New Photoshop tip I learned by accident

godfoot · 17-December-03, 04:46 PM

I learned this completely by accident but I found out that if you hold down the alt key (not sure if option key works for a Mac) while using your scroll wheel, it will zoom in/out on your picture.
Just thought I would share since it makes things much faster.

Gekko Scales · 26-March-04, 09:48 AM

What version of Photoshop? Mine seems to do it by just being over the pic and rolling the wheel... this is from 6 to CS that I've tried it on...

FunkyFresh · 26-March-04, 10:46 AM

Nice tip, godfoot!

The scroll wheel's "zoom" behavior depends on the Screen Display Mode that you're currently in. You can set mode using the three little square buttons near the bottom of the toolbox. In Standard mode (the leftmost button) it behaves like godfoot says (using the Alt key), but in either of the 2 Fullscreen modes, it behaves like Gekko described (no Alt key required). Don't know if it changes based on version; I'm using 7.0 at the moment.

godfoot · 26-March-04, 05:39 PM

well, when I found that tip I was using 5.5 but I now have version 7.

17-December-03, 04:46 PM		#1 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	New Photoshop tip I learned by accident I learned this completely by accident but I found out that if you hold down the alt key (not sure if option key works for a Mac) while using your scroll wheel, it will zoom in/out on your picture. Just thought I would share since it makes things much faster.

26-March-04, 10:46 AM		#3 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	Nice tip, godfoot! The scroll wheel's "zoom" behavior depends on the Screen Display Mode that you're currently in. You can set mode using the three little square buttons near the bottom of the toolbox. In Standard mode (the leftmost button) it behaves like godfoot says (using the Alt key), but in either of the 2 Fullscreen modes, it behaves like Gekko described (no Alt key required). Don't know if it changes based on version; I'm using 7.0 at the moment. Attached Thumbnails

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26-March-04, 09:48 AM		#2 (permalink)
Gekko Scales Apex Techie Wannabe	What version of Photoshop? Mine seems to do it by just being over the pic and rolling the wheel... this is from 6 to CS that I've tried it on...

26-March-04, 05:39 PM		#4 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	well, when I found that tip I was using 5.5 but I now have version 7.