Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
2
Right-click the tab of the Color panel; in the contextual menu that appears, choose Collapse to Icons.
All the panels collapse to icons.
3
Select the Swatches panel to make it appear. Select Adjustments; notice that the Swatches panel goes
away and only the Adjustments panel is visible. You can keep valuable space open in your workspace
by only showing the panels that you are actively using.
4
Right-click any of the collapsed panels and select Expand Panels from the context menu. All the pan-
els expand.
5
Click the tab of the Layers panel and drag it out to the left of the dock, essentially dragging it out into
the workspace area.
6
Click the tab of Paths and drag the panel over to the Layers panel; the Paths panel is now docked to the
Layers panel, forming a custom panel group.
You can customize all your panels by creating your own groups. Find the panels you don't need and
close them by clicking the “X”, or by choosing Close from the Panel menu in the upper-right area of
the panel.
Now that you have some customization in the keyboard shortcuts, menus, and panels, you will save all
these items in one custom workspace.
Customizing workspaces
Throughout this lesson, you have seen how you can improve the workspace by changing shortcuts,
menus and panels. In this section, you will learn how to save time by creating a new custom workspace.
This way, you can quickly reset preferences in later lessons and still be able to work with your saved
workspace.
1
Choose Windows > Workspace > New Workspace; the New Workspace dialog box appears. Note that
you have the opportunity to save your panel organization and any preferences that you set for Key-
board Shortcuts and Menus.
2
Name your workspace
My Workspace
and select the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus check boxes.
Click Save when you're done.
You can save your workspace preferences.
3
Choose Windows > Workspace > Essentials to make sure you are back to the default workspace.
4
Test your saved workspace by selecting Windows > Workspace > My Workspace.
Now that you have saved your own workspace, you might want to investigate some of the other saved
workspaces that are part of Photoshop. You can choose from workspaces that were created for typo-
graphy, 3D, photography, and more. Access these workspaces by selecting Windows > Workspace.
