Change the Magnification of your Image in photoshop

• On the left side of the Photoshop window, locate the Photoshop toolbox.
• From the toolbox, click on the icon that looks like a magnifying glass. This is the Zoom Tool.

Tip: When you position the cursor over any tool, Photoshop displays a pop-up box containing the tool's name and its keyboard shortcut.

After you select the Zoom Tool, your cursor will appear as a magnifying glass whenever you place it on your image.

To zoom in on your image:

   o Click on the image with the magnifying glass cursor.

o The magnification of your image will increase each time you click on it with the magnifying glass cursor:

o The image window’s title bar displays the level of magnification, shown as a percentage of the image’s

  original size.

o Each time you click on the image, this percentage increases.

To zoom out:

   o Press the ALT key on your keyboard.

   o The symbol within the magnifying glass cursor will change from a plus sign to a minus sign.

   o As you press the ALT key simultaneously click on the image with the magnifying class cursor.

   o Each time you click on the image, it will reduce in size and the percentage of its magnification will decrease.

The following table displays additional ways you can change the magnification of your image.

To zoom in…

From the View menu select Zoom In.

Right-click on your image and select Zoom In from the drop-down menu that appears.

To zoom out…

From the View menu select Zoom Out. Right-click on your image and select Zoom Out from the drop-down menu that appears..

Tips: Some magnification shortcuts

Located at the top the Photoshop window, the zoom tool option bar offers some shortcuts for making specific changes to the magnification of your image

To return your image to its original magnification, click on the Actual Pixels button.

To automatically change the size of the image window so that it displays all of an image whose magnification has changed:

    o On the left side of the zoom tool options bar locate the box labeled Resize Windows to Fit.

    o Confirm that a checkmark appears within this box.

    o If the box is not checked, click on it once to place a checkmark in the box.

    o Now, as you zoom in or zoom out, the image window will adjust itself so that it displays your entire image.