Photoshop artboards were introduced to streamline the development of graphics for mobile devices.

Instructions in this article apply to Photoshop CC 2019 for Windows and Mac.

Choose one of the options, then selectCreateto begin work.

The Create New button

The box underArtboardshould be checked.

If it’s not, hit the box to check it.

How Do Artboards Work in Photoshop?

The Mobile tab

If theLayerspalette isn’t visible, selectWindow>Layersto open it.

Give the new artboard a name and selectOK.

If you want to rename the artboard later, double click its name in theLayerspalette.

The Create button

Select a presetSizein the tool options bar, or set a custom size and orientation.

you could have as many artboards as you want in a single Photoshop file.

A blank Photoshop artboard

The Duplicate Artboard command

Give the new artboard a name and select OK.

The Artboard tool

Select a preset Size in the tool options bar, or set a custom size and orientation.

The Add Artboard buttons

Multiple artboards layed out in Photoshop