You may or may not know that you can organize the pallets in Photoshop in just about any way you wish. And that you can save these as Workspaces. (In the Photoshop menu, go to Window > Workspace>) This can come in handy if you have plugins that create their own pallets (like the various luminosity mask plugins) and you want to organize them so that they fit your own workflow.

After the recent Photoshop upgrade to version 2025, I found that the new version of Photoshop did not have my usual workspace in the list of workspaces. I use Tony Kuyper’s TK9 panels and I’ve organized them so as to maximize screen space and while still giving me access to the tools I may need. (Note: I use the word “use” loosely here. I’m learning more and more about how to use the plugin.)

I didn’t want to have to re-create my workspace and I knew there just had to be a way of copying my workspaces from PS 2024 to PS 2025, so I fired up the Google machine and found where the workspace files are stored. Here’s a handy page from Adobe that shows all the locations for preferences and presets for each operating system.

Here is what I needed to do to get my workspaces copied over to PS 2025 (and also to Photoshop on my laptop).
I copied these two folders:

• Workspaces
• Workspaces (Modified)

And this file:

• Workspace Prefs.psp

And pasted them into the corresponding location for Photoshop 2025
Since I use Windows, the location for these folders and the file in Photoshop 2024 is:
C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Adobe Photoshop 2024 Settings
And the same location in Photoshop 2025
C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2025\Adobe Photoshop 2025 Settings

The folders that allow access to these folders and files (AppData for Windows and Library for Mac) may be hidden on your system. The Adobe document I linked to above contains links to instructions on how to access hidden folders.

If you want to learn more about the TK9 panels (luminosity masks and so much more), visit this page on Tony Kuyper’s site. There is also a tutorial there by Sean Bagshaw on setting up workspaces!)