␡
- Introduction
- Optimizing Photoshop
- Setting General Preferences
- Setting File Handling Preferences
- Setting Interface Preferences
- Setting Cursors Preferences
- Controlling Transparency & Gamut Preferences
- Working with Units & Rulers
- Working with Guides, Grid & Slices
- Setting Plug-Ins Preferences
- Selecting Scratch Disks
- Allocating Memory & Image Cache
- Setting Type Preferences
- Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager
- Using and Customizing Workspaces
- Building Specialized Workspaces
- Creating a Customized User Interface
- Defining Shortcut Keys
This chapter is from the book
Creating a Customized User Interface
Photoshop’s pull-down menus actually contain hundreds of options (yes, I did say hundreds). If you find navigating through menus a hassle, then Adobe has the answer to your problem with a customizable user interface. In Photoshop, you have the ability to choose what menu items appear on the pull-down menus and you can even colorize certain menu items for easier visibility. If you no longer want to use a customized set, you can delete it and restore Photoshop back to the default.
Create and Work with a Customized User Interface
Click the Window menu, point to Workspace, and then click Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus.
Click the Menus tab.
To create a new set based on the current active set, click the Create a New Set button, enter a name, and then click Save.
Click the Set list arrow, and then select a listing of modified User Interfaces.
- Delete Set. Select the set, and then click the Delete button.
- Restore Original Set. Select the Photoshop Default set.
Click the Menu For list arrow, and then click Application Menus or Panel Menus with the items you want to modify.
Click an arrow (left column) to expand the menu that contains the command you want to modify.
Click the Visibility icon associated with a command to show or hide the command.
Click the Color list arrow, and select a color for the selected command.
Click the Save All Changes button to save the new customized User Interface.
Click OK.