Create documents

Introduced in Adobe Photoshop 2017 release

When you create a document in Photoshop, instead of beginning with a blank canvas, you can choose from a wide variety of templates from Adobe Stock. Templates include assets and illustrations that you can build on to complete your project. When you open a template in Photoshop, you can work with it just as you would work with any other Photoshop document (.psd).

In addition to templates, you can also create a document by selecting one of the numerous presets available in Photoshop or create your custom sizes. You can also save your own presets for reuse.

provide inspiration and reusable elements for your documents. You can download templates from Adobe Stock that include quality graphics and illustrations right within Photoshop. You can then build on these templates to easily create documents that share common settings and design elements. Templates open as .psd files in Photoshop and generally include multiple artboards.
 

are blank documents with predefined dimensions and settings. Presets make designing for specific device form factors or use cases easier. For example, you can use a preset to quickly start designing for the iPad Pro. Blank document presets have predefined size, color mode, unit, orientation, positioning, and resolution settings. You can modify these settings before creating a document using the preset.

Templates and presets are categorized into these sets:

• Photo
• Print
• Art & Illustration
• Web
• Mobile
• Film & Video

Access the New Document dialog

Overview: New Document dialog

The New Document window lets you:

• Create documents using selected templates from Adobe Stock across several categories: Photo, Print, Art & Illustration, Web, Mobile, and Film & Video.
  
• Find more templates and create documents using them. See Search for more templates on Adobe Stock.
• Quickly access files, templates, and items that you've have recently accessed (Recents tab).
• Save your own custom presets for reuse and quickly access them later (Saved tab).
• Create documents using Blank Document Presets for multiple categories and device form factors. Before opening the presets, you can modify their settings.

Create documents using presets

Modify presets

Before opening a document using the preset, you can modify its settings in the right pane.

Save your own presets

The Preset Details pane lets you modify an existing preset or specify fresh settings for a new one. To save your custom settings as a new preset, follow these steps:

You can later access the new preset from the Saved tab of the New Document dialog.

Create documents using templates from Stock

Photoshop comes with various templates from Adobe Stock. Templates with font layers use basic fonts or fonts that can be synced from Adobe Fonts. To create a document using a template, do one of the following:

Search for more templates from Adobe Stock

Aside from the preselected templates from Adobe Stock, you can search for and download numerous other such templates directly from within the New Document dialog.

• While working in the New Document dialog, enter a search string in the Find More Templates On Adobe Stock box. Alternatively, simply click Go to browse the full selection of available templates.

Photoshop opens the Adobe Stock website in a new browser window for you to explore. Search for more templates and download the one that best meets your project's requirements.

Use the legacy File New experience

Although not recommended, you can disable the latest New Document experience and revert to the File New experience that Photoshop provided by default (in versions 2015.5 and earlier).

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