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Matt
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 Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: [PF FT] Photoshop For Large Screens |
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Here's a tip that may come in handy when working on small, precise parts of an image, when you find yourself zooming in and out more often then actually making modifications. There's a way in Photoshop to have the same image based in two separate windows - allowing you to leave one up at 100%, and have the other one zoomed as far in as you need.
I'll be the first to admit that I didn't find this all that helpful when I was working on a 1280x1024 monitor, sure I could get some use out of it, but most of the time the screen just wasn't quite large enough to make using this trick worthwhile. Now I'm using a high definition 1920x1280 screen resolution and it's quite a different story!
Enough background though, here's how this trick works.
Open up your image. Now go to the Window menu, go to Arrange, and then right at the bottom you should see an option entitled 'New Window for *Image Name*'. Select it and a new window pops up with the same image in. What's great is that it's not a duplicate, it's the exact same version you already have open - so now you have two instances of the very same image open up in Photoshop.
Now you simply need to zoom into one of them and keep the other at 100%. You'll be able to see your changes appear as you make them, amazingly updating on every occasion. And that's it, no more zooming in and out to see what your modifications look like, from now on they'll be sitting in the very next window.
Good luck
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moondog
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Now, THAT might come in handy for much of my game work ... thanks matty!
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kreativkid
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Wow this is great! Thanks!
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Matt
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Patrick
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Matt
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jimboach
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Awesome trick that I'll be using from now on. Thank you. |
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niftyned
Joined: 07 Mar 2010
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Yeah it is really handy when you are running an extended desktop over two monitors because you can drag one window over on to the other screen, still working zoomed in but with a 100% image to refer to and not having to flip from one to the other.
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Matt
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