Cs4 Zoom Resize...and a litte rant...and then a plea.

Hey Adobe, I've been a Photoshop user for over a decade and, for as long as I can remember, the two zoom resize options (the one attached to the zoom tool option bar and the one in the preferences menu) have allowed me to set the window resize option for my keyboard zoom and my zoom tool independently. This was tremendously useful for me since most of the time I don't want to resize my window and the keyboard shortcut would zoom in and out of my image in a useful and predictable manner. Having the second option was great because it allowed me to fit my image to a smaller or larger window with a single click of the zoom tool.
I was reading the online help for the the zoom resize function and, under the comments, another user had the same concern that, though there are STILL two options, they no longer were independent. Much to my disappointment an adobe representative (somewhat pompasly) remarked that the zoom functionality was flawed previously and that it's current inception, with two options that do the same thing and are thus redundant, it is the more consistent (implying correct) manner in which the functionality ought to behave. I strongly contest that point of view and feel that I, as an expert user, have been undermined in favor of a arbitrarily dumbed down solution that adds several seconds to operations that I perform perhaps hundreds of times daily.
This brings me to a related but separate point. The update of the user interface from CS3 to CS4, with the change to the zoom functionally being at the heart of the issue, is inferior to previous versions. There are many new issues a few of which I will list for your benefit:
A liberal waste of my screen real estate in the palettes and menus
Annoying and unpredictable tab behavior (whcih still seem to crop up even though I have both options disabled)
Minimized windows that cannot be moved
A mind bogglingly poor lay out of the adjustment layer palettes (massive, unscalable, with textless icons and tiny handles on razor thin color bars)
'Full screen with menu" mode that now covers up my windows task bar (really, Adobe how dare you?)
Utterly mystifying hit areas of color palette sliders which will select and move the wrong slider if I don't click precisely on the intended one
Poor performance under openGL (I have a Nvidia 8800 which is a middle-high end card).
By my own, totally subjective account, It is fundamentally worse... for me.
Now I'm sure there are many users who are happy with the updates you have made and I applaud you for catering to your base, but why in God's name would you remove and redisgn functionality without offering the option of employing the previous inception. It is a slap in the face, Adobe. So I emplore you as a loyal coustomer, as a user who depends on your software for my livelyhood and as a design professional who interacts with your product more than my family...Please give me more control over the UI of your software. Please don't remove change functionallty. It frustrates me and wastes hundreds of hours of my time over the course of a year. Let me have two window resize options!

This is a user to user forum. Adobe does not read this. But I, at least, agree with some of what you posted. There is a feedback form that I have attached that will get your concerns to the right people. Hope this helps.
http://www.adobe.com/bin/webfeedback.cgi

Similar Messages

Zooming in and then zooming out in AS2 (Without scaling the image)

Basically I want to know if there is a way to go from a zoomed in version of something, and then seeing the whole image in another frame. (By pressing a button)
Let's say there's a tree, I would bascially like (upon pressing a button which I can do) to zoom out and see the whole scenery. Is there a way I can do this without actually changing the size of the image?

There are various components already made on the internet such as v-cam, you can basically control the stage/view, scaling the v-cam keeps the objects on the stage the same, but scales the camera.
Check this out, it has links to both an as2 and an as3 version.http://www.fluidanims.com/FAelite/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3369

Resize and crop images to a specific width and height

Hi,
I want to convert images to thumbnails with a 'standard' format - I need all images to have the same width and height.
So I need to resize and then crop the images. Is this possibe with JAI? Are there other libraries which can do this better?
I've read about ImageMagick - are the Java interfaces to ImageMagick good?
/best regards, Håkan Jacobsson - System developer in Sweden

Duplicate posting, answers are here
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5419291
Pleas don't duplicate unless you note that you have done so and provide pointers to the duplicates - as I'm sure you're aware. . .

TileLayout spark Item Renderer and Zoom in and zoom out

I implemented a spark ItemRenderer, which serves a DataGroup with TileLayout:
    <s:Border id="scrollView"
              styleName="scrollView"
              width="100%"
              height="100%">
        <s:filters>
            <s:DropShadowFilter inner="true"
                                alpha=".35"/>
        </s:filters>
        <s:Scroller id="continuousViewScroller"
                    height="100%"
                    width="100%">
            <s:DataGroup id="continuousView"
                         height="100%"
                         width="100%"
                         itemRenderer="PageRenderer"
                         dataProvider="{pages}">
                <s:layout>
                         <s:TileLayout columnAlign.OneUpView="justifyUsingWidth"
                         columnAlign.TwoUpView="left"
                         verticalGap="10"
                         horizontalGap.TwoUpView="10"
                         horizontalAlign="center"
                         verticalAlign="top"
                         useVirtualLayout="true"
                         clipAndEnableScrolling="false"
                         requestedColumnCount.OneUpView="1"
                         requestedColumnCount.TwoUpView="2"/>
                    
                </s:layout>
            </s:DataGroup>
        </s:Scroller>
    </s:Border>
I execute a zoom effect everytime some one pushes zoom in or zoom out buttons. The trouble is that zoom in and zoom out works fine. However, the gap between two item renderers increase, when I zoom out.
Is there a way that the gap remains fixed?

Zoom in means, within the PageRenderer, I use a Scale effect, which zooms in and out based on an event. The following code is for doing zoom in and zoom out for the PageRenderer. It works fine. However, the vertical/horizontal gaps increases once have a zoomed in and then try to zoom out incrementally. I want to keep the gap between elements same all the time.
If I run this same code, with VerticalLayout, It works great. However, this does not work with TileLayout.
The following link:
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Spark+TileLayout
says:
"Note that justify only grows the columnWidth/rowHeight, so to handle cases where the size of the columns/rows has to shrink, the default column width/row height should set explicitly to zero."
Does anyone has any idea how to implement this?
Source Code for zoom in and zoom out:
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo"
                creationComplete="init()">
    <fx:Declarations>
        <s:Scale target="{this}" id="zoomPlayer" duration="150" />
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
            import mx.events.EffectEvent;
            private var _zoom:Number=1.0;
            [Bindable]
            public function set zoom(value:Number):void
                _zoom=value;
            public function get zoom():Number
                return _zoom;
            private function init():void
                var proj:TestProject=FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication as   TestProject;
                proj.systemManager.addEventListener(ZoomEvent.ZoomChange, updateZoom);
            private function updateZoom(event:ZoomEvent):void
                if(zoom != event.zoom){
                    if(zoomPlayer.isPlaying){
                        zoomPlayer.stop();
                    zoomPlayer.addEventListener(EffectEvent.EFFECT_END, zoomEnd);
                    zoomPlayer.scaleXFrom=zoom;
                    zoomPlayer.scaleXTo=event.zoom;
                    zoomPlayer.scaleYFrom=zoom;
                    zoomPlayer.scaleYTo=event.zoom;
                    zoomPlayer.play();
                    zoom=event.zoom;
            private function zoomEnd(event:EffectEvent):void{
                zoomPlayer.removeEventListener(EffectEvent.EFFECT_END,zoomEnd);

Why does my encoded DVD adds a zoom-in and a delay wherever the imported asset has a cross-dissolve?

Greetings!
Still a rank amateur, and a frustrated one because the Encoder when it burns a DVD for me (with no bells or whistles) adds a zoom-in to the cross dissolves that perform very happily in my cs5 sequence and in my H264.
When I burn a DVD from an imported sequence (or from an imported H264), the resulting DVD upon playback actually expands the viewing rectangle briefly which looks like a zoom out and then starts my zoom-in late.

FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?

Image resizing and cropping

Hi,
I want to convert images to thumbnails with a 'standard' format - I need all images to have the same width and height.
So I need to resize and then crop the images. Is this possibe with JAI? Are there other libraries which can do this better?
I've read about ImageMagick - are the Java interfaces to ImageMagick good?
/regards, Håkan Jacobsson

Depending on the format of your files, you need not go into JAI. You may be able to do what you want with ImageIO.
You just need to load the image, select the part you want, then check the length to width ratio to make sure it is appropriate, if not, then adjust it as such.
If you want to get a 100, 100 thumb from a 1024, 768 image you can do this:
BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g = bi.createGraphics();
g.drawImage(my1024x768, 0, 12, 100, 75, Color.BLACK, null);
g.dispose();please note, that to get 1024 shunk up to 100, you need to divide by 10.24, when you do the same to the height of the image, you get 75, this leaves 25 pixels--so I centered the image at 12.
to save the thumb in JPG:
File f = new File(myFileNameAndPath);
f.createFile();
ImageIO.write(bi, "JPEG", f);**WARNING** untested code.

Lumia 720 getting zoomed in and hanging

After. Using Lumia 720 sometimes it gets zoomed in and then u have to switch off and on again .

Go to settings-->ease of access and set 'Screen Magnifier' to OFF

What can't we resize our pictures to fit as our wallpapers on the ios 7 system? nice photos are being zoomed in and cut off and theres no way to fix it, this need to be changes asap! back to the way it was on ios 6

what can't we resize our pictures to fit as our wallpapers on the ios 7 system? nice photos are being zoomed in and cut off and theres no way to fix it, this need to be changes asap! back to the way it was on ios 6.... FIX FIX FIX!!!!!!!!

Hello keraalovee,
Setting Reduce Motion in your Accessibility settings (Settings -> Accessibility -> Reduce Motion) can help alleviate this behavior.
iOS 7: How to reduce screen motion
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5595
Cheers,
Allen

My homescreen won't resize and I can't access anything because everything is too big to navigate. Help.

My homescreen won't resize and I can't access anything because everything is too big to navigate. Help.

Double-tap the screen with three fingers to disable Zoom.
To turn off Zoom go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom and turn this Off.

Skew, Warp, Resize and Nest a video in Photoshop???

I would like to know how to skew, warp and resize a video inside of photoshop cs4. I would also like to know how to nest multiple video files into one file.
I am new to Photoshop, I am looking for some tutorials but unable to find any.
Thanks

Marian, thanks for the advice.
Thou I understand your point, very well about screwdriver vs hammer, that was not my question in my post. I asked a straight forward question about how to Skew, Warp, Resize and Nest a video in Photoshop. Not which is the best software to use for this task.
If you know the answer, share the knowledge, is this not what this forum is for or am I in the wrong place??? Before suggesting which tool is best for me to use, try understanding what I want to build first. This makes all the difference.
As I have already proven to myself I don’t need a new tool to accomplish the task I had at hand. If I took your advice, I and my company would have wasted money on a software that we did not need in the first place.
Understand your client needs first before giving advice. Sometimes a hammer is all it takes, if you use right.
I don’t need to study more on video production, this is not my job. All I wanted to know was how to edit a video in Photoshop.
I hope we are not off on the wrong foot because I feel I could learn a lot from you but you need to take the time to understand the question before shooting from the hip with an answer.

Cs5 wrong position of guidelines relatively to rulers measurement when zooming in and out.

Hi!
I noticed it long ago, and always were doing a trick by changing rulers measurement scale (for pixels to something else and back, or pressing a TAB key or something to invoke some event in photoshop) to have my guidelines snapped to right dimensions when zooming my view (in or out). This looks like a somekind bug for me, but maybe a miss something and there is a way to have photoshop updating the guidelines automatically when zooming?? Is there something for that issue??
Kindest Pawel

If you are seeing the OpenGL animated zoom, i.e., where the zoom smoothly and quickly changes from one level to another, there is a known problem with the rulers sometimes not updating.
Assuming you're using Tabbed documents (not floating windows), with the Zoom Tool active, try enabling the [ ] Resize Windows To Fit option in the options bar near the top of the Photoshop main window. This should disable the animated zoom and ensure you will see your rulers update.
-Noel

Resize and Resample in Photoshop CC

Hi.
I use Photoshop since 1997 and jump from CS5 to CC this week. What I used to do sometimes is taking a 150dpi image and need to make it 72dpi, BUT I really want it to change pixels dimension. In PS CS5 I just needed to go to "Image Resize" and change 150 do 72dpi, and PS kept the Cm/Inches dimensions but changed pixels. Is exactly what I need to do. I PS CC it doesn't work, if I change dpi it will only change image size in Cm/Inches.
And example, I have an Illustrator file, 800x800px. I export it as 150dpi JPG, opens in PS. It will show an image like 1667x1667px 150dpi. I want to change it to 72dpi so my JPG will be 800x800px again.
Some people will say: "but why don't you already export from ILL as 72dpi?". Because I sometimes need those images in 150 and sometimes in 72. So I prefer to have a 150dpi image and resize to 72 if I need instead the opposite.
Do you know if there is a way in PS CC to solve it?
Thanks,
Luiz

DPI PPI and an image's DPI resolution setting and Inkjet Printers DPI Resolution setting ???
Dots Per Inch is an old printers term that came about when images were printed black and white using little dots of inks fined dots finer sharper images it density of dots size of dots image like news papers. Later color image usinf 4 colors CMYK...
Pixels Per Inch a term use about displays color pixels are three color Red Green Blue their geometry layout varies and some have even added a fourth yellow component again its a density size display are manufactured with a single PPI density. Different displays panels have their manufactured PPI. Most desktop LCD panels today have a ppi around 100. Displays do not support your Image Files DPI resolution setting the display pixels their PPI size. Image sizing on displays is done by scaling the numbers of pixels in a image a displaying the scaled image not the actual images pixel. Zooming percent....
Inkjets printers do not print like news papers and the do not use a single drop or dot of ink per image pixel. The user their higher finer drops of ink to paint in you images larger square pixels. You inkjet printer can print pixels and siy up to the maximum resolution. Your printer DPI setting is a quality setting the higher the setting the finer the pixels will be painted in. Higher quality settings are only available on high quality Photo paper for more ink is laid down and requires a special surface to prevent ink running pixels together regular paper would receive to much ink and be more a blotter paper.
Image DPI setting defines/sets the image Pixel size without changing a single pixel in am image you can print the image any size you want by changing the size of its pixels.

"Zoom Resizes Windows" doesn't work in CS4

I have the "Zoom Resizes Windows" option checked in Preferences. However, when I use the scroll wheel on my mouse (which is assigned to zoom in the Photoshop software), it only zooms in/out on the image within the window. WHY do they put the option in there when it CLEARLY doesn't work???
I have my image document windows "undockable", so that I have the flexibility to move them around and zoom in/out as I please when I have more than one. But the zoom does NOT zoom the document window. It keeps it the same size while moving the image within it. This "Zoom Resizes Windows" option is NOT working.
Is this a joke, or am I missing something? Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

I too am having the same issue as Whintersby. I find that it is not pixel related as much as it is the physical size of the resized window.
Note the lower right corner. Once the resize dragger disappears the window will no-longer resize up using the CTRL ++. Unless you first physically drag the corner with the mouse a little. At that point the functionality returns. As Whintersby has said it is quite frustrating and quite disruptive to a solid work flow.
If anyone has found a solution to this it would be quite helpful.
For any Adobe techs that might be here, I am on Win7 (64).
While this may possibly be a moot point as I intend to upgrade to CS5, I want to make sure that it gets resolved and does not simply continue into CS5.

I know I've heard that iPads/iPhones can't get viruses but is it possible that they can? While using my iPad, it keeps going in and out of apps. On Facebook, status and profiles keep getting clicked and it keeps zooming in and out. Can anyone help

I Have an iPad mini, iOS 8.1. When I'm on my iPad, it keeps going in and out of random apps. Going to settings is the worse. As soon as I click settings and it opens,it starts clicking different things and tries turning on and off settings! In Facebook, profiles and status get clicked. The screen zooms in and out multiple times. It reminds me of when you call the help desk for a computer or a computer at work and they gain access and move around clicking and you're doing nothing. Basically things are being clicked and I'm not doing it.....can anyone help?

At this point, I would go for reset to its factory default condition, using the iTunes program to get a clean system install. That way you'll clean everything out and just have it set up the way it would come from the factory. You'll need to do your backup (on the iTunes program too) and be sure you understand which stuff will be saved and which will not (from the links below). Also turn off any anti-virus program you may have on your desktop. Then when you reset it to the factory default condition, don't restore your backup just yet ... until you check it out without your data put back on it. Verify its operation first, to make sure that you know it's okay. Hopefully everything is okay at that point, otherwise you'll have to take it into Apple to check it out for any hardware failure.
Here are the links, and the last one pertains to the reset to factory default condition ...
Choosing an iOS Backup Method (Should I Use iTunes or iCloud to back up ...)https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5262
Back up and Restore your iOS Device with iCloud or iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
iTunes: About iOS Backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
Create and Delete iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Backups in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
iOS: Troubleshooting Encrypted Backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5162
Use iTunes to Restore your iOS Device to Factory Settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414

Pinch in and out on trackpad not working to zoom in and out in firefox

Ever since i bought my macbook pro (early 2011) I was able to use the pinch in and out trackpad feature to zoom in and out in firefox. This suddenly stopped working a couple of days ago. It still works in safari so this seems to be Firefox specific. All other trackpad features are still working too.
I uninstalled Firefox on my mac by moving the Firefox icon to the trash and downloaded/installed it again. Note that i didn't delete my profile (just deleted the Firefox icon) so all bookmarks were preserved even after downloading and installing Firefox from scratch. This didn't help fixing the issue.
Any ideas on this problem ? how to fix it?
Thanks!

All these programs seem to be for windows. I am facing the issues with firefox on a macbook pro.
I wasn't suggesting resetting Firefox. I have already done this step a couple of days ago as I was facing connectivity issues with some websites completely freezing and not loading. reset didn't help. I started seeing the trackpad issue around the time i did the reset.
I am wondering if uninstalling Firefox and deleting all data associated with it (profiles etc) would fix the issue. Can you advise on what should be deleted with firefox?

Cs4 Zoom Resize...and a litte rant...and then a plea.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for