Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When you open Purge from the Edit menu, you will have the option to
delete the clipboard, the undo steps, the history steps, or all of them
together. Keep in mind, however, that this will limit your ability to go back in
your history to undo you work. You may want to save a copy of your working
ile at a particular state before you purge your history, just to be sure that
you could get back to that version of the ile if necessary.
As we're talking about memory and disk space, here are some facts about
the ile size and dimension limitations in Photoshop. The maximum ile size
for the PSD document is 2 GB, the TIFF maximum ile size is 4 GB, and the
maximum ile size for the PDF document is 10 GB. When the PSD iles cannot
store large data iles, you can save it using the PSB ile format.
The ile dimension limitations are 300,000
×
300,000 pixels for native PSD iles
and 30,000
×
30,000 pixels and 200
×
200 inches for PDF iles. Keep in mind
that large iles may cause problems if you try to open them in an older
version of Photoshop, such as version 7.
Getting the Most Out of the
Photoshop Workspace
As I mentioned before, Photoshop is widely used in various types of tasks
and professions, which means that it includes many panels, menus, and
features to cover each ield of interest's needs and requirements. Thus,
some Photoshop users use speciic panels or features more than others,
depending on what they need to do and the nature of their
Photoshop projects.
In old Photoshop versions, I was forced to keep many panels open and
sufered as all these panels covered the actual work. The only working
solution was to keep moving the panels around to reveal the design ile
under it. Another option was to open the panels when I needed them and
then close them again, and to keep doing this every time I needed the panel.
This approach was frustrating and time-consuming, especially with a large
Photoshop project with many tasks.
Also, opening all the panels at the same time may be confusing and take up
a lot of space, because some panels are used more than others or may not
be used at all, even after implementing the docking panels layout. For
example, if you are a photographer, you will need the panels that can help
you edit photos and manage colors more than you will need panels like the
3D or animation panels.
The solution is to use the Photoshop workspace options to set the
Photoshop panels' layout to meet your needs or even to create your
personal favorite arrangement for the workspace. This makes life so
much easier! In Photoshop, you can either choose from the default
workspace options or create your own workspace and save it for further
