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I know combination of key [+] & Ctrl / [-] & Ctrl to zoom in/out. Is there any way to fine-tune the zoom in/out?
Hi, you can get the zoom tool, then disable "scrubby zoom" in the option bar, and create a marquee to where you want to zoom.
You can go to the bottom left of the tab, and CMD+click and drag (to get the scrubby sliders) on the zoom ratio, add ALT to zoom in smaller increments...
You can go to Windows>Navigator panel , and CTRL+click an area...
There are so many ways so zoom in Photoshop!
If you enable Zoom with scroll wheel in Preferences > Tools, you can zoom in/out in quite small increments using the scroll wheel. This method will keep the image area below the mouse cursor visible when you zoom in.
The one thing that does not exist (I think) is fine-tuning the fixed zoom keyboard shortcuts. But in 2023, why limit yourself to large fixed zoom intervals? The demo below shows two ways to fine-tune.
The first way shown is the Scrubby Zoom method others have mentioned. This is my favorite way, because all you have to do is hold down the Zoom tool shortcut and drag left or right by any amount you want. To fine-tune the current zoom level, drag left or right a small amount. The other advantage
...And in addition, you can already use Zoom with Scroll Wheel (or trackpad) without turning it on. If Zoom with Scroll Wheel is disabled, using the scroll wheel/trackpad gesture while holding down the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (macOS) toggles the option to be enabled, only as long as that key is held down.
If Zoom with Scroll Wheel is enabled, then it works in reverse: If you want to scroll instead of zoom, then you hold down Alt/Option to scroll with the wheel/trackpad.
So, whichever wa
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Please be more specific. What do you mean with "fine-tune the zoom"?
Little increse or decrease
Also give us more informations about your system.
Which operating system do you use?
Windows 11
Which version of Photoshop do you use?
24.3.0
Please post the exact version not only phrases like "recent", "latest" and so on.
Can you post your Photoshop system info from the Help menu.
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Hi, you can get the zoom tool, then disable "scrubby zoom" in the option bar, and create a marquee to where you want to zoom.
You can go to the bottom left of the tab, and CMD+click and drag (to get the scrubby sliders) on the zoom ratio, add ALT to zoom in smaller increments...
You can go to Windows>Navigator panel , and CTRL+click an area...
There are so many ways so zoom in Photoshop!
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If you enable Zoom with scroll wheel in Preferences > Tools, you can zoom in/out in quite small increments using the scroll wheel. This method will keep the image area below the mouse cursor visible when you zoom in.
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And in addition, you can already use Zoom with Scroll Wheel (or trackpad) without turning it on. If Zoom with Scroll Wheel is disabled, using the scroll wheel/trackpad gesture while holding down the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (macOS) toggles the option to be enabled, only as long as that key is held down.
If Zoom with Scroll Wheel is enabled, then it works in reverse: If you want to scroll instead of zoom, then you hold down Alt/Option to scroll with the wheel/trackpad.
So, whichever way Zoom with Scroll Wheel is set, you can always use the scroll wheel or vertical trackpad gesture to scroll or continuously zoom at any time, depending on whether or not you are holding down the Alt/Option key.
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The one thing that does not exist (I think) is fine-tuning the fixed zoom keyboard shortcuts. But in 2023, why limit yourself to large fixed zoom intervals? The demo below shows two ways to fine-tune.
The first way shown is the Scrubby Zoom method others have mentioned. This is my favorite way, because all you have to do is hold down the Zoom tool shortcut and drag left or right by any amount you want. To fine-tune the current zoom level, drag left or right a small amount. The other advantage of Scrubby Zoom is that you can set the center the zoom at where you start dragging.
Per Bentsens’s suggestion of using the Zoom with Scroll Wheel setting is a variation of this. If you are using a trackpad, then Zoom with Scroll Wheel is tied to the vertical scroll touch gesture on your trackpad.
The second way shown is clicking in the magnification percentage at the status bar at the bottom of the window. Here you can type in a specific percentage if you want, but that’s not what I show. I show pressing the up arrow or down arrow key to fine-tune the magnification by 1%, and adding the Shift key to fine-tune by 10%. Unfortunately, this is not a real-time adjustment, so you have to press Enter after changing the value. You can also type a specific percentage into the Navigator panel, the other continuous zoom tool that others already mentioned.
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Thanks for all.
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Yes, I remember seeing once a blog post with "10 ways to zoom in Photoshop" and it prompted me to research it, and I think one could do a full class just on zooming and navigating, there are countless different ways...
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