Layer extent at a glance
Ivan | Wed, 2005-06-01 16:07Let's say your object is larger than your canvas and some of its parts are not visible.
If you want to quickly have an understanding of how big the object is you can press Apple(Cmd)-T to access the Free Transform tool, which shows you the boundaries of your object even outside of the canvas area. Then just hit ESC to abort the operation. This is much quicker than moving the object back and forth.
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If you want to resize the canvas to fit the object you can do Image:Reveal All. This is also handy for showing any extra data outside of the work area that may have been forgotten about because you thought it was erased. I always enjoy running that command on files that clients send me for printing, all kinds of things show up.
Image:Trim will do the opposite. It will sample the top left or right pixel color (most likely white or transparent) and remove all the rows and columns of those pixels untill it reaches your content (which would be a different pixel color). Very handy for when you are making something with a drop shadow and you want to crop it right where the shadow ends. No wasted pixels!
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Also working with the bounding box always on will help show the objects dimensions, as well as showing which layer you are on, by having the object marked with the box.
Also allows quick transformations, and can be easily and quickly hidden with a CTRL+H (CMD+H>Apple).
Also working with the bounding box always on will help show the objects dimensions, as well as showing which layer you are on, by having the object marked with the box.
Also allows quick transformations, and can be easily and quickly hidden with a CTRL+H (CMD+H>Apple).
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After pressing Apple(Cmd)-T to access the Free Transform tool (Ctrl+T on Windows) you can press Ctrl+0 (zero - zed) in Win (I assume Apple [Cmd]-0 on Mac, verify plz?) to resize the current window so that your transform selection is fully visible. I've found this extremely useful when I need to resize images that are larger than my current canvas size.
I'm going to use this one all the time. Thanks!
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Apple-0 is confirmed.
Guys! WOW! These follow up tips are like 10 times cooler than my original post! Thanks a lot!
This site has probably saved me more time ( I heart shortcuts ) than any other site I've come across. I'm glad that I have something to contribute. Thank YOU!
These tips were all very handy. Most were totally new to me. I would like to say, though that the
stuff should just be put to bed. Knowing the keyboard is like knowing English in England. I agree that if the keys are different they should be listed, but you maybe shouldn't be around computers if you don't have this one figured out yet.
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terrible analogy.
we can't all be snotty powerusers here. some of us have recently switched platforms, and its nice to have the reminder of the key differences until we reach your obvious superior computer knowledge.
great tips here, btw.
If you hold on CMD [Win-CTRL] and click with your mouse on the discerning layer you get the marching ants of whatever's on that layer.
May be quicker that the Transform.
hit cntrl (cmd. i feel better that i am not the only PC user) when using the free tranform tool and you should be able to shear the image. its good when you need to get that perfect perspective... but i guess with CS2 you might not need it.
What does this button d.... CRAP!
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