3. Customizing the Way You Work

What You’ll Do

Optimize Photoshop

Set General Preferences

Modify File Handling Preferences

Work with Interface Preferences

Work with Cursors Preferences

Control Transparency & Gamut Preferences

Work with Units & Rulers

Work with Guides, Grid, Slices & Count

Select Plug-Ins

Select Scratch Disks

Allocate Memory & Image Cache

Work with Type

Manage Libraries with the Preset Manager

Customize the Workspace

Define Shortcut Keys

Create a Customized User Interface

Use Drawing Tablets

Introduction

No description of Adobe Photoshop would be complete without that well known, but little utilized area called Preferences. Photoshop preferences serve several purposes. They help customize the program to your particular designing ...

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