Do you use the OS open dialogue, or the PS open dialogue? the PS one is a little slower to open at times, but i have never had it resize itself on me. Instead of File > Open, just double click on the blank gray space, much faster :P
I open a thousand images a day, and nothing drives me nuts more than clicking File > Open and watching the window that pops up EVERY DAMN time be super small. I'm constantly searching for images and browsing for textures, and I don't have time for Bridge / Picasa. I know WHERE my textures are, but I want a FAST way of…
Have Windows Explorer open and just drag and drop files into Photoshop? I keep an Explorer window or three open on my 2nd monitor for this reason. I guess it's not so good if you just have one monitor though. I Also have Shift+E set to open the current Irfanview image in Photoshop. Sorry if I haven't really answered your…
Yeah, same...that's part of why I don't run it either. I suppose I could get smart and less lazy and start just keeping my Explorer window open and drag and drop...Part of the issue also has to do with Saving. Sometimes I want to make sure the image I save isn't overwriting an old one, so I would love having that window…
got one more thing in addition to acdsee that I use at work, If anyone would find it useful: http://www.file-ex.com/welcome.html It basically adds a couple of extra drop downs on pretty much every file open dialog. I got annoyed about the inconsistent file dialogs in max and elsewhere, and this wee app means i can get to…
Similar suggestion... For searching through multiple files, I rarely do in PS. Recently found 'fast stone image viewer'(it's FREEWARE~) and replaced it for 'xnview.' You can assign hotkey to open the selected image(s) with apps of your choice as well.
have you tried the photoshop image browser? it's Ctrl+Shift+O in photoshop - or found under the file menu. It's a bit slow compared to other image browsers like ACDSEE but is already setup to open the images in photoshop. I use it all the time for browsing textures.