CHAPTER 2
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Setting Up Photoshop Elements
In Mac OS, hold down Shift
immediately after launching Photoshop Elements.
Click Yes to delete the Adobe Photoshop Elements
settings file.
New preferences files are available the next time
you start Photoshop Elements.
Using tool pointers
When you select most tools, the mouse pointer
matches the tool’s icon. The marquee pointer
appears by default as cross hairs, the text tool
pointer appears as an I-beam, and painting tools
appear as the Brush Size icon.
To set the appearance of a tool pointer:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
2
Select a setting for the tool pointer:
•
Standard to display pointers as tool icons.
•
Precise to display pointers as cross hairs.
•
Brush Size to display the painting cursors as
brush shapes representing the size of the current
brush. Brush Size cursors may not display for
very large brushes.
3
Click OK.
The Painting Cursors options control the pointers
for the eraser, pencil, airbrush, paintbrush,
impressionist brush, background eraser, magic
eraser, selection brush, red eye brush, clone stamp,
pattern stamp, and the smudge, blur, sharpen,
dodge, burn, and sponge tools.
The Other Cursors options control the pointers
for the marquee, lasso, magic wand, crop,
eyedropper, gradient, paint bucket, shape, hand,
and zoom tools.
To toggle between standard and precise cursors
of some tool pointers, press Caps Lock. Press
Caps Lock again to return to your original setting.
Making previews display more quickly
Pixel Doubling speeds up an image preview by
temporarily doubling the size of the pixels by
halving the resolution of the preview. This option
has no effect on the pixels in the file; it simply
provides faster previews.
To speed up previews:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
2
Select Use Pixel Doubling.
3
Click OK.
Resetting all warning dialogs
In certain situations, Photoshop Elements displays
messages containing warnings or prompts. You
can disable the display of these messages by
selecting the Don’t Show Again option in the
message. You can also reset Photoshop Elements to
display all messages that you've disabled.
To reset the display of all warning messages:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
2
Click Reset All Warning Dialogs, and click OK.
