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October 2, 2017
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Photoshop CC zoom behavior

  • October 2, 2017
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I'm having a problem with Photoshop CC's zoom behavior.

I have my preferences set so the window resizes When I zoom into and out of a photo, Photoshop CC includes the artboard beyond the photo's edges as it enlarges the window to fit what should be the zoomed-in image. I can click on Navigator and have the photo correctly fill the entire enlarged window space.

Same problem when zooming out: Click on the photo, the window resizes correctly, but a large unneeded section of the artboard shows up with the image. A click on Navigator fixes it. I've attached images of this behavior, if that helps.

It's a behavior I never had with CS5 (which I recently stopped using) and it's rather annoying. I've tried a variety of changes to the zoom preferences, but nothing's worked. Any advice about how to get Photoshop zoom top behave? Thanks in advance.

image at start

zoom in, window resizes properly but image not centered and artboard appears

one click on Navigator, image is properly zoomed and centered

zoom out, again photo's not centered, artboard appears

again, one click on Navigator, image is properly zoomed out and centered

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      Correct answer Jeff Arola

      If you go to Photoshop CC>Preferences>Tools, do you have Overscroll checked?

      If so, uncheck Overscroll and see if the zooming works any better.

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      Jeff Arola
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      Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      October 2, 2017

      If you go to Photoshop CC>Preferences>Tools, do you have Overscroll checked?

      If so, uncheck Overscroll and see if the zooming works any better.

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        DHStudioAuthor
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        October 3, 2017

        Looks like that's the correct answer, tried it with a couple of photos and it works so far. Thanks!

        JJMack
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        JJMackCommunity Expert
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        October 3, 2017

        I think most do not use overscroll and I believe Adobe default is not to use it. Photoshop Zooming Panning and Scrolling options are very good..

        JJMack
        JJMack
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        JJMackCommunity Expert
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        October 2, 2017

        Of course you did not have the problem in cs5. CS5 does not have Artboards.  Artboards where added in CC 2015. I use CC 2014 don't have Artboards I do not need them. All zooming does not resize the Image window I find. For example when I zoom with my mouse wheel the Image windows does not resize.

        Try zooming with a mouse wheel you may be able to zoom the way  you want if the Image window is like fit to display size.

        JJMack
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        DHStudioAuthor
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        October 2, 2017

        OK, perhaps they weren't called artboards — thought I'd use the same term Illustrator uses for clarity — but when I zoomed in CS5, it only zoomed on the image and showed as much as possible within the window, no "artboard" at all. CC, meanwhile, seems to include a lot of the artboard and ignores centering it within the window, which seems like a waste of time. (Unlike with Illustrator, I've never used the space beyond the image in Photoshop.)

        So is there any way to get the more efficient (at least to me) CS5-type zoom in CC?

        JJMack
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        JJMackCommunity Expert
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        October 2, 2017

        Versions of Photoshop before CC 2015 do not have artboards.  You do not have to use Artboards in your CC documents.

        Try setting your CC Preferences to zoom with mouse wheel and see if that zooming will help you out some.

        Also all version of Photoshop support any size layer layers can extent beyond the document canvas I find there are times I need to extend the image window to show area outside the document canvas so I can transform layers.

        JJMack
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