Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 on Demand, Second Edition

3. Customizing the Way You Work

What You’ll Do

Optimize Photoshop

Set General Preferences

Set File Handling Preferences

Set Interface Preferences

Set Cursors Preferences

Control Transparency & Gamut Preferences

Change Units & Rulers Preferences

Change Guides, Grid & Slices Preferences

Set Plug-Ins Preferences

Select Scratch Disks

Allocate Memory & Image Cache

Set Type Preferences

Manage Libraries with the Preset Manager

Use and Customize Workspaces

Build Specialized Workspaces

Create a Customized User Interface

Define Shortcut Keys

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 ...