Other ways to zoom

Although you’ll likely use the zoom methods mentioned in the preceding
section most often, Photoshop offers some other ways to zoom that come in
handy from time to time as well:
✓ Zooming from the View menu: Choose View➪Zoom In or View➪Zoom
Out to enlarge or reduce the image from the Menu bar. You can also
choose from these options on the View menu:
• Fit on Screen: Enlarges the image to the maximum size that fits within
the application window.
• Actual Pixels: Shows your image onscreen at a 1:1 pixel ratio.
• Print Size: Shows the image at the size that it will print.
The above options also appear on the Options bar — with the additional
option of Fill Screen, which does just that with your image.
To resize windows to fit onscreen when you’re not using the Zoom tool,
choose Edit➪Preferences➪General (or Photoshop➪Preferences➪General
on the Mac) and select the Zoom Resizes Windows option.
✓ Typing ratios in the Magnification box: The Magnification box at the
bottom of each document shows the current magnification ratio. Type
an exact magnification ratio in this box and press Enter (Return on the
Mac) to produce a custom zoom level. This box is handy if you need a
specific amount of enlargement or reduction.
Another Magnification box appears in the Navigator panel, along with
some other options for zooming. I describe them in the section “Cruising
with the Navigator Panel,” later in this chapter.
✓ Zooming with the Application bar: Select a preset zoom level from or
enter any desired percentage in the Zoom Level drop-down list on the
Application bar.

Photoshop CS5
A L L - I N - O N E
FOR
DUMmIES
by Barbara Obermeier
Published by
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
111 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
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