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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register it. ThanksWorking EfficientlyIf you use Photoshop every day, and run a lot of pictures through it, you'll soon pick up some tricks of your own to work faster andsmarter. The easiest trick to learn is to use the tool selection shortcuts: Z to select the Zoom tool, B for Brush, and so on. As you becomefamiliar with the tools and what they can do, you'll find you go back to the same brush sizes or type fonts again and again.Tool PresetsPhotoshop makes it easy for you to reuse your favorite tool settings by providing a palette of tool presets. Click the Tool Preset button atthe left side of the Tool Options bar, or open the Tool Presets palette. You'll see a list of the current presets for the tools you are using.The palette menu lets you add more presets, delete these, group them, rename them, and otherwise juggle them around.To add a brush tool preset, first switch to the tool for which you want to make a preset, and then use the Brushes palette and ToolOptions bar to construct the shape, action, and other attributes of the desired brush tool. Don't forget that clicking the names of the listedattributes (not on the check boxes) gives you access to their controls. The check boxes simply toggle them on or off. When you've setyour brush the way you want it, give it a name. Close the Brushes palette so it's not in the way. Now, go to tool presets and open thepalette menu. Again, name your brush or accept the default name, and it will be added to the current preset menu (see Figure 18.23).Figure 18.23. Tool presets for the Brush tool.