Welcome to the prerelease of Adobe® Configurator. Configurator is an open source utility that enables the easy creation of panels (palettes) for use in Adobe Photoshop® CS4. Specifically, Configurator makes it easy to drag and drop tools, menu items, scripts, actions, and other objects into a panel design, then export the results for use inside Photoshop. These panels leverage the support for Adobe Flash® built into Photoshop, making it possible to drag and drop audio, video, images, and even other SWF files into a panel design.

Configurator is great for any Photoshop user who’d like to customize the application interface, without having to learn Flash/Flex/ActionScript. It’s particularly suited to authors, trainers, and other experts who’d like to create panels that make Photoshop easier to use, and who’d like to share those panels with others.

Configurator is free for anyone to use. Running the panels it generates requires installing Photoshop CS4. A full 30-day tryout version can be downloaded from Adobe.com.




Follow these steps to get started with the Configurator prerelease:

1. Install Adobe Photoshop CS4
2. Download the Configurator prerelease
3. If you chose not to install Adobe AIR while installing Photoshop CS4, you’ll need to download and install Adobe AIR now.
4. Install and launch Configurator by double-clicking the .AIR file on your desktop.
5. To create your first panel, follow the instructions on the Configurator welcome screen, and consult the Configurator Help Guide for more details.
6. Once you have exported your panel, it can be accessed within Photoshop CS4 under the Window > Extensions menu.
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Ask questions and share your feedback in the Configurator forum
Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.
8. Share your custom panels on the Adobe Exchange