15 Configuration Tips in Photoshop

In Photoshop CS2, preferences, customizations, and various miscellaneous settings can be adapted to our preferences. In this article, we'll cover 15 tips for configuring.

1. In "Edit > Preferences > File processing [ctrl+k, ctrl+2]", you can set the number of files that appear recently opened in the "File > recently opened" submenu. Photoshop keeps track of the last 30 files secretly, but it ignores the number you specify: it only shows a few of the items you specify. In fact, you can increase the number of recent files shown inside so that you can easily view them quickly.

2. Photoshop requires a staging disk, at least three to five times times the size of the maximum image you plan to handle-no matter how big your memory is.

For example, if you are going to handle a 5MB sized image, you need at least 15MB to 25MB of available hard disk space and memory size.

3, if you do not assign enough staging disk space, Photoshop performance will be affected. The Niekun occupied by Photoshop is limited by available staging disk space. So if you have 1GB of RAM and instruct Photoshop to use 75% of them, but only 200MB can be used as a staging disk at design time, then in most cases Photoshop will use 200MB.

Note: To get the best performance of Photoshop, set the maximum number of values that your physical memory occupies between 50%--75%. [Ctrl+k, Ctrl+8] (Edit > Preferences > Memory and Image Cache).

You should not put Photoshop's staging disk [Ctrl+k, ctrl+7] (Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins and Scratch Disks) on the same partition as your operating system, because doing so will allow Photoshop to compete with your operating system for available resources, This can lead to a decline in overall performance.

4. Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys when you turn on Photoshop so you can change the staging disk before Photoshop loads.

5. To restore all preferences to their default values, press Ctrl+alt+shift immediately after you turn on Photoshop or ImageReady. A dialog box appears asking if you are sure you want to reset.

6. Usually, when you select a history and then make a change to the image, all the records under the activity record are deleted or, more accurately, replaced by the current record. However, if you enable the "Allow non-linear history" option in the history floating panel, you can select a record to make changes to the image, and the changes will be appended to the bottom of the history floating panel instead of replacing the records under all active records. You can even delete a record without losing any of the records below it.

Note: The horizontal line color between historical records indicates their linear relationship. A white split represents a linear history, while black represents a Non-linear history.

A Non-linear history is not only very memory intensive, it is also very difficult to understand.

7. You can use the image preview option [Ctrl+k, ctrl+2] in Edit > Preferences > File Processing to save your customized icons and preview the images in Photoshop documents:

Always Save: Saves the custom icon or Image Preview (in the Image Properties dialog box in the Photoshop image page card) to your image.

Note: Enabling image previews typically increases the file size by approximately 2KB.

"Store-time Query": Allows you to trigger the "thumbnail" option in the "Save as" dialog box.

Note: This option is not really going to be queried at save time; it is simply making the thumbnail option available when you save the image.

"Never Save": Disables image previews and custom icons. This option also disables the thumbnail option in the Save As dialog box.

Tip: You can trigger an image preview by using the "Generate Thumbnails" option in the Image tab of the image's Properties dialog box in Photoshop.

About customization

8, there is a way to remove the plug-ins you do not need (. 8be), filters (. 8bf), file format (. 8bi), and so on, that is, their file name (or the folder containing them) before using a tilde (~). Photoshop automatically ignores any files or folders that start with "~".

For example: To disable the Watermark plug-in, simply change the name of the folder to "~digimarc".