Zoomed Out Preview Window That Updates While You Work

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November 1, 2021
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Is there any way to see a zoomed out preview of your art that updates in realtime as you work? Any plugin, workaround, or "hack" that would accomplish this? Working on a complex illustration becomes tedious without this option. Having to keep zooming in and out, even if it only takes a second using the mouse wheel, is still not the best workflow.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Try Window > New Window

and Window > Arrange > Tile

Zoom out in the second window.

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

Community Expert

Try Window > New Window

and Window > Arrange > Tile

Zoom out in the second window.

RoderickUsherAuthor

Inspiring

Mr. Frederiks, you are a genius! Sincerely appreciate the response, this was a life-saver.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Good to hear that helped.

(But I am not a genius, I just happen to have used Illustrator since its first version in 1987 and remember this was a way to show a preview while working in outline mode)

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