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2. Do any of the following:
Drag in the image. A compass will indicate north in the image, regardless of the current canvas angle.
In the options bar, enter degrees in the Rotation Angle field.
Click or drag the circular Set Angle of Rotation control.
3. To restore the canvas to the original angle, click Reset View.
For a video on the Rotate View tool and other workspace tips, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4001_ps. (Discussion of the Rotate View tool begins at
the 5:10 mark.)
Disable trackpad gestures (Mac OS)
If you have a MacBook computer with a multi-touch trackpad, you can use the trackpad to flick, rotate, or zoom images. This functionality can
greatly increase your efficiency, but you can disable it if inadvertent changes occur.
1. Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Interface (Mac OS).
2. In the General section, deselect Enable Gestures.
Use the Navigator panel
You use the Navigator panel to quickly change the view of your artwork using a thumbnail display. The colored box in the Navigator (called the
proxy view area) corresponds to the currently viewable area in the window.
Do one or more of the following:
To display the Navigator panel, select Window > Navigator.
To change the magnification, type a value in the text box, click the Zoom Out or Zoom In button, or drag the zoom slider.
To move the view of an image, drag the proxy view area in the image thumbnail. You can also click the image thumbnail to designate the
viewable area.
To simultaneously set the size and position of the proxy area, Control-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) in the image
thumbnail.
To change the color of the proxy view area, select Panel Options from the panel menu. Select a preset color from the Color pop-up menu, or
click the color box to choose a custom color.
Navigator panel
A. Panel menu button B. Thumbnail display of artwork C. Proxy preview area D. Zoom text box E. Zoom Outbutton F. Zoom slider G. Zoom
Inbutton
Zoom in or out
Use the Zoom tool
or the View menu commands to zoom in or zoom out of an image. When you use the Zoom tool, each click magnifies or
reduces the image to the next preset percentage and centers the display around the point you click. When the image has reached its maximum
magnification level of 3200% or minimum size of 1 pixel, the magnifying glass appears empty.
To view images most accurately, precisely revealing sharpening, layer effects, and other adjustments, see Display images at 100%.
Set Zoom tool preferences
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Performance (Mac OS). In the GPU Settings section,
select Enable OpenGL Drawing.
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