SETTING UP TO USE PHOTOSHOP

Getting the most out of your memory:

Mac’s are set up to use about 4G for your photoshop applications. If you do not have 4G of RAM you can allocate more memory by switching the scratch disk to HD. Here is how you do that:

• Open PS
• Go to Preferences/General/Performance
• Check HD under Scratch Disk
• Reserve atleast 50% RAM to PS
• Relaunch PS (so that the changes will take affect)

(When you are finished working with Photoshop, adjust the settings back)


Opening an Image file in PS

• From the DOCK double click the icon for PS
• In PS, Click File/Open-in the menu bar (this will open the Finder)
• Locate the folder that the image is located and highlight it, the Click Open
• If asked: always convert to the working RGB and uncheck the imbedded profile.
• Next Click File Save as/Rename your image (NEVER work off your original)
• Save at the Maximum Quality for jpeg with Basiline Optimized.