Setting File Browser Preferences in Photoshop

Photoshop CS has added a new set of preferences for the File Browser. These preferences enable you to customize how the newly souped-up File Browser processes and displays your images.

Using the Preset Manager
Many of the palettes and tools Photoshop works with can use settings that you store on your hard drive as presets. For example, you can create custom colors and brush tips, build your own gradients, create a library of shapes, or compile a set of styles to apply to layers. You’ll want to become familiar with the Preset Manager, which provides a central management tool for all the options that are individually available from the palettes and tools themselves.

Just as with the tools, you can select, edit, and delete presets. The only thing you can’t do with the Preset Manager is actually create a preset. You must do this with the Tool Preset picker or Tool Presets palettes.

Here are some tips on using the Preset Manager:

-->To show the Preset Manager, choose Edit➪Preset Manager. To hide it, click Done.
-->To select a specific type of preset to work with, choose it from the Preset Type dropdown list.
-->To modify a preset, choose the option from the pop-up menu available in each preset’s dialog box. Click on the right pointing arrow to the left of the Done button to access the preset pop-up menu.
-->To load an existing set of presets from your hard drive, click the Load button and navigate to the presets you want to access. You can also choose a preset library listed under the pop-up menu of each preset type.
-->To store a new or modified group of settings, click the Save Set button and type a name.
-->To give a particular preset a new name, select the setting in the dialog box, click the Rename button, and type the new name.

You can rename multiple settings consecutively by clicking and Shift+clicking the items to be renamed and then clicking the Rename button. Photoshop asks you to supply a new name for each, in turn.

-->To quickly load the default preset library for any tool or palette, choose Reset [name] Preset from the Preset Manager pop-up menu. You can also replace your current Preset library with another.
-->Different preset display options are available on the Preset Manager pop-up menu.