CHAPTER 1
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Looking at the Work Area
Using the Welcome window
The Welcome window provides options for
acquiring images, as well as links to online Help
and tutorials.
To display the Welcome window:
Choose Window > Welcome.
Deselect Show this screen at startup if you don’t
want the Welcome window to appear when you
restart Photoshop Elements.
Viewing images
The hand tool, the zoom tools, the Zoom
commands, and the Navigator palette let you view
different areas of an image at different magnifica-
tions. The document window is where your image
appears. You can open additional windows to
display several views of an image at once (such as
different magnifications).
Magnifying and reducing the view
You can magnify or reduce your view using
various methods. The window’s title bar displays
the zoom percentage (unless the window is too
small for the display to fit), as does the status bar at
the bottom of the window.
When using the zoom tool, hold down Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to switch
between zooming in and zooming out.
To zoom in:
Do one of the following:
•
Select the zoom tool
, and click the Zoom In
button
in the options bar. Click the area you
want to magnify. Each click magnifies the image
to the next preset percentage, centering the
display around the point you click. When the
image has reached its maximum magnification
level of 1600%, the magnifying glass appears
empty.
•
Click the Zoom In button on the Navigator
palette bar.
•
Type the desired magnification in the Navigator
palette bar text box.
•
Choose View > Zoom In.
To zoom out:
Do one of the following:
•
Select the zoom tool
, and click the Zoom
Out button
in the options bar. Click the
center of the area of the image you want to
reduce. Each click reduces the view to the
previous preset percentage. When the file has
reached its maximum reduction level so that
only 1 pixel is visible horizontally or vertically,
the magnifying glass appears empty.
•
Choose View > Zoom Out to reduce to the
previous preset percentage. When the image
reaches its maximum reduction level, the
command is dimmed.
