ptg Creating Files 23 CHOOSE YOUR DEFAULTS In Edit/Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers, under New Document Presets Resolutions, you can enter Print Resolution and Screen Resolution values. Thereafter, one of those values will appear in the Resolution fi eld in the File > New dialog when you choose a preset from the Preset menu. The Print Resolution value is used for the Paper and Photo presets (the default value is 300 ppi); the Screen Resolution value is used for the Web, Mobile & Devices, and Film & Video presets (the default value is 72 ppi). Creating document presets If you tend to use the same document size, color mode, or other settings repeatedly in the New dialog, take the time to create a document preset for those settings. ereafter, you’ll be able to access your settings via the Preset menu, which will save you startup time as you create new les. To create a document preset: 1. Choose File > New or press Ctrl-N/Cmd-N. e New dialog opens. 2. Choose settings, such as the width, height, reso- lution, color mode, bit depth, background con- tents, color prole, and pixel aspect ratio. Ignore any setting that you don’t want to include in the preset; you’ll exclude it from the preset in step 5. 3. Click Save Preset. e New Document Preset dialog opens. A 4. Enter a Preset Name. 5. Under Include in Saved Settings, uncheck any New dialog settings that you don’t want included in the preset. 6. Click OK. Your new preset will appear on the Preset menu in the New dialog. ➤ To delete a user-created preset, choose it from the Preset menu, click Delete Preset, then click Yes (this can’t be undone). A Use the New Document Preset dialog to control which of the current settings in the New dialog will be saved in your new document preset. ptg 24 Chapter 2 Saving your file If you’re not sure which format to use when saving a le for the rst time, you can safely go with the native Photoshop format, PSD. One good reason to do so is that PSD les are more compact than TIFF les (see also the sidebar on the following page). To save an unsaved document: 1. If the document window contains any imagery, you can choose File > Save (Ctrl-S/Cmd-S); if it’s completely blank, choose File > Save As (Ctrl- Shift-S/Cmd-Shift-S). e Save As dialog opens. 2. Type a name in the File Name eld A /Save As eld ( A , next page). 3. Choose a location for the le. In Windows, if you need to navigate to a dier- ent folder or drive, use the Save In menu at the top of the dialog. In the Mac OS, click a drive or folder in the Sidebar panel on the left side of the window. To locate a recently used folder, use the menu below the Save As eld. 4. Choose a le format from the Format menu. Only the native Photoshop (PSD), Large Document Format (PSB), TIFF, and Photoshop PDF formats support layers (see the informa- tion about attening layers on pages 134 and 146). 5. If you’re not yet familiar with the features listed in the Save area, leave the settings as is. e As a Copy option is discussed on page 26. 6. If the le contains an embedded color prole and the format you’re saving to supports such proles, in the Color area, you can check ICC Profile/Embed Color Profile: [prole name] to save the prole with the le. (To learn about embedded proles, see pages 10, 13, and 16.) 7. Click Save. ➤ In the Mac OS, to have Photoshop append a three-character extension (e.g., .tif, .psd) to the le name automatically when a le is saved for the rst time, in Edit/Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling, choose Append File Extension: Always. Extensions are required when export- ing Macintosh les to the Windows platform and when posting les to a Web server. ➤ To learn about the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility option in the File Handling panel of the Preferences dialog, see page 390. A i s i s t h e S a v e A s d i a l o g i n W i n d o w s . ptg Creating Files 25 Once a le has been saved for the rst time, each subsequent use of the Save command overwrites (saves over) the last version. To save a previously saved file: Choose File > Save (Ctrl-S/Cmd-S). e simple Revert command restores your document to the last-saved version. Note: We know you can’t learn everything at once, but keep in mind for the future that the History panel, which Chapter 10 is devoted exclusively to, serves as a full-service multiple undo feature. Also, a use of the Revert command shows up as a state on the History panel, so you can undo a revert by click- ing an earlier history state. To revert to the last saved version of a file: Choose File > Revert. ➤ To undo the most recent modication, choose Edit > Undo (Ctrl-Z/Cmd-Z). Not all edits can be undone by this command. For the other undo and redo commands, see page 113. CHOOSING THE CORRECT FORMAT Photoshop (PSD), Large Document (PSB), TIFF, and Photoshop PDF are the only formats that preserve the following Photoshop features: ➤ Multiple layers and layer transparency ➤ Shape layers ➤ Smart Objects ➤ Adjustment layers ➤ Editable type layers ➤ Layer effects ➤ Alpha channels ➤ Grids and guides ICC color management profi les are preserved by the above-mentioned formats (and also by the JPEG and Photoshop EPS formats). To prepare your document for printing from another application or to export it to an application that doesn’t read Photoshop layers, read about the TIFF, EPS,and PDF formats on pages 417–420. Or for Web output, read about the GIF and JPEG formats on pages 421–426. A i s i s t h e S a v e A s d i a l o g i n t h e M a c O S . ptg 26 Chapter 2 e Save As command lets you save a copy of your le under a new name (say, to create a design, docu- ment color mode, or adjustment variation) or with dierent options. Another important use of this command is to save a attened copy of a le in a dif- ferent format, for export to another application. is is necessary because most non-Adobe applications can’t import Photoshop PSD les or read Photoshop layers. To save a new version of a file: 1. Choose File > Save As (Ctrl-Shift-S/Cmd- Shift-S). e Save As dialog opens. 2. Change the name in the File Name/Save As eld. i s i s i m p o r t a n t ! 3. Choose a location for the new version from the Save In menu in Windows or by using the Sidebar panel and columns in the Mac OS. (Read about the new Save As to Original Folder prefer- ence on page 390. ★ ) 4. Optional: From the Format menu, choose a dif- ferent le format. Only formats that are available for the le’s current color mode and bit depth are listed. Note: If you try to save a 16-bit le in the JPEG (.jpg) format, Photoshop will produce a attened, 8-bit copy of the le automatically. ★ Beware! If the format you’ve chosen doesn’t sup- port layers, the Layers option becomes dimmed, a yellow alert icon displays, and layers in the new version are attened. A DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND To create document variations within the same fi le, explore the Layer Comps panel; see pages 382–384. 5. Check any available options in the Save area, as desired. For example, you could check As a Copy to have the copy of the le remain closed and the original le stay open onscreen, or uncheck this option to have the original le close and the copy stay open. Depending on the current File Saving settings in Edit/Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling (and depending on whether you’re working on a Windows or Mac OS machine), some preview and extension options may be available in the Save As dialog. See pages 389–390. 6. In the Color area, check ICC Profile/Embed Color Profile: [prole name], if available (see pages 10, 13, and 16), to include the prole, for color management. 7. Click Save. Depending on the chosen le format, another dialog may appear. For the TIFF format, see page 417; for EPS, see pages 418–419; or for PDF, see page 420. For other formats, see Photoshop Help. ➤ If you don’t change the le name or format in the Save As dialog but do click Save, an alert will appear. Click Yes/Replace to replace the original le, or click No/Cancel to return to the Save As dialog. ➤ To optimize a le in the GIF or JPEG format for Web output, see pages 423–426. ptg Creating Files 27 Using the Status bar Using the Status bar and menu at the bottom of the document window, you can read data about the cur- rent le or nd out how Photoshop is currently using memory. To use the Status bar: From the menu next to the Status bar at the bottom of a oating or tabbed document window, choose the type of data you want displayed on the bar: Document Sizes to list the approximate le stor- age size of a attened version of the le if it were saved in the PSD format (the value on the left) and the storage size of the current le including layers (the value on the right). Document Profile to list the embedded color prole (the words “Untagged [RGB or CMYK]” appear if a prole hasn’t been assigned). A Document Dimensions to list the image dimensions (its width, height, and resolution). Scratch Sizes to list the amount of RAM Photoshop is using to process all currently open les (the value on the left) and the amount of RAM that is currently available to Photoshop (the value on the right). If the rst value is greater than the second, it means Photoshop is currently utilizing virtual memory on the scratch disk. Efficiency to list the percentage of program operations that are currently being done in RAM as opposed to the scratch disk (see page 391). When this value is below 100, it means the scratch disk is being used. Current Tool to list the name of the current tool. To view detailed data about a particular le, use the Metadata panel in Bridge. To find out the storage size (and other data) of a file: 1. On the Application bar in Photoshop, click the Bridge button. In Bridge, click an image thumbnail (see page 36). 2. In the Metadata panel on the right, under File Properties, note the File Size value. B B To learn the storage size of a le, click its thumb- nail in Bridge, then in the File Properties category of the Metadata panel, note the File Size listing. GETTING DOCUMENT INFO FAST Regardless of which info category is chosen on the Status bar menu, you can always click and hold on the Status bar to display the following data about the current image: its dimensions, number of channels, color mode, bit depth, and resolution. A From the menu for the Status bar, choose the type of data you want displayed on the bar. Status bar ptg 28 Chapter 2 D If you try to close a le that contains unsaved changes, this alert prompt will appear. A similar prompt will appear if you exit/quit Photoshop and any open les contain unsaved changes. C In the Mac OS, click the Close (red) button on a oating document window. Ending a work session To close a document: 1. Do one of the following: Click the on a document tab. A Choose File > Close (Ctrl-W/Cmd-W). Click the Close button in the upper right corner of a oating document window in Windows, B or the upper left corner of a oating document window in the Mac OS. C 2. If you try to close a le that was modied since it was last saved, an alert dialog will appear. D Click No (N)/Don’t Save (D) to close the le without saving it, or click Yes (Y)/Save (S) to save the le before closing it (or click Cancel to cancel the close command). ➤ An asterisk on a document title bar or tab indicates that the document contains unsaved changes. ➤ To quickly close multiple open documents, press Ctrl-Alt-W/Cmd-Option-W. In the alert dialog that appears, you can check Apply to All, ★ if desired, to have your response apply to all the open documents, then click Don’t Save or Save. ➤ In Photoshop, to close a le and launch or go to Bridge, choose File > Close and Go To Bridge (Ctrl-Shift-W/Cmd-Shift-W). To exit/quit Photoshop: 1. In Windows, choose File > Exit (Ctrl-Q) or click the Close button for the application frame. In the Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Quit Photoshop (Cmd-Q). 2. All open Photoshop les will close. If any changes were made to any open le since it was last saved, an alert dialog will appear. Click No (N)/Don’t Save (D) to close the le without saving it, or click Yes (Y)/Save (S) to save it before exiting/quitting Photoshop (or click Cancel to cancel the exit/quit command). A In Windows and the Mac OS, you can close a tabbed document by clicking the X on the tab. B In Windows, click the Close (X) button on a oating document window. . another dialog may appear. For the TIFF format, see page 41 7; for EPS, see pages 41 8 41 9; or for PDF, see page 42 0. For other formats, see Photoshop Help. ➤ If you don’t change the le name or. layers, read about the TIFF, EPS,and PDF formats on pages 41 7 42 0. Or for Web output, read about the GIF and JPEG formats on pages 42 1 42 6. A i s i s t h e S a v e A s d i a l o g i n t. below the Save As eld. 4. Choose a le format from the Format menu. Only the native Photoshop (PSD), Large Document Format (PSB), TIFF, and Photoshop PDF formats support