Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: "view image" option?
I remember many years ao I used Paint Shop and it had a "view image" button which just displayed the image against a solid black background, making it easy to get a good view of composition, colours, etc without distractin program UIs in the way. Is there any way to do this with PS CS2?
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Hmmm...I'm not sure about Paint Shop and the "view image" button, but I think you can achieve similar results (if this is what you're talking about) in Photoshop. Bear in mind that I use 6.0.1, so I'm a little behind the times here.....
When you have an image open in Photoshop, press the "F" key. It should change to a grey background. Press the "F" key again and it should change to a black background. Pressing the "F" key again will return you to your normal Photoshop view. Also, you can view your image at 100% (double click the magnifying glass tool or ctrl+0 {zero, not "O"}), and the image should fill your screen (might depend on your resolution). Furthermore, you can double click your hand tool (or ctrl+alt+0 {zero}) and it will give you the "fit on screen" view.
EDIT: Also, you can (at any time) press the "tab" key to hide your toolbars and status bars. Alternately, press "alt+tab" to hide just your palletes. So, if you press "F" then press "tab" then press "ctrl+0", you will be viewing just your image on your entire screen.
Hope this helps, and is what you were looking to achieve. If not, ummmm....sorry! _________________ All gave some, some gave all.....Lest we forget that war produces veterans, wounded both mentally and physically, and it is our job to help them now, as they have already helped us all in ways we will never know, and in ways that we take for granted every day.
That's what I wanted, but not quite as easy as I wanted. I think you mixed up ctrl-0 and ctrl-alt-0, as they work vice-versa to what you said. And this might depend on waht version of windows you've got (or Mac?) but alt-tab in winXP switches toa different application, so it would change over to firefox 'cause that's the only other thing I got going. Thanks for taking the time to give that in-depth write-up, I appreciate it.
-travis _________________ brush your hair and comb your teeth
Figured it out! Go to full screen without menu bar, and then press tab. not a single tool or palette in sight, and a black background. _________________ brush your hair and comb your teeth
Figured it out! Go to full screen without menu bar, and then press tab. not a single tool or palette in sight, and a black background.
I said to hit tab and/or alt+tab to hide your palletes and toolbar. Is it different in CS then it is in 6?
In photoshop 6, ctrl+0 fits the image on screen, and ctrl+alt+0 zooms to 100%. Is that also different in CS than in 6? Man, I gotta get outta the stone ages here. _________________ All gave some, some gave all.....Lest we forget that war produces veterans, wounded both mentally and physically, and it is our job to help them now, as they have already helped us all in ways we will never know, and in ways that we take for granted every day.
LOL! Yes, you are correct, I should've said shift+tab hides the pallettes instead of alt+tab. To many shortcuts! Athough, I've yet to find the "any" key to press so I can continue..... _________________ All gave some, some gave all.....Lest we forget that war produces veterans, wounded both mentally and physically, and it is our job to help them now, as they have already helped us all in ways we will never know, and in ways that we take for granted every day.
it's not just you. I recently found a book about CS, which has many errors.
It says alt-tab to hide palettes. It mixed up the "fullscreen" and "full-screen with menu bar" buttons. And in another diagram it had a label saying "new fill/adjustemtn layer" but it pointed to the normal "new layer" button. _________________ brush your hair and comb your teeth
it's not just you. I recently found a book about CS, which has many errors.
It says alt-tab to hide palettes. It mixed up the "fullscreen" and "full-screen with menu bar" buttons. And in another diagram it had a label saying "new fill/adjustemtn layer" but it pointed to the normal "new layer" button.
And I bet that book cost a pretty penny too! Kinda sad how some companies crank stuff out with quantity in mind instead of quality. It's like that with a lot of things _________________ All gave some, some gave all.....Lest we forget that war produces veterans, wounded both mentally and physically, and it is our job to help them now, as they have already helped us all in ways we will never know, and in ways that we take for granted every day.
It's from a copmuter help series, they have about 20 books. The good part is, it didn't costt me anything: I found it at the public library. _________________ brush your hair and comb your teeth
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