Technique 2: Creating Custom Palette Groups and Workspaces
Save Time By
Saving palette locations
Creating palette groups
Selecting palettes for specific tasks
Customizing workspaces
When you open Photoshop cs for the first time (see Figure 2-1), notice that some palettes are arranged along the right side of the program window, some palettes are available in the Palette Well on the Options bar, and, if you open the Window menu, some palettes are not visible at all.

Figure 2-1: By default, not all palettes are shown in the Photoshop cs program window.
As you work on projects, you’ll discover that you need to move palettes out of the way in order to see something and access palettes that aren’t displayed. In addition, you’ll probably find that some palettes display in the program window that you never use. Why have unused palettes taking up valuable screen real estate? Why not customize your working environment so that you can work more efficiently? That’s where this technique comes in.
In this technique, you find out how to customize your workspace. You discover how to make Photoshop remember the location of the palettes and Toolbox, so they appear in the same positions every time you launch Photoshop. You find out how to break apart the default palette groups and create your own palette groups. Then, you find out how to create custom workspaces so that you can retrieve these custom palette groups when you need them for a special project.