Restricting Workspaces

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Scott_D_Lindley
May 20, 2005
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The workspace is a nice feature in CS2, allowing someone to customize Photoshop menus. Is there a way to restrict access to workspaces? For instance, I may want a user to only have access to the brush tool, so I create a workspace for this. Is it possible to restrict the user from getting back to the basic workspace?

Thanks.

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Bob Levine
May 20, 2005
Why in the world would you want to?

Bob
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Scott_D_Lindley
May 20, 2005
Bob, that sounds like a "no"? 🙂

It stems from a need to more easily manage the business. We use Photoshop across the facility (many workstations), but certain departments are only trained to use certain functions of the software. It would be nice to have the ability to remove the temptation to ‘play’ (and potentially cause problems) with functions they have not been trained to use.

Scott
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Bob Levine
May 20, 2005
AFAIK, it is a no. And for the record I would not want to work in a place where trying to learn is frowned upon.

Bob
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Scott_D_Lindley
May 20, 2005
Thanks, Bob. I understand and agree with your sentiment. Learning is not discouraged here. There simply are details that I cannot divulge in this forum. Thank you for your response. The workspaces should provide us a valuable tool.

Scott
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Mick_Murphy
May 20, 2005
You could use the new Scripts Events Manager to put up an alert box or beep like crazy if one of the bots tried to change to a different named workspace or even use certain tools or menu items. Doesn’t work for everything, only things that are recordable. I must say I agree with Bob though.
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dave_milbut
May 22, 2005
design by corporate committee. whee!

"Tom, you do the brush. If you have to erase, send it to Bob in sector 12G. Cloning goes to Sue on the 7th floor."

Scott, you do realize how ridiculous this sounds right? Maybe you need to look at your workflow, but it sounds like you have bigger issues.
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Phosphor
May 22, 2005
I could possibly see restricting access to certain tools and functions if the office somehow needed to preserve a chain of possession and restrict changes to photographic evidence in a police investigation.

Specific instances of how this might be used, however, escapes me.
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John Joslin
May 22, 2005
If he told you that he’d have to kill you. B)

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