10 steps to optimize Photoshop Performance Part 1

   RAM , Cache , scratch disk and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) are main factors that affect your photoshop performance. We can optimize  photoshop peformance by doing some basic settings.In this article, we will cover various performance optimization technique.

1.Set RAM for Photoshop use
 go to menu Edit>Preferences>Performance.

 Here you will see 4 sections i.e Memory Usage, History & Cache , Scratch disk and GPU settings.

How to open any image in Adobe Camera Raw?

Camera Raw
   Camera Raw plugin in Adobe photoshop  provide fast access and easy way to repair raw images produced by many digital cameras without affecting original quality .Camera raw is Adobe photoshop plugin that we get free with photoshop. It was released in February 2003 ,in short period it became favorite tool for photographers.
    In camera raw we can do many non  destructive photo adjustments like lens corrections,exposure , clarity, temperature , saturation , red eye removal,spot removal  etc.

Why Photoshop is Expensive?

Adobe Photoshop CS6 - $467
Adobe photoshop CS6 Extended - $940

    Really Photoshop is not cheap.Photoshop is not affordable to many people and student.But why Photoshop is so expensive??

Tab feature of photoshop

 Tab feature of photoshop(cs4,cs5,cs6) is very handy, when we want to edit multiple images at a time.
 
Tab document feature is enabled by default on windows system and disabled on Mac. So lets see how to enable or disable this feature.

How to create new Workspace in Photoshop?

What is Workspace?
   Workspace is space provided by photoshop where we can save location and size of panels ,keyboard shortcuts and menu settings. Workspace is basically arrangement of panels windows , bars and other elements.We can create as many workspace as we want, each having different panels settings and keyboard shortcut settings.

  
 Workspaces are present at top right  corner in application bar of

Hue and Saturation in Photoshop

    Generally Hue means Color and Saturation means intensity of color . We can change Hue and saturation from Hue/saturation dialogue box .Let's first see how to open Hue/saturation dialogue Box.

How to open Hue/saturation Dialogue Box ?
Go to Image -> Image Adjustment -> Hue / Saturation
Shortcut - Ctrl+U (windows) , Command+U

Harry Potter Text Effect

       I will upload tutorial on Harry Potter Text effect in few days.