Maddison Designs » Creative Suite http://maddisondesigns.com Professional Web Design & Development Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:33:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 10 Second Tip – Controlling The Photoshop Pixel Grid http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/10/10-second-tip-controlling-the-photoshop-pixel-grid/ http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/10/10-second-tip-controlling-the-photoshop-pixel-grid/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:09:54 +0000 Anthony Hortin http://maddisondesigns.com/blog/?p=657 img_10-second-tip-controlling-the-photoshop-pixel-grid

Photoshop CS4 has a great new feature called the Pixel Grid. The pixel grid appears when you zoom past 500% and can help with editing at the pixel level.

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]]> Photoshop CS4 has a great new feature called the Pixel Grid. The pixel grid appears when you zoom past 500% and can help with editing at the pixel level.

You can control whether this grid is displayed or not using the View > Show > Pixel Grid menu option.

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If you don’t see the pixel grid menu option, then you most likely haven’t got OpenGL enabled in your Photoshop preferences. To fix this, select the Edit > Preferences > Performance… menu option. Make sure that Enable OpenGL Drawing is checked.

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I personally find the Pixel Grid really useful. Do you? Leave a comment, I’d love to hear.

]]> http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/10/10-second-tip-controlling-the-photoshop-pixel-grid/feed/ 9 10 Second Tip – Configure Your Document Tabs In CS4 http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/06/10-second-tip-configure-your-document-tabs-in-cs4/ http://maddisondesigns.com/2009/06/10-second-tip-configure-your-document-tabs-in-cs4/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:42:57 +0000 Anthony Hortin http://maddisondesigns.com/blog/?p=441 img_10-second-tip-configure-your-document-tabs-in-cs4

One of the first changes you'll probably notice when upgrading to Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), is the use of tabs to display your windows. Previously, your windows "floated" within the CS4 interface. Now, they dock neatly up against the Options panel.

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]]> One of the first changes you’ll probably notice when upgrading to Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), is the use of tabs to display your windows. Previously, your windows “floated” within the CS4 interface. Now, they dock neatly up against the Options panel.

At first, it can take a little bit to get use to. The good thing though is that it’s a simple change in your preferences to get your “floating windows” back. Simply “tick” or “untick” the checkbox in the relevant preferences dialog depending on whether you want your windows docked or not. Here’s where you can find the options for the three main Creative Suite applications, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Photoshop

Select the “Edit > Preferences > Interface…” menu option.

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Illustrator

Select the “Edit > Preferences > User Interface…” menu option.

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InDesign

Select the “Edit > Preferences > Interface…” menu option.

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It’s that easy! I hope you found this tip useful. I’d love to hear what you prefer so leave a comment. Me? I’m still undecided about the tabs. For the time being, I’ll use them a little while longer ;-)

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