TUTORIAL ARTICLE

Beginner

3 min

Create a new document in Photoshop

Start a project with a new document that is just the right size.

What you’ll need
Practice in the app

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What you’ll learn

Make a new document in Photoshop

Create a blank canvas in the New document window that is optimized for your project. For example, research the ideal dimensions for a particular social media post, and create a new document in Photoshop with those dimensions.

Create a social media post on your new canvas

Add a photo and some text to your perfectly-sized canvas, and you’ve got a social post that's just the right size from the beginning, with no cropping or resizing necessary.


Instruction by

Rob de Winter

Adobe Stock Contributors

Mike Van Schoonderwalt/Wirestock

February 5, 2025

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