Zoom in or out – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual

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Last updated 1/10/2010

To simultaneously set the size and position of the proxy area, Control-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS)
in the image thumbnail.

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To change the color of the proxy view area, select Panel Options from the panel menu. Select a preset color from
the Color pop-up menu, or click the color box to choose a custom color.

Navigator panel
A. Panel menu button B. Thumbnail display of artwork C. Proxy preview area D. Zoom text box E. Zoom Out button F. Zoom slider
G. Zoom In button

Zoom in or out

Use the Zoom tool

or the View menu commands to zoom in or zoom out of an image. When you use the Zoom

tool, each click magnifies or reduces the image to the next preset percentage and centers the display around the point
you click. When the image has reached its maximum magnification level of 3200% or minimum size of 1 pixel, the
magnifying glass appears empty.

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Do any of the following:

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Select the Zoom tool

, and click either the Zoom In

or Zoom Out button

in the options bar. Then, click

the area you want to zoom in or out.

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Select the Zoom tool. The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center. Click the center of the
area that you want to magnify. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac

OS) and click the center of the area that

you want to reduce. The zoom will be smooth if your computer has OpenGL and Animated Zoom is selected in the
General Preferences.

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Select the Zoom tool and then click-hold in the image for a continuous-motion smooth zoom in. Alt + click-hold
(Windows) or Option + click-hold (Mac OS) to continuously zoom out. To use this feature, your computer must
have OpenGL and Animated Zoom must be selected in the General Preferences.

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Select the Zoom tool and drag a dotted rectangle (marquee) around the area you want to magnify. To move the
marquee around the artwork, hold down the spacebar and continue dragging until the marquee is in the desired
location.

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Choose View

> Zoom In or View

> Zoom Out. The Zoom In or Zoom Out command becomes unavailable when

the maximum image magnification or reduction is reached.

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Set the zoom level at the lower left corner of the document window or in the Navigator panel.

For a video on zooming and navigating in an image, see