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Richard___G
Richard___G
Inspiring
July 12, 2020
Question

How to expand an artboard to main screen

  • July 12, 2020
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I just discovered artboards (very cool), but can't figure out or find the answer on how to select one and expand full screen and make it THE image to work on in PS.  Do I have to export and the open individually?

 

TIA

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Conrad_C
Community Expert
Conrad_CCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 15, 2020

You can do this. Artboards are like a special type of layer group, so you can use the Duplicate Layer/Group/Artboard command to duplicate the selected artboard to its own new document.

 

If you want a “magic key” for it, you can assign a keyboard shortcut in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

 

Richard___G
Richard___GAuthor
Inspiring
July 15, 2020

Conrad,

 

Perfect!  What did you use to capture the provess BTW, it is a very cool way to capture and demo something.  Quite nice!

 

Thanks very much.

Richard
Conrad_C
Community Expert
Conrad_CCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 15, 2020

It’s all done in Photoshop in a few minutes:

  1. Taake 4 quick screen shots (I set macOS to capture a fixed area of the screen).
  2. Open the 4 screen shots in Photoshop using File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack so each screen shot becomes a layer in the same document.
  3. Open the Timeline panel and set up the 4 layers as a frame animation; adjust the timing.
  4. Add text layers and the box shape layer to each frame as needed.
  5. Choose File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy), export as animated GIF.

 

It’s more than is necessary for a simple forum reply, but it’s a way for me to practice creating animations faster for paid jobs.

Eugenio.NYC
Eugenio.NYC
Participating Frequently
July 13, 2020

Hi, you one to convert one artboard in a new document?

BTW: from the menu file / export / artboards to files

E

Richard___G
Richard___GAuthor
Inspiring
July 14, 2020

Hi E - I saw that but was wondering about singling out just one, pressing a magic key, and then that opens as a PS document.

 

Thanks!

Richard
Eugenio.NYC
Eugenio.NYC
Participating Frequently
July 15, 2020

Hi, maybe you can create an action from the action panel

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