How to Use the Photoshop 7 "Save the Workspace" Command

I have a special love for Adobe Photoshop especially Photoshop 7. This is a graphics tool you can purchase very reasonably second-hand from sources such as Amazon but it has all the graphics editing power of products that costs 2 or 3 times more.

I'm going to write several how-to articles on Photoshop eventually leading up to how you can build a webpage using this tool. I'll show you some foundational techniques to start you off on the right foot. This first lesson will be on how to use the "Save Workspace" command in Photoshop.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Adobe Photoshop 7 or higher

1. 
    
   a cluttered Photoshop workspace is very frustrating to work on.

   As we are working with Photoshop, I'm sure that we've all experienced a profusion of clutter from having too many screens and menus opened in our workspace. When it becomes too chaotic, it becomes very difficult to think clearly let alone be creative!

2. 
    
   A little preplanning goes a long way

   The next step requires some pre-planning. Decide in your mind ideally how you would like to organize your workspace. By this, I mean how would you like to place all the menus you use on a regular basis. I would suggest for now that you double-click on the tab menus to minimize them off so that you can set them up properly in this initial stage. I generally prefer to have the "History", "Color", Navigation", and "Layers" menu stacked one on top of another however you should arrange it based on what you feel is the most efficient way to work with Photoshop.

3. 
    
   Give this organized workspace a name.

   In the Photoshop toolbar there is a tab called, "Window". In the submenu, there is an option called, "Save Workspace...". You should give your new, organized workspace a name. I named mine, "Kai's Favorite"

4. Now, whenever your Photoshop workspace becomes disorganized and unmanageable all you have to do is go up to "Window" and then click on your favorite workspace. And then, viola, as though by magic all the menus jump to order. Now, if only there is a command like this for organizing my house!

Resources

• More Photoshop 7 Tutorials

[diginb]

on 9/30/2008 enjoying your work so far...will check out your blog/site!

[Psalmist4M]

on 9/25/2008 I enjoy Photoshop CS3 but have not used 7. Is that the latest release of Photoshop. The article is excellent. Thanks for sharing. 5*s

[Bradmasterson]

on 9/25/2008 Thank you all so much for your kind words. Please don't hesitate to let me know what you want to learn about Photoshop 7. I'm really good at integrate it with other cool software like Dreamweaver, After Effects and Flash so that you can really express yourself!

[Ballzy]

on 9/25/2008 Thanks so much! This is a great load of information! I use all the adobe products for video and photo editing. Thanks again! 5*

[showpup]

on 9/23/2008 Hi Kai! I'm so glad to see you joined us here on ehow and really tickled you will be sharing your vast knowledge on using Photoshop! (everyone be sure to click on the above link to his other tutorials. They are awesome!)

I have been using Photoshop for many, many years now and I never knew it was possible to save a workspace like this. This is very cool! 5 stars!