New To Me Zooming Shortcut—New To You, Too?

Published: Tue, 01/24/17

January 24, 2017 | Digital Scrapper News | Volume 15 Issue 04

Hi ,

Are you a history buff? Here’s quick timeline of the Zoom Tool.

Prehistoric Zooming - No Shortcut

Always having to manually switch between tools can get time consuming and distracts you from the creation process. This method is just plain silly.

Open an image.
Get the Zoom tool.
Mess with the Tool Options.
Click on the document to zoom in or out.

Middle Aged Zooming Shortcut - Annoying

The problem with this shortcut is that you cannot choose the zoom point. It will always zoom from the center of the viewing area. That’s not really a time saver, in my opinion.

Open an image.
Press Ctrl + (Mac: Cmd +) to zoom in.
Press Ctrl – (Mac: Cmd –) to zoom out
Press Ctrl 0 (Mac: Cmd 0) to fit your photo to the available desktop space.

New To Me Zooming Shortcut - Pretty Slick

I just came across this shortcut last week. So, it’s new to me and maybe new to you, too. I’m definitely writing this one down and memorizing it.

Open an image.
Holding down Ctrl Space Bar (Mac: Cmd Space Bar), click on a portion of the document to zoom in, or click and drag a selection outline around a portion of the document to zoom in to that spot.
Hold down Alt Space Bar (Mac: Opt Space Bar), to zoom out. (Or simply press Ctrl 0 (Mac: Cmd 0) to fill the available desktop with your photo.)
When you let go of the keys, you will be returned to the previous tool.

Photoshop Users Only

The shortcuts above are mainly for Elements users. Photoshop users have the best zooming shortcut capability known to man.

Open an image.
Holding down the letter Z, click on a portion of the document to zoom in.
Hold down Alt Z (Mac: Opt Z) to zoom out.
When you let go of the keys, you will be returned to the previous tool.

So, there you go! Was any of this new to you? I’d love to hear from you. You can email me at jen@digitalscrapper.com.

Have a great week. Make sure to scroll down for a FREE tutorial.

Jen White | DigitalScrapper.com

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