How to zoom in Photoshop
Zoom in Photoshop is a task we perform routinely while editing images in the image window, to enlarge an image, click with the zoom tool to enlarge or drag with the zoom tool, highlight the area you want to enlarge.
Zoom in Photoshop is necessary when you want to accurately edit or view a portion of an image. Then you need to zoom out to compare the edits to the whole image.
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Zoom in Photoshop by clicking
- Select the Zoom tool by clicking the toolbar on the left side of the screen, the icon looks like a magnifying glass, or by pressing Z on the keyboard.
- Click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel (or press Z).
- Move the cursor, now loaded with the zoom tool, to the image window and click where you want to zoom.
- To zoom in further, click again; keep clicking until it enlarges enough.
- To zoom out on an image, keep the zoom tool selected, hold down Alt or Option on Mac and click.
- The cursor changes to a magnifying glass with a minus sign (-) when you hold down Alt or Option on Mac.
- or simply by clicking the Zoom Out option in the tool options bar at the top of the screen (or at the bottom if you’re using Photoshop Elements), which looks like a magnifying glass with a minus sign, and click the image again.
Zoom in Photoshop to a selection
Another way to change a view is to zoom in on a target area in an image. See how:
- Click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel (or press Z).
- Drag a box around the area you want to enlarge.
- Hold down the mouse button and as you drag the mouse, a rectangular dash with dashes appears.
- Click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel and drag around an area you want to magnify.
- Click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel and drag around an area you want to magnify.
- Release the mouse button.
- The preview expands to fit in the space defined by the bounding box rectangle.
Here are some of my favorite Photoshop zoom shortcuts.
To access the Zoom tool:
- “Z” selects the zoom tool.
- Option + Click (Mac) | Alt + click (Win) toggles the zoom tool in/out.
- Hold down the spacebar and add Alt (Win) Option or (Mac) to temporarily access the Zoom In tool without switching to the Zoom tool.
- Hold down the spacebar and add Control (Win) or Command (Mac) to temporarily access the Zoom Out tool without switching to the Zoom tool.
To display an image at 100% (also known as 1:1 preview):
- Select Display > Actual Pixels.
- Double-click the Zoom tool.
- Control +1 (Win) or Command + 1 (Mac)
To display the largest possible image on the monitor, while still viewing the entire image:
- Select View > Fit to Screen.
- Double-click the Hand tool.
- Control + 0 (Win) or Command + 0 (Mac)
Quick zoom in and out:
- Control +” (plus) (Win) or Command + “+” (plus) (Mac) zooms in.
- Control + “-” (minus) (Win) or Command + “-” (minus) (Mac) zooms out.
Note: The previous two shortcuts also work in modal states (for example, when a dialog is displayed or when using Free Transform).
Select the Zoom tool and hold the image to zoom in continuously. Add Alt (Win) or Option (Mac) to zoom out.
Conclusion
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