Discover Photoshop CS File Browser: Part I

The new file browser in Photoshop CS is a great powerful tool. It’s such an upgrade from Photoshop 7 even. If you don’t have it, you’re missing out. I cover it and everything else in Photoshop CS in my TutorialKey tutorials training for Photoshop CS. The training also comes with a bonus dvd covering the Adobe Bridge and the new features in Photoshop CS2.

When you open it up, you’ve got several different areas, which are all manipulatable (is that a word?) and flexible.

You can select files in a folder and flag them. To select more than one file simply press the Ctrl key and click on each file you want to open or flag. Press the flag as shown.

Now you can Show: Flagged files and it will only show the flagged files in that folder. This is a great organizational tool for you to use. Pick your favorite files or ones that you might want to come back later to by flagging them.

To unflag press the flag emblem in the dialog box or on the file itself. You can toggle a fuller screen view as shown here. This hides the other file information windows so you can just view the files in the folder. Press it again to toggle the other windows back.

You can also move the file palettes or ‘windows’ around to where you like them as shown.

Double click on a file tab to collapse that field and double click again to bring it up again. This gives more room for the other windows. Here I’ve collapsed the bottom section which leaves a lot of room for the Preview window. With the preview window you get a full resolution composite which you can expand in size.

You can also drag each area up or down by grabbing the area in between each section.

If you have Photoshop CS try this all out. If you have another version of Photoshop and you’re thinking about upgrading-it’s worth it (that is if you’ll use it anywhere near at all). Here is some more moving around of the windows. (note: this tutorial is over a year old...so UPGRADE TO CS2! It's worth it).

When you select a file in the file chooser section it will display in the preview window (sorry, only one at a time). The file browser is opening up all kinds of powerful opportunities for the visual person such as us to enjoy our workflow.

If you're tired of just getting bits and pieces and want the full training experience, find out more about my TutorialKey professional video tutorials for Photoshop CS so you can step up your skills to where they should be. Here is part 2 of this tutorial.

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