Look at your document window: the status bar is now at the bottom. Of course, in full screen mode, there is no document window, so no staus bar.
The info palette can show the info usually displayed in the status bar. (efficiency, etc…)
What peculiar info did you rely on?
Depends which "full screen mode" you use. Hit F and, as Pierre says, your status bar disappears. Click the document’s "maximize" button and the status bar remains.
Chris
Thanks for the responses
The kind of info I was ralying on was filters/commands progress as one of my machines is rather slow…
In CS, even in full screen mode the status bar was there… I guess I’ll have to without that from now on
Thanks!
There is now a real progress bar in Photoshop CS2 that will come up when an operation takes too long (more than 5 seconds).
-Scott
Thanks Scott!
I just noticed that myself – with the excellent new smart sharpen 🙂
I think I am happy overall. I just wish the bridge could be a window within PS so I won’t have to Alt-Tab back and forth all the time
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I just wish the bridge could be a window within PS so I won’t have to Alt-Tab back and forth all the time
It can.. Spend a little more time with it.
guess you mean the compact mode when in that mode it always stays on top, so its not very useful unless im missing something here…
You can switch always-on-top off!
little triangle on top right corner of compact or ultra compact mode, which assumes you’ve found ultra.
hmmm… but then it goes behind when I open an image… alt-tab again
Windows folk griped because it was on top, now they gripe when it goes behind… lucky the engineers prepared 😉
Open Photoshop and hit the maximize button so that it’s now a window.
Grap the bottom of the window and drag towards the top of the screen… it won’t go all the way so don’t try forcing it. You can also drag the Photoshop window edges to fill the width of the screen so now you have the title bar, options bar and a narrow strip of PS desktop at the top of the screen and the Windows desktop underneath. Welcome to the Mac look PC style (YUK!) You now have a real desktop rather than the lame excuse Microsoft have served toy for years
If you don’t like the desktop icons showing through then right click the desktop and uncheck "Show Desktop Icons" from the "Arrange Icons By" context menu.
Now open Bridge.
Open an image and Bridge goes to the background but can still be seen.
Enjoy!
Here’s a screenshot showing Photoshop CS2, Bridge in the background, an open image, and Windows desktop behind
hey! how is that image hosted on adobeforums.com?!! 🙂
nice tricks, troof. must remember…
Wasn’t ever that convinced by the desktop metaphor and never liked the desktop showing through in PS when using Macs, always seemed a bit untidy to me. My desk’s a mess, but at least I can keep my monitor/desktop is clear of clutter.
I also was never a fan of the desktop showing through on the MAC. I suspect I won’t like it on the PC either. Oh, well, you pays your money and you takes your chances.
I also was never a fan of the desktop showing through on the MAC.
It’s an OPTION. If you don’t want it don’t configure CS2 to use it!
Like Ian said it is just an option. I always disabled it when working on Mac’s as well. It made working on a Mac a little more tolerable. Of course I still had to put up with the slower speed on the Mac.
Photo – why didn’t you get a current Macintosh?
There’s no reason to put up with slow speed when Macintoshes are so much faster….
Chris,
Sorry Chris I don’t agree. Even Steve’s own Pixar Studios use Intel systems for animation and rendering. Now why do you think that is 🙂 I have never worked on a Mac faster than whatever my current system is. I have even used the demo systems in the Adobe booth at siggraph. Will you be there this year? Perhaps you can show me the light.
Even if Mac does have some speed advantages with Adobe products it will never have the developer base that Windows does. I have stand alone video utilities that can process a video conversion 10 times faster than a Mac simply because the are not available for the Mac and these utilities are all free.
Why would I spend so much money on a computer that does one thing well and everything else so poorly (for me). I believe that dollar for dollar the speed is identical between Windows based systems and OSX based systems. I am sticking with what I know and where my money has been invested in software. I think that Mac users should do the same.
Photo – Pixar uses a mix of Macintosh and Intel based systems for desktops. They use Intel based rack mount systems for rendering because they’re dirt cheap.
Chris,
Pixar uses a mix of Macintosh and Intel based systems for desktops.
I know. I said "for animation and rendering". I think they are trying to go Mac only but the fact that even with the discounted prices they would get on hardware they still use Intel systems says a lot. At this point I think even if it is more expensive they will do it. The problem is probably in rewriting the software and the added space the would need to house larger profile Mac systems.
They use Intel based rack mount systems for rendering because they’re dirt cheap.
More bang for the buck. Like I said some things (applications) my be faster while others most certainly are not. You have the benchmarks, I don’t. For what I do Photoshop runs every bit as fast for me as it would for a Mac user and I have the added bonus of faster rendering times in my 3D apps.
