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caring_photo50BA
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February 17, 2024
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photoshop scrolling vs lightroom scrolling

  • February 17, 2024
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When viewing an img 100% in LR, page up and page down keys run all the way over the image, great for checking dust spots and image quality. Why not the same capability in PS, which demands a click&drag when you want to examine the whole image?  

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    Correct answer Per Berntsen

    PgUp and PgDn work fine for me on Windows 10.

    I do a lot of retouching on film scans, where I use this procedure, which makes sure that I cover the entire image.

     

    1.  Press Ctrl+1 to view at 100%.
    2.  Press Home to go to the top left corner of the image.
    3.  Drag the image slightly out of the corner to see the edges properly.
    4.  Move one screen to the right by pressing Ctrl+PgDn, to the left by pressing Ctrl+PgUp.
    5.  There's a slight overlap every time you move, so nothing will be missed.

     

    This also works in Lightroom Classic, which uses Shift as a modifier instead of Ctrl.

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    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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    February 20, 2024

    I’ve been using these shortcuts in both applications for many years, and here are a few more shortcuts and tips. (These are on macOS, Windows might be different.)

     

    In Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom:

     

    To Press
    Go to top left corner Home
    Go to bottom right corner End
    Scroll one screen up Page Up
    Scroll one screen down Page Down
    Scroll one screen left Shift + Page Up
    Scroll one screen right Shift + Page Down

     

    One big difference is what happens at the top or bottom of a column:

     

    In Lightroom Classic or Lightroom, page Page Up or Page Down again. At the bottom of a column, Page Down goes to the top of the next column. At the top of a column, Page Up goes to the bottom of the previous column. So you can check an entire document by pressing Home to start in the top left corner, and just keep pressing Page Down until you cover all of the columns.

     

    In Photoshop, sorry…you have to traverse columns manually with the keyboard shortcuts for scrolling left/right.

      Per Berntsen
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      Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
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      February 22, 2024

      On Photoshop Windows, you have to use Ctrl +Pg Dn/PgUp.

      Using the Shift key will move a tiny bit down or up, the same amount as one movement with the mouse scroll wheel.

      I can't comment on Lightroom, I don't use it.

       

      I had forgotten that Lightroom Classic automatically goes to the next row (or column) when you reach the end of the image.

      It turns out that after pressing Shift + Page Down or PgUp, nothing happens until you release the Shift key.

        Per Berntsen
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        Per BerntsenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        February 17, 2024

        PgUp and PgDn work fine for me on Windows 10.

        I do a lot of retouching on film scans, where I use this procedure, which makes sure that I cover the entire image.

         

        1.  Press Ctrl+1 to view at 100%.
        2.  Press Home to go to the top left corner of the image.
        3.  Drag the image slightly out of the corner to see the edges properly.
        4.  Move one screen to the right by pressing Ctrl+PgDn, to the left by pressing Ctrl+PgUp.
        5.  There's a slight overlap every time you move, so nothing will be missed.

         

        This also works in Lightroom Classic, which uses Shift as a modifier instead of Ctrl.

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          caring_photo50BAAuthor
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          February 20, 2024

          after so many years...!  Move one screen to the right by pressing Ctrl+PgDn, to the left by pressing Ctrl+PgUp 

          Thank-you @Per Berntsen 

          Trevor.Dennis
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          Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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          February 17, 2024

          Page up and Page down work OK for me, but are not able to scroll laterally.  There are several ways of moving about the image in Photoshop though.

           

          One of my favourites is to press and hold the H key while clicking on an image that overflows the screen when zoomed in.

          The image will zoom back to fill the screen and a white rectangle indicates the zoomed in area.  You can move that rectangle and release the H key, and the new location will be zoomed to the previous zoom ratio.  

           

          But, like I said, you should be able to scroll up or down with the page up and down keys.

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          caring_photo50BAAuthor
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          February 20, 2024

          very interesting, and fun, but @Per Berntsen has the simple solution I've been looking for!

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