Chapter 2: Workspace
The Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 workspace is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing images. The workspace includes menus and a variety of tools and palettes for viewing, editing, and adding elements to your images.
Workspace basics
Workspace overview
You create and manipulate your documents and files using various elements such as panels, bars, and windows. Any arrangement of these elements is called a workspace. When you first start an Adobe Creative Suite component, you see the default workspace, which you can customize for the tasks you perform there. For instance, you can create one workspace for editing and another for viewing, save them, and switch between them as you work.
You can restore the default workspace at any time by choosing the default option on the Window > Workspace menu.
Although default workspaces vary across Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, and Photoshop, you manipulate the elements much the same way in all of them. The Photoshop default workspace is typical:
• The menu bar across the top organizes commands under menus.
• The Tools panel (called the Tools palette in Photoshop) contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork,
page elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped together.
• The Control panel (called the options bar in Photoshop) displays options for the currently selected tool. (Flash has
no Control panel.)
• The Document window (called the Stage in Flash) displays the file you’re working on.
• Panels (called palettes in Photoshop) help you monitor and modify your work. Examples include the Timeline in
Flash and the Layers palette in Photoshop. Certain panels are displayed by default, but you can add any panel by
selecting it from the Window menu. Many panels have menus with panel-specific options. Panels can be grouped,
stacked, or docked.
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Default Photoshop workspace
A. Document window B. Dock of panels collapsed to icons C. Panel title bar D. Menu bar E. Options bar F. Tools palette G. Collapse To
Icons button H. Three palette (panel) groups in vertical dock
For a video on understanding the workspace, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0187.
Hide or show all panels
• (Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop) To hide or show all panels, including the Tools panel and options bar
or Control panel, press Tab.
• (Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop) To hide or show all panels except the Tools panel and options bar or
Control panel, press Shift+Tab.
You can temporarily display panels hidden by these techniques by moving the pointer to the edge of the application
window (Windows) or to the edge of the monitor (Mac OS) and hovering over the strip that appears.
• (Flash) To hide or show all panels, press F4.
Display panel menu options
❖ Position the pointer on the panel menu icon in the upper-right corner of the panel, and press the mouse
button.
(Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness
❖ In User Interface preferences, move the Brightness slider. This control affects all panels, including the Control
panel.
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Reconfigure the Tools panel
You can display the tools in the Tools panel in a single column, or side by side in two columns.
In InDesign, you also can switch from single-column to double-column display by setting an option in Interface
preferences.
❖ Click the double arrow at the top of the Tools panel.
Customize the workspace
To create a custom workspace, move and manipulate panels (called palettes in Photoshop and in Adobe Creative Suite 2 components).
Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on its own above Layers panel group.
A. Title bar B. Tab C. Drop zone
You can save custom workspaces and switch among them.
In Photoshop, you can change the font size of the text in the options bar, palettes, and tool tips. Choose a size from
the UI Font Size menu in General preferences.
Note: For a video on customizing the workspace in Illustrator, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0032. For a video on customizing
the workspace in InDesign, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0065.
Dock and undock panels
A dock is a collection of panels or panel groups displayed together, generally in a vertical orientation. You dock and undock panels by moving them into and out of a dock.
Note: Docking is not the same as stacking. A stack is a collection of free-floating panels or panel groups, joined top to
bottom.
• To dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the dock, at the top, bottom, or in between other panels.
• To dock a panel group, drag it by its title bar (the solid empty bar above the tabs) into the dock.
• To remove a panel or panel group, drag it out of the dock by its tab or title bar. You can drag it into another dock
or make it free-floating.
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Navigator panel being dragged out to new dock, indicated by blue vertical highlight
Navigator panel now in its own dock
To prevent panels from filling all space in a dock, drag the bottom edge of the dock up so it no longer meets the edge
of the workspace.
Move panels
As you move panels, you see blue highlighted drop zones, areas where you can move the panel. For example, you can move a panel up or down in a dock by dragging it to the narrow blue drop zone above or below another panel. If you drag to an area that is not a drop zone, the panel floats freely in the workspace.
• To move a panel, drag it by its tab.
• To move a panel group or a stack of free-floating panels, drag the title bar.
Press Ctrl (Windows) or Control (Mac OS) while moving a panel to prevent it from docking.
Add and remove docks and panels
If you remove all panels from a dock, the dock disappears. You can create new docks by moving panels to drop zones next to existing docks or at the edges of the workspace. • To remove a panel, click its close icon (the X at the upper-right corner of the tab), or deselect it from the Window menu.
• To add a panel, select it from the Window menu and dock it wherever you wish.
Manipulate panel groups
• To move a panel into a group, drag the panel’s tab to the highlighted drop zone at the top of the group.
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Adding a panel to a panel group
• To rearrange panels in a group, drag a panel’s tab to a new location in the group.
• To remove a panel from a group so that it floats freely, drag the panel by its tab outside the group.
• To make a panel appear at the front of its group, click its tab.
• To move grouped panels together, drag their title bar (above the tabs).
Stack free-floating panels
When you drag a panel out of its dock but not into a drop zone, the panel floats freely, allowing you to position it anywhere in the workspace. Panels may also float in the workspace when first selected from the Window menu. You can stack free-floating panels or panel groups together so that they move as a unit when you drag the topmost title bar. (Panels that are part of a dock cannot be stacked or moved as a unit in this way.)
Free-floating stacked panels
• To stack free-floating panels, drag a panel by its tab to the drop zone at the bottom of another panel.
• To change the stacking order, drag a panel up or down by its tab.
Note: Be sure to release the tab over the narrow drop zone between panels, rather than the broad drop zone in a title bar.
• To remove a panel or panel group from the stack, so that it floats by itself, drag it out by its tab or title bar.
Resize or minimize panels
• To resize a panel, drag any side of the panel or drag the size box at its lower-right corner. Some panels, such as the
Color panel in Photoshop, cannot be resized by dragging.
• To change the width of all the panels in a dock, drag the gripper at the top left of the dock.
• To minimize a panel, panel group, or stack of panels, click the Minimize button in its title bar.
You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized.
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Minimize button
Manipulate panels collapsed to icons
Collapse panels to icons to reduce clutter on the workspace. (In some cases, panels are collapsed to icons in the default workspace.) Click a panel icon to expand the panel. You can expand only one panel or panel group at a time.
Panels collapsed to icons
Panels expanded from icons
• To collapse or expand all panels in a dock, click the double arrow at the top of the dock.
• To resize panel icons so that you see only the icons (and not the labels), drag the gripper at the top of the dock
toward the icons until the text disappears. (To display the icon text again, drag the gripper away from the panels.)
• To expand a single panel icon, click it.
• To collapse an expanded panel back to its icon, click its tab, its icon, or the double arrow in the panel’s title bar.
If you select Auto-Collapse Icon Panels from the Interface or User Interface Options preferences, an expanded panel
icon will collapse automatically when you click away from it.
• To add a panel or panel group to an icon dock, drag it in by its tab or title bar. (Panels are automatically collapsed
to icons when added to an icon dock.)
• To move a panel icon (or panel icon group), drag the bar that appears above the icon. You can drag panel icons up
and down in the dock, into other docks (where they appear in the panel style of that dock), or outside the dock
(where they appear as free-floating, expanded panels).
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Save, delete, and switch between workspaces
By saving the current size and position of panels as a named workspace, you can restore that workspace even if you move or close a panel. The names of saved workspaces appear in the Window > Workspace menu.
In Photoshop, the saved workspace can include a specific keyboard shortcut set and menu set.
Save a custom workspace
1 With the workspace in the configuration you want to save, do one of the following:
• (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.
• (Flash) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Current, or choose Save Current from the Workspace menu in the
Edit bar.
• (Photoshop) Choose Save Workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar.
2 Type a name for the workspace.
3 (Photoshop) Under Capture, select one or more options:
Palette Locat ions Saves the current palette locations.
Keyboard Short cuts Saves the current set of keyboard shortcuts.
Menus Saves the current set of menus.
4 Click OK.
Display or switch between workspaces
Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop include preset workspaces designed to make certain tasks easier.
• Choose Window > Workspace, and select a workspace.
• (Photoshop) Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar.
• (Flash) Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in the Edit bar.
(InDesign and Photoshop) Assign keyboard shortcuts to each workspace to navigate among them quickly.
Delete a custom workspace
• (Illustrator) Choose Window > Workspace > Manage Workspaces, select the workspace, and then click the Delete icon.
• (InDesign) Choose Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
• (Flash) Choose Manage from the Workspace menu in the Edit bar, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
Alternatively, choose Window > Workspace > Manage, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
• (Photoshop) Choose Delete Workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar. Alternatively, choose
Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
(Photoshop) Start with the last or default palette locations
When you start Photoshop, palettes can either appear in their original default locations, or appear as you last used them.
❖ In Interface preferences:
• To display palettes in their last locations on startup, select Remember Palette Locations.
• To display palettes in their default locations on startup, deselect Remember Palette Locations.
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Display or hide tool tips
❖ In Interface preferences, select or deselect Show Tool Tips.
Note: Tool tips may not be available in some dialog boxes.
Adobe Bridge
Adobe® Bridge is a cross-platform application included with Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 components that helps you locate, organize, and browse the assets you need to create print, web, video, and audio content. You can start Bridge from any Creative Suite component, and use it to access both Adobe and non-Adobe assets.
From Adobe Bridge, you can:
• Manage image, footage, and audio files: Preview, search, sort, and process files in Bridge without opening
individual applications. You can also edit metadata for files, and use Bridge to place files into your documents,
projects, or compositions.
• Manage your photos: Import and edit photos from your digital camera card, group related photos in stacks, and
open or import camera raw files and edit their settings without starting Photoshop. You can also search leading
stock libraries and download royalty-free images by way of Adobe Stock Photos.
• Work with Adobe Version Cue®-managed assets.
• Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.
• Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creative Suite components.
• Start a real-time web conference to share your desktop and review documents.
Palettes and menus
Enter values in palettes, dialog boxes, and the options bar
❖ Do any of the following:
• Type a value in the text box, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
• Drag the slider.
• Move the pointer over the title of a slider or pop-up slider. When the pointer turns to a pointing finger, drag the
scrubby slider to the left or right. This feature is available only for selected sliders and pop-up sliders.
• Drag the dial.
• Click the arrow buttons in the palette to increase or decrease the value.
• (Windows) Click the text box and then use the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key on the keyboard to
increase or decrease the value.
• Select a value from the menu associated with the text box.
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Ways to enter values
A. Menu arrow B. Scrubby slider C. Text box D. Dial E. Slider
See also
“About scrubby sliders” on page 22
About pop-up sliders
Some palettes, dialog boxes, and options bars contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a triangle next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle. Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse button, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press Enter to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press the Esc key.
To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
Using different kinds of pop-up sliders
A. Click to open pop-up slider box. B. Drag slider or angle radius.
You can also “scrub” some pop-up sliders. For example, if you hold the pointer over the word “Fill” or “Opacity” in
the Layers palette, the pointer changes to the Hand icon. Then you can move the pointer left or right to change the
fill or opacity percentage.
About scrubby sliders
In some palettes, dialog boxes, and options bars, you can drag scrubby sliders to change option values. Scrubby sliders are hidden until you position the pointer over the title of sliders and pop-up sliders. When the pointer changes to a pointing finger, you drag to the left or right. Holding down the Shift key while dragging accelerates the scrubbing by a factor of 10.
Hovering over the title of a slider or pop-up slider shows the scrubby slider
Working with pop-up palettes
Pop-up palettes provide easy access to available options for brushes, swatches, gradients, styles, patterns, contours, and shapes. You can customize pop-up palettes by renaming and deleting items and by loading, saving, and replacing libraries. You can also change the display of a pop-up palette to view items by their names, as thumbnail icons, or with both names and icons.
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Click a tool thumbnail in the options bar to show its pop-up palette. Click an item in the pop-up palette to select it.
Viewing the Brush pop-up palette in the options bar
A. Click to show the pop-up palette. B. Click to view the pop-up palette menu.
Rename or delete an item in a pop-up palette
❖ Select an item, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette, and choose one of the following:
Rename Lets you enter a new name for the item.
Delete Deletes an item in the pop-up palette.
Note: You can also delete an item in a pop-up palette by holding down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and clicking
the item.
Customize the list of items in a pop-up palette
1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette to view the palette menu.
2 To return to the default library, choose the Reset command. You can either replace the current list or add the
default library to the current list.
3 To load a different library, do one of the following:
• Choose the Load command to add a library to the current list. Then select the library file you want to use, and
click Load.
• Choose the Replace command to replace the current list with a different library. Then select the library file you
want to use, and click Load.
• Choose a library file (displayed at the bottom of the palette menu). Then click OK to replace the current list, or
click Append to add the current list.
4 To save the current list as a library for later use, choose the Save command. Then enter a name for the library file,
and click Save.
(Mac OS) Include the extension of the library file name so that you can easily share the libraries across operating
systems. Select Append File Extension Always in the File Handling Preferences to append extensions to file names.
Change the display of items in a pop-up palette
1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette to view the palette menu.
2 Select a view option: Text Only, Small List, or Large List.
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Display context menus
Context menus display commands relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette. They are distinct from the menus across the top of the workspace.
Viewing the context menu for the Eyedropper tool
1 Position the pointer over an image or palette item.
2 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS).
Define a set of menus
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Menus.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus and click the Menus tab.
2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus dialog box, choose a set of menus from the Set menu (Photoshop Defaults
is the only option until you create a new set). For information on customizing keyboard shortcuts, see “About
customizing keyboard shortcuts” on page 627.
3 Choose a type from the Menu For menu:
Applicat ion Menus Lets you show, hide, or add color to items in the application menus.
Palett e Menus Lets you show, hide, or add color to items in palette menus.
4 Click the triangle next to a menu or palette name.
5 Do one of the following:
• To hide a menu item, click the Visibility button .
• To show a menu item, click the empty Visibility button.
• To add color to a menu item, click the color swatch and choose a color.
6 When you finish changing the menus, do one of the following:
• To save all changes to the current set of menus, click the Save Set button . Changes to a custom set are saved.
If you’re saving changes to the Photoshop Defaults set, the Save dialog box opens. Enter a name for the new set
and click Save.
• To create a new set based on the current set of menus, click the Save Set As button .
Note: If you haven’t saved the current set of changes, you can click Cancel to discard all changes and close the dialog box.
7 In the Save dialog box, enter a name for the set and click Save.
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Choosing a color for a menu item using the Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus dialog box
Delete a set of menus
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Menus.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus and click the Menu tab.
2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus dialog box, choose a set of menus from the Set menu.
3 Click the Delete Set icon .
Temporarily show hidden menu items
It’s possible to temporarily show items that you’ve hidden in a menu. After the menu closes, the items return to their hidden state.
❖ Do one of the following:
• From a menu with hidden items, choose Show All Menu Items.
• Shift-click a menu with hidden items.
Turn menu colors on or off
❖ In Interface preferences, select or deselect Show Menu Colors.
Tools
About tools
When you start Photoshop, the Tools palette appears at the left of the screen. Some tools in the Tools palette have options that appear in the context-sensitive options bar. These include the tools that let you use type, select, paint, draw, sample, edit, move, annotate, and view images. Other tools allow you to change foreground/background colors, go to Adobe Online, and work in different modes.
You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools.
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You can view information about any tool by positioning the pointer over it. The name of the tool appears in a tool tip below the pointer. Some tool tips contain links leading to additional information about the tool.
See also
“Workspace overview” on page 14
Selection toolsMove (V)*Rectangular Marquee (M)Elliptical Marquee (M)Single Column MarqueeSingle RowMarqueeLasso (L)Polygonal Lasso (L)Magnetic Lasso (L)Quick Selection (W)Magic Wand (W)Crop and slice toolsCrop (C)Slice (K)Slice SelectRetouching toolsSpot Healing Brush (J)Healing Brush (J)Patch (J)Red Eye (J)Clone Stamp (S)Pattern Stamp (S)Eraser (E)Background Eraser (E)Magic Eraser (E)Blur (R)Sharpen (R)Smudge (R)Dodge (O)Burn (O)Sponge (O)Painting toolsBrush (B)Pencil (B)Color Replacement (B)History Brush (Y)Art History Brush
The Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 workspace is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing images. The workspace includes menus and a variety of tools and palettes for viewing, editing, and adding elements to your images.
Workspace basics
Workspace overview
You create and manipulate your documents and files using various elements such as panels, bars, and windows. Any arrangement of these elements is called a workspace. When you first start an Adobe Creative Suite component, you see the default workspace, which you can customize for the tasks you perform there. For instance, you can create one workspace for editing and another for viewing, save them, and switch between them as you work.
You can restore the default workspace at any time by choosing the default option on the Window > Workspace menu.
Although default workspaces vary across Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, and Photoshop, you manipulate the elements much the same way in all of them. The Photoshop default workspace is typical:
• The menu bar across the top organizes commands under menus.
• The Tools panel (called the Tools palette in Photoshop) contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork,
page elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped together.
• The Control panel (called the options bar in Photoshop) displays options for the currently selected tool. (Flash has
no Control panel.)
• The Document window (called the Stage in Flash) displays the file you’re working on.
• Panels (called palettes in Photoshop) help you monitor and modify your work. Examples include the Timeline in
Flash and the Layers palette in Photoshop. Certain panels are displayed by default, but you can add any panel by
selecting it from the Window menu. Many panels have menus with panel-specific options. Panels can be grouped,
stacked, or docked.
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Default Photoshop workspace
A. Document window B. Dock of panels collapsed to icons C. Panel title bar D. Menu bar E. Options bar F. Tools palette G. Collapse To
Icons button H. Three palette (panel) groups in vertical dock
For a video on understanding the workspace, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0187.
Hide or show all panels
• (Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop) To hide or show all panels, including the Tools panel and options bar
or Control panel, press Tab.
• (Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop) To hide or show all panels except the Tools panel and options bar or
Control panel, press Shift+Tab.
You can temporarily display panels hidden by these techniques by moving the pointer to the edge of the application
window (Windows) or to the edge of the monitor (Mac OS) and hovering over the strip that appears.
• (Flash) To hide or show all panels, press F4.
Display panel menu options
❖ Position the pointer on the panel menu icon in the upper-right corner of the panel, and press the mouse
button.
(Illustrator) Adjust panel brightness
❖ In User Interface preferences, move the Brightness slider. This control affects all panels, including the Control
panel.
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Reconfigure the Tools panel
You can display the tools in the Tools panel in a single column, or side by side in two columns.
In InDesign, you also can switch from single-column to double-column display by setting an option in Interface
preferences.
❖ Click the double arrow at the top of the Tools panel.
Customize the workspace
To create a custom workspace, move and manipulate panels (called palettes in Photoshop and in Adobe Creative Suite 2 components).
Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on its own above Layers panel group.
A. Title bar B. Tab C. Drop zone
You can save custom workspaces and switch among them.
In Photoshop, you can change the font size of the text in the options bar, palettes, and tool tips. Choose a size from
the UI Font Size menu in General preferences.
Note: For a video on customizing the workspace in Illustrator, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0032. For a video on customizing
the workspace in InDesign, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0065.
Dock and undock panels
A dock is a collection of panels or panel groups displayed together, generally in a vertical orientation. You dock and undock panels by moving them into and out of a dock.
Note: Docking is not the same as stacking. A stack is a collection of free-floating panels or panel groups, joined top to
bottom.
• To dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the dock, at the top, bottom, or in between other panels.
• To dock a panel group, drag it by its title bar (the solid empty bar above the tabs) into the dock.
• To remove a panel or panel group, drag it out of the dock by its tab or title bar. You can drag it into another dock
or make it free-floating.
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Navigator panel being dragged out to new dock, indicated by blue vertical highlight
Navigator panel now in its own dock
To prevent panels from filling all space in a dock, drag the bottom edge of the dock up so it no longer meets the edge
of the workspace.
Move panels
As you move panels, you see blue highlighted drop zones, areas where you can move the panel. For example, you can move a panel up or down in a dock by dragging it to the narrow blue drop zone above or below another panel. If you drag to an area that is not a drop zone, the panel floats freely in the workspace.
• To move a panel, drag it by its tab.
• To move a panel group or a stack of free-floating panels, drag the title bar.
Press Ctrl (Windows) or Control (Mac OS) while moving a panel to prevent it from docking.
Add and remove docks and panels
If you remove all panels from a dock, the dock disappears. You can create new docks by moving panels to drop zones next to existing docks or at the edges of the workspace. • To remove a panel, click its close icon (the X at the upper-right corner of the tab), or deselect it from the Window menu.
• To add a panel, select it from the Window menu and dock it wherever you wish.
Manipulate panel groups
• To move a panel into a group, drag the panel’s tab to the highlighted drop zone at the top of the group.
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Adding a panel to a panel group
• To rearrange panels in a group, drag a panel’s tab to a new location in the group.
• To remove a panel from a group so that it floats freely, drag the panel by its tab outside the group.
• To make a panel appear at the front of its group, click its tab.
• To move grouped panels together, drag their title bar (above the tabs).
Stack free-floating panels
When you drag a panel out of its dock but not into a drop zone, the panel floats freely, allowing you to position it anywhere in the workspace. Panels may also float in the workspace when first selected from the Window menu. You can stack free-floating panels or panel groups together so that they move as a unit when you drag the topmost title bar. (Panels that are part of a dock cannot be stacked or moved as a unit in this way.)
Free-floating stacked panels
• To stack free-floating panels, drag a panel by its tab to the drop zone at the bottom of another panel.
• To change the stacking order, drag a panel up or down by its tab.
Note: Be sure to release the tab over the narrow drop zone between panels, rather than the broad drop zone in a title bar.
• To remove a panel or panel group from the stack, so that it floats by itself, drag it out by its tab or title bar.
Resize or minimize panels
• To resize a panel, drag any side of the panel or drag the size box at its lower-right corner. Some panels, such as the
Color panel in Photoshop, cannot be resized by dragging.
• To change the width of all the panels in a dock, drag the gripper at the top left of the dock.
• To minimize a panel, panel group, or stack of panels, click the Minimize button in its title bar.
You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized.
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Minimize button
Manipulate panels collapsed to icons
Collapse panels to icons to reduce clutter on the workspace. (In some cases, panels are collapsed to icons in the default workspace.) Click a panel icon to expand the panel. You can expand only one panel or panel group at a time.
Panels collapsed to icons
Panels expanded from icons
• To collapse or expand all panels in a dock, click the double arrow at the top of the dock.
• To resize panel icons so that you see only the icons (and not the labels), drag the gripper at the top of the dock
toward the icons until the text disappears. (To display the icon text again, drag the gripper away from the panels.)
• To expand a single panel icon, click it.
• To collapse an expanded panel back to its icon, click its tab, its icon, or the double arrow in the panel’s title bar.
If you select Auto-Collapse Icon Panels from the Interface or User Interface Options preferences, an expanded panel
icon will collapse automatically when you click away from it.
• To add a panel or panel group to an icon dock, drag it in by its tab or title bar. (Panels are automatically collapsed
to icons when added to an icon dock.)
• To move a panel icon (or panel icon group), drag the bar that appears above the icon. You can drag panel icons up
and down in the dock, into other docks (where they appear in the panel style of that dock), or outside the dock
(where they appear as free-floating, expanded panels).
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Save, delete, and switch between workspaces
By saving the current size and position of panels as a named workspace, you can restore that workspace even if you move or close a panel. The names of saved workspaces appear in the Window > Workspace menu.
In Photoshop, the saved workspace can include a specific keyboard shortcut set and menu set.
Save a custom workspace
1 With the workspace in the configuration you want to save, do one of the following:
• (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.
• (Flash) Choose Window > Workspace > Save Current, or choose Save Current from the Workspace menu in the
Edit bar.
• (Photoshop) Choose Save Workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar.
2 Type a name for the workspace.
3 (Photoshop) Under Capture, select one or more options:
Palette Locat ions Saves the current palette locations.
Keyboard Short cuts Saves the current set of keyboard shortcuts.
Menus Saves the current set of menus.
4 Click OK.
Display or switch between workspaces
Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop include preset workspaces designed to make certain tasks easier.
• Choose Window > Workspace, and select a workspace.
• (Photoshop) Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar.
• (Flash) Select a workspace from the Workspace menu in the Edit bar.
(InDesign and Photoshop) Assign keyboard shortcuts to each workspace to navigate among them quickly.
Delete a custom workspace
• (Illustrator) Choose Window > Workspace > Manage Workspaces, select the workspace, and then click the Delete icon.
• (InDesign) Choose Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
• (Flash) Choose Manage from the Workspace menu in the Edit bar, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
Alternatively, choose Window > Workspace > Manage, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
• (Photoshop) Choose Delete Workspace from the Workspace menu in the options bar. Alternatively, choose
Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, select the workspace, and then click Delete.
(Photoshop) Start with the last or default palette locations
When you start Photoshop, palettes can either appear in their original default locations, or appear as you last used them.
❖ In Interface preferences:
• To display palettes in their last locations on startup, select Remember Palette Locations.
• To display palettes in their default locations on startup, deselect Remember Palette Locations.
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Display or hide tool tips
❖ In Interface preferences, select or deselect Show Tool Tips.
Note: Tool tips may not be available in some dialog boxes.
Adobe Bridge
Adobe® Bridge is a cross-platform application included with Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 components that helps you locate, organize, and browse the assets you need to create print, web, video, and audio content. You can start Bridge from any Creative Suite component, and use it to access both Adobe and non-Adobe assets.
From Adobe Bridge, you can:
• Manage image, footage, and audio files: Preview, search, sort, and process files in Bridge without opening
individual applications. You can also edit metadata for files, and use Bridge to place files into your documents,
projects, or compositions.
• Manage your photos: Import and edit photos from your digital camera card, group related photos in stacks, and
open or import camera raw files and edit their settings without starting Photoshop. You can also search leading
stock libraries and download royalty-free images by way of Adobe Stock Photos.
• Work with Adobe Version Cue®-managed assets.
• Perform automated tasks, such as batch commands.
• Synchronize color settings across color-managed Creative Suite components.
• Start a real-time web conference to share your desktop and review documents.
Palettes and menus
Enter values in palettes, dialog boxes, and the options bar
❖ Do any of the following:
• Type a value in the text box, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
• Drag the slider.
• Move the pointer over the title of a slider or pop-up slider. When the pointer turns to a pointing finger, drag the
scrubby slider to the left or right. This feature is available only for selected sliders and pop-up sliders.
• Drag the dial.
• Click the arrow buttons in the palette to increase or decrease the value.
• (Windows) Click the text box and then use the Up Arrow key and the Down Arrow key on the keyboard to
increase or decrease the value.
• Select a value from the menu associated with the text box.
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Ways to enter values
A. Menu arrow B. Scrubby slider C. Text box D. Dial E. Slider
See also
“About scrubby sliders” on page 22
About pop-up sliders
Some palettes, dialog boxes, and options bars contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a triangle next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle. Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse button, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press Enter to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press the Esc key.
To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
Using different kinds of pop-up sliders
A. Click to open pop-up slider box. B. Drag slider or angle radius.
You can also “scrub” some pop-up sliders. For example, if you hold the pointer over the word “Fill” or “Opacity” in
the Layers palette, the pointer changes to the Hand icon. Then you can move the pointer left or right to change the
fill or opacity percentage.
About scrubby sliders
In some palettes, dialog boxes, and options bars, you can drag scrubby sliders to change option values. Scrubby sliders are hidden until you position the pointer over the title of sliders and pop-up sliders. When the pointer changes to a pointing finger, you drag to the left or right. Holding down the Shift key while dragging accelerates the scrubbing by a factor of 10.
Hovering over the title of a slider or pop-up slider shows the scrubby slider
Working with pop-up palettes
Pop-up palettes provide easy access to available options for brushes, swatches, gradients, styles, patterns, contours, and shapes. You can customize pop-up palettes by renaming and deleting items and by loading, saving, and replacing libraries. You can also change the display of a pop-up palette to view items by their names, as thumbnail icons, or with both names and icons.
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Click a tool thumbnail in the options bar to show its pop-up palette. Click an item in the pop-up palette to select it.
Viewing the Brush pop-up palette in the options bar
A. Click to show the pop-up palette. B. Click to view the pop-up palette menu.
Rename or delete an item in a pop-up palette
❖ Select an item, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette, and choose one of the following:
Rename Lets you enter a new name for the item.
Delete Deletes an item in the pop-up palette.
Note: You can also delete an item in a pop-up palette by holding down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and clicking
the item.
Customize the list of items in a pop-up palette
1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette to view the palette menu.
2 To return to the default library, choose the Reset command. You can either replace the current list or add the
default library to the current list.
3 To load a different library, do one of the following:
• Choose the Load command to add a library to the current list. Then select the library file you want to use, and
click Load.
• Choose the Replace command to replace the current list with a different library. Then select the library file you
want to use, and click Load.
• Choose a library file (displayed at the bottom of the palette menu). Then click OK to replace the current list, or
click Append to add the current list.
4 To save the current list as a library for later use, choose the Save command. Then enter a name for the library file,
and click Save.
(Mac OS) Include the extension of the library file name so that you can easily share the libraries across operating
systems. Select Append File Extension Always in the File Handling Preferences to append extensions to file names.
Change the display of items in a pop-up palette
1 Click the triangle in the upper right corner of the pop-up palette to view the palette menu.
2 Select a view option: Text Only, Small List, or Large List.
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Display context menus
Context menus display commands relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette. They are distinct from the menus across the top of the workspace.
Viewing the context menu for the Eyedropper tool
1 Position the pointer over an image or palette item.
2 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS).
Define a set of menus
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Menus.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus and click the Menus tab.
2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus dialog box, choose a set of menus from the Set menu (Photoshop Defaults
is the only option until you create a new set). For information on customizing keyboard shortcuts, see “About
customizing keyboard shortcuts” on page 627.
3 Choose a type from the Menu For menu:
Applicat ion Menus Lets you show, hide, or add color to items in the application menus.
Palett e Menus Lets you show, hide, or add color to items in palette menus.
4 Click the triangle next to a menu or palette name.
5 Do one of the following:
• To hide a menu item, click the Visibility button .
• To show a menu item, click the empty Visibility button.
• To add color to a menu item, click the color swatch and choose a color.
6 When you finish changing the menus, do one of the following:
• To save all changes to the current set of menus, click the Save Set button . Changes to a custom set are saved.
If you’re saving changes to the Photoshop Defaults set, the Save dialog box opens. Enter a name for the new set
and click Save.
• To create a new set based on the current set of menus, click the Save Set As button .
Note: If you haven’t saved the current set of changes, you can click Cancel to discard all changes and close the dialog box.
7 In the Save dialog box, enter a name for the set and click Save.
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Choosing a color for a menu item using the Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus dialog box
Delete a set of menus
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Menus.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus and click the Menu tab.
2 In the Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus dialog box, choose a set of menus from the Set menu.
3 Click the Delete Set icon .
Temporarily show hidden menu items
It’s possible to temporarily show items that you’ve hidden in a menu. After the menu closes, the items return to their hidden state.
❖ Do one of the following:
• From a menu with hidden items, choose Show All Menu Items.
• Shift-click a menu with hidden items.
Turn menu colors on or off
❖ In Interface preferences, select or deselect Show Menu Colors.
Tools
About tools
When you start Photoshop, the Tools palette appears at the left of the screen. Some tools in the Tools palette have options that appear in the context-sensitive options bar. These include the tools that let you use type, select, paint, draw, sample, edit, move, annotate, and view images. Other tools allow you to change foreground/background colors, go to Adobe Online, and work in different modes.
You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools.
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You can view information about any tool by positioning the pointer over it. The name of the tool appears in a tool tip below the pointer. Some tool tips contain links leading to additional information about the tool.
See also
“Workspace overview” on page 14
Selection toolsMove (V)*Rectangular Marquee (M)Elliptical Marquee (M)Single Column MarqueeSingle RowMarqueeLasso (L)Polygonal Lasso (L)Magnetic Lasso (L)Quick Selection (W)Magic Wand (W)Crop and slice toolsCrop (C)Slice (K)Slice SelectRetouching toolsSpot Healing Brush (J)Healing Brush (J)Patch (J)Red Eye (J)Clone Stamp (S)Pattern Stamp (S)Eraser (E)Background Eraser (E)Magic Eraser (E)Blur (R)Sharpen (R)Smudge (R)Dodge (O)Burn (O)Sponge (O)Painting toolsBrush (B)Pencil (B)Color Replacement (B)History Brush (Y)Art History Brush
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