Inside Photoshop® CS

More Choices and More Control with the Preset Manager

Photoshop CS is just about everything to everyone. This means that whatever type of graphics you are interested in creating, Photoshop's got your number, so to speak. However (and this is a BIG “however”), Photoshop sort of keeps things you might or might not need hanging out there in the interface. Additionally, there's some quasi-hidden stuff with which you should acquaint yourself.

Let's start with the master control panel for Photoshop's collections of neat stuff. Technically, it's called the Preset Manager.

The Preset Manager (Edit, Preset Manager) is your “one-stop shop” for accessing exactly what you need when you pick up a tool (see Figure 3.21). After you have displayed the Preset ...