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December 3, 2010
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How to make objects outside the canvas visible in Photoshop?

  • December 3, 2010
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Once I drag an object off of my canvas it disappears in the grey document window. Is there a way to see items that fall outside of the canvas bounds?

Correct answer

You could also use Image>Reveal All.

MTSTUNER

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Participant
April 30, 2020

I recently upgraded to the latest version of photoshop. I had been using CS 5.5 for years. You used to be able to easily drag images off the canvas if you guessed rougly where they were. I had to do this alot as I'm often resizing canvas, cropping, and shifting things around. I find it really crappy now that they took away this feature and instead you need to hunt on google for workarounds about how to retrieve something off the canvas. Mind you I dont do this on purpose but it happens sometimes as I work fast and simply grabbing it from outside of the canvas (as in CS 5.5) was sooo much faster than the current solutions.

And this is usually why i dont like upgrading. I hope this is the ONLY downgrade in usability from switching to the latest version.

Participant
January 12, 2021

View>Show>Layer Edges

Participating Frequently
March 29, 2021

Using 'Artboards' in photoshop you can work on your page while having other images around the artboard. I find this useful when i just want inspirational images around while im working, or moving images out of the way to a convenient place where i can grab them again. It's a more intuiative way to work rather than having loads of other image windows open and switching between.

 

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Paulo Skylar
Inspiring
December 4, 2010

Not sure of exactly what you are doing, but try hitting Image> Reveal All

Paulo

Inspiring
December 4, 2010

Reveal All is good but I often find myself in need to have a "View All" feature that works the same but as a toggle that when unchecked, shrinks the canvas back to original size.

Noel Carboni
Legend
December 4, 2010

Undo after?

-Noel

Correct answer
December 3, 2010

You could also use Image>Reveal All.

MTSTUNER

Participant
October 20, 2022

This is not the solution!

I think it worked in the past... why did they change it? It's idiotic!

Participant
October 20, 2022

Milosz,

 

What is not working?

 

Can you post some screenshots to illustrate your issue?


It's just expanding canvas is not a solution!

If I place images around canvas, I should be able to see them, and not just outlines of the objects.

I think it worked in the past... 

Noel Carboni
Legend
December 3, 2010

Not really without making the Canvas bigger (e.g., Image - Adjust - Canvas Size).  You could move the canvas around with the move tool to reveal stuff off the edge I suppose.

Stuff out there is kind of in "no man's land" because it's not affected by operations on the pixels that are visible.  But if you've lost something you should be able to get it back with the command I noted above.

-Noel