Complete Guide To Navigating Images In Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop
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In this fourth chapter of our Photoshop Basics series, you’ll learn how to navigate images in Photoshop.Use the 7 tutorials below, in the order they’re presented, to get up to speed with navigating images in Photoshop quickly.

 

01. Zooming And Panning Images In Photoshop

In this first lesson, you’ll learn the basics of navigating images, starting with how to view and change the zoom level from the document window. From there, you’ll learn all about Photoshop’s View modes, how to zoom with the Zoom Tool, scroll images with the Hand Tool, and more!

02. Zoom And Pan All Images At Once In Photoshop

In Lesson 1, you learned how to zoom and scroll a single image in Photoshop. Lesson 2 takes everything you learned and shows you how to navigate all open images at once! You’ll also learn how to instantly set all of your images to the same zoom level and location.

03. How To Use The Navigator Panel In Photoshop

As its name suggests, Photoshop’s Navigator panel was built for navigating images. In this third lesson, you’ll learn where to find the Navigator panel, how to use it to zoom and scroll your photos, and why the Navigator panel is great for keeping track of where you are in the image when zoomed in!

04. How To Scroll Images Using Overscroll In Photoshop CC

By default, Photoshop only lets us scroll images at zoom levels where the image is too big to fit entirely on the screen. But in Photoshop CC, Adobe added a new feature called Overscroll that lets us scroll at any zoom level. You’ll learn how to use Overscroll in this lesson.

05. Navigating Images With Birds Eye View In Photoshop

Think navigating your images is for the birds? The Birds Eye View in Photoshop will change your mind. In this fifth lesson, you’ll learn how to use this amazing yet hidden feature to instantly jump from one part of your image to another!

06. Rotating The Canvas With The Rotate View Tool In Photoshop

If you’ve ever drawn with a pencil, you know that sometimes, turning the paper on an angle makes it easier to work. The same is true with our images. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Rotate View Tool to change the viewing angle of your image, making editing, drawing and painting in Photoshop a whole lot easier.

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