Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Opening and Arranging

Multiple Views

The image window is where your image

appears in Photoshop Elements. You can

open multiple windows with different

images, or, if you prefer, you can open multi-

ple views of the same image. This is a handy

way to work on a detailed area of your image

while viewing the full-sized version of the

image at the same time. It’s especially useful

when you’re doing touch-up work, such as

correcting red eye or erasing a blemish in

a photo.

To open multiple views of an image:

1.

From the View menu, choose New

Window for name of current file

(Figure 2.38).

2.

Drag the title bar to move the additional

window(s) as necessary to view them

simultaneously.

You can set different levels of magnifica-

tion for each window to see both details

and the big picture at the same time

(Figure 2.39).

Figure 2.39 Multiple image views let you work on a

detailed area, while at the same time allowing you to

see how the changes affect the overall image.

Figure 2.38 You can open multiple windows of the

same image from the View menu.

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Figure 2.41 Tiled windows are arranged in a stack,

from top to bottom.

Figure 2.40 Cascading windows overlap from the

upper left to the lower right. They allow you to keep

multiple windows open at once, without cluttering the

work space.

To arrange multiple views:

Do one of the following:

◆

To create cascading, overlapping win-

dows from the upper left to the lower

right of your screen, from the Window

menu, choose Images > Cascade

(Figure 2.40).

◆

To display windows stacked, from the

Window menu, choose Images > Tile

(Figure 2.41).

To close multiple view windows:

Do one of the following:

◆

To close a single window, click the close

button on that window’s title bar.

◆

To close all document windows, from the

File menu, choose Close All or press

Shift+Ctrl+W/Shift+Command+W.

✔ Tip

■

To quickly switch from one open window

to the other, press Ctrl+Tab (Windows) or

Command+Tab (Mac OS).

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Creating and Managing Images

Opening and Arranging Multiple Views