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To enable or disable cycling through a set of hidden tools (Photoshop):
1 Do one of the following:
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In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
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In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
2 Select or deselect Use Shift Key for Tool Switch.
To display or hide tool tips:
1 Do one of the following:
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In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
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(Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
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(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2 Select or deselect Show Tool Tips.
Using the tool pointers
When you select most tools, the mouse pointer matches the tool’s icon. The marquee
pointer appears by default as cross hairs, the text tool pointer as an I-beam, and painting
tools default to the Brush Size icon.
Each default pointer has a different hotspot, where an effect or action in the image begins.
With all tools except the move tool, annotation tools, and the type tool, you can switch to
precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot.
To set the tool pointer appearance:
1 Do one of the following:
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(Photoshop) In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
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(Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
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(ImageReady) In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > Cursors.
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(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > Cursors.
2 Choose a tool pointer setting:
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Click Standard under Painting Cursors, Other Cursors, or both to display pointers as
tool icons.
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Click Precise under Painting Cursors, Other Cursors, or both to display pointers as
cross hairs.
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Click Brush Size under Painting Cursors to display the painting tool cursors as brush
shapes representing the size of the current brush. Brush Size cursors may not display for
very large brushes.
3 Click OK.
The Painting Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
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(Photoshop) Eraser, pencil, paintbrush, healing brush, rubber stamp, pattern stamp,
smudge, blur, sharpen, dodge, burn, and sponge tools.
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(ImageReady) Paintbrush, pencil, and eraser tools.
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The Other Cursors options control the pointers for the following tools:
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(Photoshop) Marquee, lasso, polygon lasso, magic wand, crop, slice, patch, eyedropper,
pen, gradient, line, paint bucket, magnetic lasso, magnetic pen, measure, and color
sampler tools.
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(ImageReady) Marquee, lasso, magic wand, eyedropper, paint bucket, and slice tools.
To toggle between standard and precise cursors in some tool pointers, press Caps
Lock. Press Caps Lock again to return to your original setting.
Using the tool options bar
Most tools have options that are displayed in the tool options bar. The options bar is
context sensitive and changes as different tools are selected. Some settings in the options
bar are common to several tools (such as painting modes and opacity), and some are
specific to one tool (such as the Auto Erase setting for the pencil tool).
You can move the options bar anywhere in the work area, and dock it at the top or bottom
of the screen.
To display the tool options bar:
Do one of the following:
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Choose Window > Options.
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Click a tool in the toolbox.
Lasso options bar
To return a tool or all tools to the default settings:
Do one of the following:
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Click the tool icon on the options bar, then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the
context menu.
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(ImageReady) In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General, then click
Reset All Tools.
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(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General, then click
Reset All Tools.
To move the options bar:
Drag the options bar by the gripper bar at its left edge.
Using the palette well (Photoshop)
The Photoshop options bar includes a palette well that helps you organize and manage
palettes. The palette well is only available when using a screen resolution greater than
800 pixels x 600 pixels (a setting of at least 1024 x 768 is recommended).
Palettes are considered hidden when stored in the palette well. Clicking on the title of a
palette stored in the well shows the palette until you click outside the palette.
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To store palettes in the palette well:
Drag the palette’s tab into the palette well so that the palette well is highlighted.
Docking a palette in the tool options bar
To use a palette in the palette well:
Click the palette’s tab. The palette remains open until you click outside it or click in the
palette’s tab.
Using tool presets (Photoshop)
Tool presets let you save and reuse tool settings. You can load, edit, and create libraries of
tool presets using the Tool Preset picker in the options bar, the Tool Presets palette, and
the Preset Manager.
Tool Presets palette with All option selected
Tool Preset picker in the options bar
To create a tool preset:
1 Choose a tool, and set the options you want in the options bar.
2 Click the Tool Preset button on the left side of the options bar, or choose Window > Tool
Presets to display the Tool Presets palette.
3 Do one of the following:
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Click the Create New Tool Preset button .
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Choose New Tool Preset from the palette menu.
4 Enter a name for the tool preset, and click OK.
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To choose a tool preset:
Do one of the following:
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Click the Tool Preset button in the options bar, and select a preset from the pop-up
palette.
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Choose Window > Tool Presets, and select a preset.
To change the list of presets in the Tool Preset pop-up palette:
Do one of the following:
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To show all loaded presets, choose Show All Tool Presets from the palette menu.
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To sort the presets by tool, choose Sort By Tool from the palette menu.
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To show only the loaded presets for the active tool, choose Show Current Tool Presets
from the palette menu, or click the Current Tool Only button.
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To change the display of presets in the pop-up palette, choose Text Only, Small Text,
or Large Text from the palette menu.
Using palettes
Palettes help you monitor and modify images. By default, palettes appear stacked
together in groups.
To display one palette:
Choose the palette name in the Window menu.
To show or hide multiple palettes:
Do one of the following:
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To show or hide all open palettes, the options bar, and the toolbox, press Tab.
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To show or hide all palettes, press Shift+Tab.
Changing the palette display
You can rearrange your palettes to make better use of your work area by using the
following techniques:
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To make a palette appear at the front of its group, click the palette’s tab, or choose the
palette name from the Window menu.
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To move an entire palette group, drag its title bar.
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To rearrange or separate a palette group, drag a palette’s tab. Dragging a palette
outside of an existing group creates a new group.
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To move a palette to another group, drag the palette’s tab to that group.
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To display a palette menu, position the pointer on the triangle in the upper right
corner of the palette, and press the mouse button.
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To change the size of a palette, drag any corner of the palette (Windows) or drag the
size box at its lower right corner (Mac OS). Not all palettes can be resized.
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To collapse a group to palette titles only, click the Minimize/Maximize box (Windows) or
the Zoom box (Mac OS), or double-click a palette’s tab. You can still access the menu of
a collapsed palette.
Click to collapse or expand palette.
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(ImageReady) To show or hide options for palettes that include hidden options (the
Optimize, Layer Options, and Slice palettes), click the Show Options button on the
palette tab to cycle through palette displays, or choose Show Options or Hide Options
from the palette menu.
Docking palettes together
Docking palettes together lets you view multiple palettes at the same time and move
them as a group. Entire palette groups cannot be docked together at once, but you can
dock the palettes from one group to another, one at a time.
In Photoshop, docked palettes and their locations are saved when you save a workspace.
In Photoshop, you can also store palettes in the palette well of the tool options bar.
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To dock palettes together:
Drag a palette’s tab to the bottom of another palette so that the bottom of the target
palette is highlighted.
To move an entire docked group, drag its title bar.
Customizing your workspace
The positions of all open palettes and movable dialog boxes are saved when you exit the
application. Alternatively, you can always start with default palette positions or restore
default positions at any time.
In addition to saving the positions of palettes and dialog boxes when you exit the appli-
cation, you can save multiple layouts as different workspaces.
To save the current workspace layout:
1 Choose Window > Workspace > Save Workspace.
2 Enter a name for the workspace, and click OK.
To choose a workspace:
Choose Window > Workspace, and choose a workspace from the submenu.
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To delete a workspace:
1 Choose Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace.
2 Select the workspace you want to delete, and click Delete.
To reset palettes to the default positions:
Do one of the following:
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In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General, then select Save Palette
Locations.
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(Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General, then select Save
Palette Locations.
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(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General, then select
Save Palette Locations.
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Choose Window > Workspace > Reset Palette Locations.
To always start with the default palette and dialog box positions:
1 Do one of the following:
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In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
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(Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
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(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2 Deselect Save Palette Locations. The change takes effect the next time you start the
application.
Using pop-up sliders
A number of palettes and dialog boxes contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for
example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette).
To use a pop-up slider:
Do one of the following:
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Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse, and
drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value.
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Click the triangle next to the setting to open the pop-up slider box, and drag the slider
or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press Enter or Return
to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press the Escape key (Esc).
To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open,
hold down Shift and press the Up or Down arrow key.
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