How to Customize Workspace in Photoshop Elements 6
Photoshop Elements, Adobe’s less expensive version of the professional Creative Suite, includes the same workspace customizability features as the more expensive, fully featured version of Photoshop. In Elements 6, users can move their design panes and color palettes to various places on the screen, active certain windows and features, and change the position of commonly used functions. These locations and settings can then be saved so that a certain workspace can be quickly loaded when needed. Photoshop users who use Elements 6 for a variety of tasks–such as photo editing and graphics design–benefit most from being able to set up multiple workspaces.
- Activate the panes and windows that are most useful for the given task for which you are designing a workspace. For instance, if you are using your workspace primary for photo editing, activate the RAW Image Processing and Brightness/Contrast windows.
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Step 2
Configure the windows to show your most needed tools by default. For instance, graphic designers may prefer the text type tools to be displayed by default rather than the blending options. Choose your preferred panes by clicking on their tabs in the side windows.
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Step 3
Arrange the panes and windows so that the most needed tools are closest to your work space. For instance, a graphic designer may want the color swatches pane close to the primary window so that it is easier to quickly switch colors, while a photographer would want saturation, brightness and levels adjustment sliders to be readily available.
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Step 4
Click the “Save Workspace 1″ button in the Effects window. This will save the current windows and their settings and locations to Workspace 1. Design a new workspace and click the “Save Workspace 2″ button to save that workspace to the second button.
Limit yourself to three to four workspaces. More than that will likely dilute the time-saving nature of saved workspaces by forcing you to spend time choosing between your workspaces for any given job.