and open new Photoshop documents from Adobe Nav.
To enter Document mode, tap
at
the bottom of the app.The blue dot to the left of the filename indicates the active document.
To make a different document active in Photoshop, tap its thumbnail.
To view information about a document, including size and resolution, tap its thumbnail twice. Tap twice again to return to thumbnail view.
To create a new, untitled document in Photoshop, tap New or tap the new document placeholder thumbnail.
New documents are 1024 x 768 pixels, 72 dpi, and sRGB.
To duplicate a document, drag its thumbnail to the new document placeholder thumbnail.
To zoom in on a thumbnail, pinch it open up to four times. To return to thumbnail view, pinch closed.
To rearrange documents, drag a thumbnail to a new location.
