Photoshop CS3 interface changes Jan06 '07

# (1 of 12): Gabe

2 days, 22 hours after the fact. (Tue 09 Jan 2007, 1:59 PM CST)

I was very frustrated by this as well, couldn't figure out the logic behind making it harder to get to certain menu items. For instance the Character/Paragraph palletes are hidden by default, so is the Curves function...WTF?? Anyway there is a simple solution: go to Edit>Menus...and from there you can choose which items are hidden/visible.

# (2 of 12): Matthom

2 days, 23 hours after the fact. (Tue 09 Jan 2007, 2:44 PM CST)

I agree. The Character/Paragraph palette always seems to be hidden, even in previous versions. I always remember having to manually go to the Window menu, then select Paragraph - always a frustrating step when you need it quick.

It's nice to know you can customize the menus somewhat...

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# (3 of 12): Caydr

3 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Sun 22 Apr 2007, 9:01 PM CST)

To get rid of that gayassed "show all items" thing, you go into edit>menus... so the tutorial I just read says. HTH

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# (4 of 12): Photoshopper

4 months, 3 weeks after the fact. (Tue 29 May 2007, 6:49 AM CST)

This is indeed the solution to this annoyance. Thank You

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# (5 of 12): Designer

7 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Wed 22 Aug 2007, 5:53 PM CST)

The solution is worse than the problem? Do I have to go thru every menu item to fix this? It will take an hour. Isn't there a "Show all" button I can push to fix this thing?

(guess not)

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# (6 of 12): Peter Pedaci

7 months, 3 weeks after the fact. (Mon 27 Aug 2007, 3:04 PM CST)

i just found a preset, you can download, so you don't have to turn all menu items to visible by hand:

http://www.clkoerner.com/2007/07/23/show-me-everything/

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# (7 of 12): Rob

9 months, 1 week after the fact. (Fri 12 Oct 2007, 6:04 PM CST)

Thanks for showing me how to rid this extra step I had to take every time I wanted to convert a file to CMYK in Photoshop CS3! I was really hating the new "show all menu items."

Just to restate it simply, if you want the menus in Photoshop CS3 just like they do in CS2 go:

Edit>Menus

Then change the "Set" from "Basic" to "Photoshop Defaults"

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# (8 of 12): Woa

9 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Fri 19 Oct 2007, 6:33 AM CST)

Thank you all for the helpful comments. My Photoshop life has now gotten better!

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# (9 of 12): Roy

9 months, 3 weeks after the fact. (Tue 30 Oct 2007, 3:17 PM CST)

i like it a lot. though, i'm a younger user. try moving the boxes around near the main groups of menus. notice the blue line indicating the ways the box will associate itself with the other menus. clicking on different parts of the box will also change the behavior of how it joins different groups, or how it stays clear of them.

it's a handy to keep all of your tools in order but it requires a bit of customization on the part of the user. it hasnt really taken any of the old functionality away, its just added functionality for those of us who need to do things our own way.

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# (10 of 12): Sarah » 3till7.net

1 year, 1 month after the fact. (Wed 13 Feb 2008, 1:47 PM CST)

Oh man, I hate the "Show All Menu Options" thing. I want to see them all initially, I don't want some of them hidden from me. I miss CS2.

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# (11 of 12): Gus

1 year, 2 months after the fact. (Sat 05 Apr 2008, 3:04 PM CST)

In Edit>Menu there is a drop down for presets, "Photoshop Defaults" seems to turn on the visibility for everything. Just choose that one and hit OK

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# (12 of 12): Barbara

1 year, 7 months after the fact. (Tue 05 Aug 2008, 2:55 PM CST)

Thank you (7 of 11): Rob for telling how to show all menu items by default. Yay for you!

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