Modifying Photoshop s Settings

Photoshop s settings control how the program appears and behaves. On the Mac, settings are stored in files, folders, and directories with names such as Settings or Preferences . Windows has similar directories where settings are stored as well as having other settings stored deeper in the Registry. After you modify any setting and quit the program, the information is saved to these files.

When you launch Photoshop for the first time, a set of preferences is created. These are the factory default settings. Any changes you make in the appearance or the behavior of the program are recorded in the preferences file. After a work session, when you quit the program, these preferences are stored so that the next time you launch the program, the position of the palettes, the tool settings, the color of the guides or grid, and any other changes you made remain the same.