Actual size view in Photoshop
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Topic: Actual size view in Photoshop
Posted By: Mathias
Subject: Actual size view in Photoshop
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:01am
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Photoshop is my tool of choice but it doesn't seem have an easy 'actual size' view window like Pro Motion or Microangelo or any of those.
Does anyone know if there's a way to get PS to to display an image's actual size while you zoom in and work on it? Maybe open it as a second document which auto-updates? I bet Sedge knows, he uses PS.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 10:23am
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PMd solution ;)
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Posted By: Vidd
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 3:51pm
| Would you mind posting the solution here? :) |
Posted By: Mathias
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 5:06pm
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In Adobe Photoshop CS3 it's:
Window> Arrange> New window...
This will basically open the document again with an additional window, any edit made in either window will update in the other one automatically. If you save one, the other is saved, too.
Just keep one of the windows at 1x zoom and leave it alone, edit the document using the other window. You can replace your navigator with the window you keep at 1x zoom. If you have dual monitors it's even better.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 6:50pm
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@Vidd, I wasn't being all secretive or nothing. My bad for not posting publicly for all to have if needed. Thx Mathias for writing it better than I could have.
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Posted By: Mathias
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 8:12pm
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No, thank you for showing me that. I've got 2 monitors full of pixels going right now. It's the only way to go, man.
I like to edit at 8x, too.
Here's a http://www.sharpshade.com/downloads/images/PSCS3_TripleView2.jpg.jpg - screenshot for the curious. The Zelda and Chrono Trigger screen-captures are for inspiration. I love the Zelda style! The CT style is really good but I'm going for more of a Zelda-ish one for this. Just thought I'd note that.
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Posted By: Vidd
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 1:37am
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Wow, thank you very much, Jalonso and Mathias. :) That had been bugging me for ages. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 7:13am
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Now all you both need is a tablet for total self-pwnage
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Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 28 April 2007 at 12:15pm
Ah, this is helpful. I'd been using the Navigator window, but that screws up the pixels if it's not exactly the same size (and I didn't know how to set that, or if it's even possible  ). Thanks!
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