UI Settings

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Scawn
May 31, 2007
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I visited an Apple store the other day and they were running Photoshop CS3 on one of the display computers. What caught my eye was the fact that with Photoshop running, all that covered the screen was the bar across the top and the toolbars on the sides. Here is an example photo:

<http://www.gadgetell.com/images/2006/12/pscs32.jpg>

Is it possible to have the same setup running CS3 in Windows Vista Ultimate? I’ve searched through all of the options and cannot find a way to turn off the "gray" background so that I can still see my desktop behind what I’m working on.
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Bob Levine
May 31, 2007
Buy a Mac if you like it that much. It’s a big difference in the UI which, FWIW, is the thing I hate about the Mac the most.

Windows simply doesn’t work that way.

You could kind of fake it in CS2 but that’s gone.

Bob
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Scawn
May 31, 2007
No, I defintely don’t like it THAT much, as I can’t see myself ever switching to a Mac. I just thought it would be nice to be able to work on photos and such, while still seeing things going on in the background, such as a messaging program or a download progress window, without having to actually click back and forth. Thx for the help.
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patrick_nolte
Jun 1, 2007
I am able to do something similar to this. On my laptop running winxp pro and CS3, I am able to roll up the background pull the palettes and tools to the desktop and images opened in a window with my desktop behind the images. Across the top is the menu bar and a small gray area where images open in. I can drag the image to the desktop and work on it in a window. I do not have multiple monitors, but I imagine this is how you would use this version if you did.

Personally, I like the gray background as it helps me with color correction and I find it easier on the eye than a busy or colorful image.

Pat Nolte
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Scawn
Jun 1, 2007
Thx Patrick. I tried doing something similar to that but wasn’t pulling everything to the desktop. It’s really not a huge deal, it’s just that with all of the options in Photoshop I thought I was overlooking something simple. I agree that the gray does help when doing color corrections, as a busy desktop wallpaper will throw you off. I was just wondering if the option was there.
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Bob Levine
Jun 1, 2007
What do you know…I stand corrected. I thought that had been removed in CS3. I still think it’s horribly distracting but there you go, it does work.

Bob

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