C9Mouse

Not sure how many of you already know this, but I thought I would mention it anyway. The other day I was talking to a guy who has used Photoshop for five years and I mentioned this tip to him and he said, "Wow! All this time I never knew that!"

So here it is ....

I was working recently on a pixel design of an old NES game unit. Working pixel by pixel is time-consuming and very hard on the eyes.

I found it very useful to go to Window>Documents>New Window, which opens a second window of the same document. This made it very easy to zoom in close on one document and see my progress in the other.

Here is a screenshot of what I mean ...

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thanks for the tip [excited]
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Sanby

O wow, that's a really awesome tip. Thanks, i never new that but it'll sure come in handy.

BTW think you could post the image once your done. It looks really good.

Sanby

wbiss

Yes, it's a great tip for the very purpose that you speak of C9Mouse... and thanks for sharing it!

C9Mouse

Here's the image at 100% ... the NES game unit.

wbiss

Good work C9Mouse! [righton] I know how difficult (tedious & time-consuming) it is to work pixel by pixel and I admire anybody who has both the talent and inclincation to do so. Pixel art is beautiful on its own!

AppleCider

Great tip, C9Mouse, thanks! Excellent image, too. I'm with Wendy here...I don't have the patience to work with pixel images, but I admire those who do.

Stroker1

Another good use for New View is doing seperate channel work.

Let's say you want to Gaussian Blur the Red channel, but want to keep an eye on the RGB composite. Well, New View to the rescue.

Yes, nice tip Stroker, can be quite handy

wbiss

Yep... thanks for the reminder Stroker!