The Photoshop Productivity Series: Customizing Photoshop

Revising Main Menus

You will quickly notice that each menu contains one or two commands you never use. The Filter menu is a good example as it offers six options for Sharpen alone. Realistically, you will only use one or two—in fact there are some sharpening filters you should never use, so why have them taking up valuable menu space when we don’t need to? In general, it’s best to use a filter that offers options rather than one that doesn’t. For example, think about Sharpen vs. Smart Sharpen. The Sharpen filter could easily be called Auto Sharpen because it doesn’t offer any options or settings you can adjust. Smart Sharpen, however, offers fine-tuning options as indicated by the ellipsis (...) next to the menu command. So with a few exceptions ...