ptg 396 Chapter 24 General Preferences A Appearance Choose a value between Black and White for the overall User Interface Brightness (for the side panels) and for the Image Backdrop (the area behind the Content and Preview panels). Choose an Accent Color for highlighted items. Behavior Check When a Camera is Connected, Launch Adobe Photo Downloader to make the Downloader the default system utility for acquiring photos (for Mac OS users only). Check Double-Click Edits Camera Raw Settings in Bridge to have raw les open into Camera Raw, hosted by Bridge, when double-clicked. See page 62. If Ctrl-Click/Cmd-Click Opens the Loupe When Previewing or Reviewing is checked, you have to hold down Ctrl/Cmd while clicking an image pre- view to make the loupe display. With this option unchecked, you can make the loupe appear simply by clicking the preview (see page 38). For Number of Recent Items to Display, enter the maximum number of les (0–30) that can be listed at a time on the Open Recent File menu and Preferences for Adobe Bridge A General Preferences, in Bridge B u m b n a i l s P r e f e r e n c e s , i n B r i d g e the Reveal Recent File or Go to Recent Folder menu on the Path bar, and on the Go to Parent, Recent Items, or Favorites menu in Mini Bridge. Favorite Items Check which items and system-generated folders you want listed in the Favorites panel, by default. Thumbnails Preferences B Performance and File Handling Note: To implement Performance and File Handling changes, you must purge the folder cache (Tools > Cache submenu). For Do Not Process Files Larger an, enter the maximum le size that you will permit Bridge to display a thumbnail for (the default value is 1000 MB). Large les preview slowly. Details From the Additional Lines of umbnail Metadata menus, choose which categories of le information are to be listed below or next to the image thumbnails in the Content panel (see page 42). Check Show Tooltips to allow tool tips to display when you rest the pointer on Bridge features, such as image thumbnails. ptg Preferences & Presets 397 Playback Preferences Choose options to control whether audio and video les will play and/or loop when viewed in the Preview panel. e Stack Playback Frame Rate controls the speed at which a stack of 10 or more video thumbnails play back via the Play button. Metadata Preferences Check which categories of metadata are to be displayed in the Metadata panel. Check Hide Empty Fields to hide elds on the Metadata panel that are empty. Check Show Metadata Placard to display camera data at the top of the Metadata panel (see page 36). Keywords Preferences Check Automatically Apply Parent Keywords to have the parent keyword apply automatically when a subkeyword check box is clicked in the Keywords panel (we keep this option o). If this option is on and you want to override it (to apply just a sub- keyword), Shift-click the check box. See page 55. For Write Hierarchical Keywords, click an Output Delimiter character to separate keywords in exported l e s . e Read Hierarchical Keywords setting applies to keyword delimiters in imported les. Labels Preferences Check whether to Require the Control/Command Key [to be pressed] to Apply Labels and Ratings to selected le thumbnails (see page 44). You can also change the label names here, but not the colors. File Type Associations Preferences ese settings tell Bridge which application it may open les of dierent types into. Don’t change these settings unless you know what you’re doing! Cache Preferences Options Check Keep 100% Previews in Cache to save a large JPEG preview of image thumbnails to disk for faster previewing when using the loupe and when previewing images in Slideshow mode at 100% or in Full Screen Preview view. We keep this option unchecked, because it uses a lot of disk space. Check Automatically Export Caches to Folders When Possible to have Bridge export the cache (in which thumbnail data is stored) to the same folders as the images. See page 54. Location Click Choose to specify a dierent location for the Bridge cache (then relaunch Bridge). Manage If you have a very large hard drive, you can increase the maximum number of items that can be stored in the cache via the Cache Size slider. Click Compact Cache to allow previously cached items that are no longer available to be removed from the cache, for improved performance. Click Purge Cache to purge all cached thumbnails and previews from the central database to free up space on your hard disk, or if Bridge is having trouble displaying your image thumbnails. Startup Scripts Preferences Startup Scripts that are checked will be avail- able at startup. We recommend keeping them all checked, unless you have a specic reason to uncheck any particular ones. Changes to these settings take eect when you relaunch Bridge. Advanced Preferences Note: Most changes to the Advanced Preferences settings take eect when you relaunch Bridge. Miscellaneous If (and only if) you encounter display problems in Bridge, check Use Software Rendering. is option turns o hardware acceleration for the Preview panel and Slideshow mode. Check Generate Monitor-Size Previews to have Bridge generate previews in a dual-monitor setup based on the resolution of the larger monitor. Check Start Bridge at Login to have Bridge launch automatically at startup. Output Preferences Check Use Solo Mode for Output Panel Behavior to display only one expanded category on the Output panel at a time. Check Convert Multi-Byte Filenames to Full ASCII to dene Chinese and Japanese le names using the ASCII character system, to prevent problems when transferring les. Check Preserve Embedded Color Profile to preserve any embedded proles in les being output as PDF les or as a Web gallery. Click Reset Panel to Defaults to restore all the default settings to this panel. ptg 398 Chapter 24 Using the Preset Manager If you have practiced the image-editing techniques in other chapters, you have already accessed presets on many of the pickers in Photoshop, such as the Brush Presets, Styles, and Swatches panels. Other presets are found in less obvious locations, such as contours in some panels of the Layer Style dialog and gradients in the Gradient Fill dialog. e preset categories include brushes, swatches, gradients, styles, patterns, contours, custom shapes, and tools. A collection of saved presets that can be loaded onto a picker is called a library. (To learn how presets are created, see the sidebar on page 400.) Beware! If there are presets on a picker that haven’t been saved and you want to be able to access them in the future, you must save them as a library; otherwise, they could be easily replaced by other presets. You can save presets via the Preset Manager dialog (see the instructions at right) or via an indi- vidual picker (see “To save the presets on a picker as a library” on page 401). You can load a saved library of presets onto a picker at any time, and you can share them with other Photoshop users. To save select presets as a library via the Preset Manager: 1. To open the Preset Manager, do one of the following: Choose Edit > Preset Manager. Choose Preset Manager from the menu of any picker or panel (such as the Swatches or Styles panel). On the Brush or Brush Presets panel, click the Open Preset Manager button. ★ 2. From the Preset Type menu, choose the category of presets that you want to create a library for, or press the shortcut that is listed on the menu. A 3. From the menu on the right side of the dialog, choose a view option for the Preset Manager (such as Small umbnail or Small List). For Brushes, you can choose Stroke umbnail view to display a sample of the brush stroke alongside each thumbnail. 4. Shift-click or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the presets to be saved in a library, then click Save Set. 5. In the Save dialog, enter a name for the new library, keep the default extension and location, then click Save. 6. Click Done to exit the Preset Manager. 7. Relaunch Photoshop. A In the Preset Manager dialog, choose a category from the Preset Type menu, select the presets to be saved in a library, then click Save Set. ptg Preferences & Presets 399 To load a library of presets onto a picker, you can use either the Preset Manager (instructions here) or an individual preset picker (see pages 400–401). You can reset any category of presets to the factory defaults, append (add) more presets to the current ones on the picker, or replace the current presets with those in a library. Presets on the pickers and panels remain there when you relaunch Photoshop. Note: Changes made in the Preset Manager also appear in the corresponding picker, and vice versa. To load presets onto a picker via the Preset Manager: 1. Choose Edit > Preset Manager or choose Preset Manager from the menu on any picker or panel. 2. Choose a category of presets from the Preset Type menu. 3. Any unsaved presets on the current picker will be deleted in the next step, unless you choose the Append option. To save the current presets as a library before proceeding, follow the steps on the preceding page. 4. From the menu on the right side of the dialog, choose a specic library name; A or to reload the default library, choose Reset [preset type]. In the alert dialog, click Append to add the new library to the current ones on the picker, or click OK to replace the current presets with the new ones. If the picker contains any unsaved presets (you didn’t follow step 3), another alert will appear. Click Don’t Save or Save. 5. Optional: To delete presets from the picker (but not from the library), click a preset to be deleted or Shift-click or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click multiple presets, then click Delete. is can’t be undone (but any library can be reloaded). 6. Click Done to exit the Preset Manager. ➤ To load a library that isn’t in the default loca- tion, click Load in the Preset Manager, locate the library in the Load dialog, then click Open. Or to replace the current presets, choose Replace [preset type] from the menu, locate the desired library in the Open dialog, then click Open. ➤ To rename a preset when the Preset Manager is in a umbnail view, double-click the thumbnail, then change the name in the dialog. If the Preset Manager is in Text Only or a List view, double- click the preset name. You can also select multi- ple presets and then click Rename, in which case naming dialogs will open in succession. A After selecting a category from the Preset Type menu, choose Reset [preset type] or a specic library name from the menu on the right side of the dialog. ptg 400 Chapter 24 Managing presets via the pickers and panels Presets are created in various ways, such as when you dene a new pattern via the Dene Pattern command, add a new swatch to the Swatches panel, add a new style to the Styles panel, create a new gradient in the Gradient Editor dialog, or create a new brush or tool preset (see the sidebar at right). New presets are saved in the Adobe Photoshop Preferences le temporarily. ey stay on the picker when you relaunch Photoshop, but are dis- carded if you replace them with another library or reset the default library to the picker. ankfully, there’s a way to preserve your custom presets and hard work. When you use the Preset Manager to create a library, you are able to pick and choose which presets are saved. When you create a library via a specic preset picker (accessed from the Options bar or from a dialog, such as the Gradient Editor), all the presets on the picker are included — you can’t pick and choose. To outsmart this limitation, before creating the library, delete the presets you don’t want saved in the library. Note: When you delete a preset from a picker or panel, no documents are altered and no saved presets are deleted from the “actual” library they reside in. To delete presets from a panel or picker: 1. Display the picker or panel that you want to delete presets from, such as the Brush Presets, Styles, Swatches, or Tool Presets panel. 2. Do either of the following: Alt-click/Option-click the preset to be deleted (you’ll see a scissors pointer). Right-click a preset and choose Delete [preset name]. If an alert dialog appears, click OK. HOW ARE PRESETS CREATED? A new preset is created each time you do any of the following: ➤ Customize a brush using the Brush panel, then click the New Preset button on the Brush or Brush Presets panel, or on the Brush Preset picker, which is accessed from the Options bar. ➤ Add a swatch of the current Foreground color to the Swatches panel by clicking the New Swatch button. ➤ Create a tool preset by clicking the New Tool Preset button in the Tool Presets panel or on the Tool Preset picker (see page 402). ➤ Create a gradient by clicking New in the Gradient Editor dialog. ➤ Create a style by clicking the New Style button on the Styles panel or by clicking New Style in the Layer Style dialog. ➤ Create a pattern via Edit > Defi ne Pattern. ➤ Create a custom shape via Edit > Defi ne Custom Shape. ptg Preferences & Presets 401 To save the presets on a picker as a library: 1. Make sure the preset picker or panel contains only the presets to be saved in a library (see the instructions on the preceding page). 2. Do one of the following: From the Brush Presets, Swatches, Styles, or Tool Presets panel menu, or from the Brush Preset picker menu, choose Save [preset type]. For a gradient, click Save in the Gradient Editor dialog; or from the menu in the Gradient Fill dialog (for a ll layer) or in the Gradient picker (on the Options bar), choose Save Gradients. For a pattern, from the picker menu in the Pattern Overlay panel of the Layer Style dialog, the Edit > Fill dialog, or the Pattern Fill dialog (for a ll layer), choose Save Patterns. 3. In the Save dialog, enter a name, keep the default extension and location, then click Save. 4. Relaunch Photoshop to make your new library appear on the panel and/or preset picker menu and on the menu in the Preset Manager. A Photo shop supplies an assortment of predened preset libraries that you can load as needed onto the relevant picker. e libraries are available on the lower portion of the panel or picker menu when you select a tool that uses that panel or picker (for example, from the Brush Preset picker when the Brush or Mixer Brush tool is selected). User-created libraries are also listed on the menu. To load a library of presets: 1. From the lower portion of a panel menu or picker menu, choose a preset library name. Libraries are listed on the Brush Presets, Styles, Swatches, and Tool Presets panel menus, and on the Shape and Tool Preset picker menus (on the Options bar). You can also choose a library from the picker menu in the Gradient Editor dialog, the Gradient Fill dialog (for a Gradient Fill layer), the Edit > Fill dialog (for patterns), the Pattern Fill dialog (for a Pattern Fill layer), and the Layer Style dialog (for contours, gradients, patterns, and styles). 2. When the alert appears, click Append to add the additional presets to the panel or picker, or click OK to replace the current presets on the panel or picker with those in the library. Note: If the panel or picker contains unsaved presets, another alert dialog appears. Click Don’t Save or Save. ➤ To access a library that isn’t listed on the menu (because it isn’t being stored in the default folder), choose Load [preset name] from the panel or picker menu, locate the desired library, then click Open. ➤ To create document presets for use in the New dialog, see page 23. You can restore the factory-default library to any panel or picker. To restore the default presets to a panel or picker: 1. Choose Reset [preset name] from a panel or picker menu. 2. When the alert dialog appears, click OK to replace the existing presets on the panel or picker with the default ones. Note: If you made changes to the current presets, another alert dialog will appear. Click Don’t Save or Save. A e n e w l i b r a r y a p p e a r s at the bottom of the Brush Preset picker menu. . sidebar at right). New presets are saved in the Adobe Photoshop Preferences le temporarily. ey stay on the picker when you relaunch Photoshop, but are dis- carded if you replace them with. image-editing techniques in other chapters, you have already accessed presets on many of the pickers in Photoshop, such as the Brush Presets, Styles, and Swatches panels. Other presets are found in. load a saved library of presets onto a picker at any time, and you can share them with other Photoshop users. To save select presets as a library via the Preset Manager: 1. To open the