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The Photoshop Zoom Tool

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From Quick Guide: Photoshop Element Basics

Summary: There is almost nothing you can't do to a picture in Photoshop. Learn how to use the zoom tool in this free video clip on this great computer program.

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By Robert Segundo
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Robert Segundo has been an artist since he could hold a pencil. In his 10 years in graphic design, he has worked on advertising projects with costs ranging in millions of dollars. He...read more

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"Now we're going to discuss the zoom tool. The zoom tool can be found in our tool box right here with this little eyeglass icon. As you can see it has plus on it and if you actually hold down alt, it will give you the minus key and we can actually zoom in, there we go, and zoom out at our leisure just by clicking on the mouse. I can keep zooming out to where it doesn't exist. Or I can actually take this and hold down the mouse and open it up and as you can see it will give me my little window in which I'm going to go to zoom tool. Now this is find but I find this a real inefficient use of my time so let's say I'm in my brush tool and I want to zoom in to this mountain here and use it, if I hold down my command key space bar or control space bar on the PC you'll see that it will bring it up automatically and I can just zoom in without actually having to change my brush. Now I'd prefer this over, and if you want to zoom out hold down alt as well when your holding down your command key and space bar, control key and space bar and you can just zoom out at will. This way I don't have to keep switching back and forth to brushes using my high keys. My hot key for my command space bar or my alt command space bar is a lot quicker. So instead of switching brushes remember your hot keys, these will increase your work flow a whole lot. So play around with have fun and enjoy."

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