Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Navigating the image area
To work most ei ciently in Photoshop, you'll want to know how to zoom (magnify) in
and out of your image. Changing the zoom level allows you to select and paint accurately
and helps you see details that you might otherwise have overlooked. The zoom function
has a range from a single pixel up to a 3200 percent enlargement, which gives you a lot of
l exibility in terms of viewing your images.
You'll start by using the View menu to reduce and enlarge the document view, and end by
i tting the entire document on your screen.
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Choose View > Zoom In to enlarge the display of ps0201_work.psd.
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Press Ctrl+plus sign (Windows) or Command+plus sign (Mac OS) to zoom in again.
This is the keyboard shortcut for the Zoom In command that you accessed previously
from the View menu.
3
Press Ctrl+minus sign (Windows) or Command+minus sign (Mac OS) to zoom out.
This is the keyboard shortcut for View > Zoom Out.
Now you will i t the entire image on the screen.
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Choose View > Fit on Screen, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+0 (zero) (Windows)
or Command+0 (zero) (Mac OS), to i t the document to the screen.
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You can also display artwork at the size it will print by choosing View > Print Size.
Using the Zoom tool
When you use the Zoom tool ( ), each click increases the view size to the next preset
percentage, and centers the display of the image around the location in the image that you
clicked on. By holding the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key down (with the Zoom
tool selected), you can zoom out of an image, decreasing the percentage and making the
image view smaller. The magnifying glass cursor is empty when the image has reached
either its maximum magnii cation level of 3,200 percent or the minimum size of one
pixel.
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Choose View > Fit on Screen.
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Select the Zoom tool, and click two times on the license plate to zoom in. You can
also use key modii ers to change the behavior of the Zoom tool.
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Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while clicking with the Zoom tool to zoom out.
You can accurately zoom into the exact region of an image by clicking and dragging
a marquee around that area in your image. To do this, you must disable a new Zoom
tool option.
