Rotate view when drawing

I know it's not possible to do that like in Photoshop (I have submitted a feature request).
How do you handle this problem when drawing with a tablet?

Rotate the Tablet?

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WHEN Illustrator is likely to be adding "rotate view" tool, (like they have in Photoshop) or are they NOT GOING TO?!

Hi everyone, I am trying to find out WHEN Illustrator is likely to be adding "rotate view" tool, (like they have in Photoshop) or if they are not going to do this at all.
I hope someone from Adobe Illustrator reads these forums and responds. There is an existing thread that has no official response from Adobe, and it has literally tens of thousands of views!? Please Adobe Illustrator, can you give people the official response they need so they can plan their workflow.
Apparently Affinity Designer is going to be adding a Rotate View Tool shortly and their app is only $50 one-off payment too, so perhaps you ought to respond before other people start making the switch? The rotate view tool is something illustrators really need, we already have it in Manga Studio, and it makes life so much easier. You can't really draw on a CINTIQ in vector form without it, at least not as well as you should be able to.
Can you please update your paying customers so we can make an informed decision.
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(Photoshop CS5 Extended, MAC OSX) When using the brush tool(with angle jitter set to Direction), an error pops up when also rotating view. As long as the canvas is at its default orientation(ie, rotate view tool has not been used), the brush paints along its path appropriately. If I've rotated the view, however, each instance of the brush's preset/tip does not adjust for the new orientation of the canvas. (note: this was not an issue in CS4)
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Can anyone tell me where the heck the rotate view tool in CS5 is? The "enable OpenGL Drawing" is checked in preferences. It's on the tool bar in CS4! Can't find it anywhere in CS5. HELP!

It isn't on the tool bar. I'll have to check to see if it is hidden under the hand tool when I get back. I'll also check the "R" to see if it will select. I assume this is a shortcut operation? Thanks for the help. Do you know how to put it on the tool bar like it is in CS4?

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When I open any type of document in Photoshop CS4, the Rotate View Tool continually tells me that the:
"Could not complete your request because it only works with OpenGL enabled document windows"
I'm not sure what this means and would appreciate any advice. This tool would be very beneficial to me considering the type of work I do.
Thanks,

NASAphotographer wrote:
"Could not complete your request because it only works with OpenGL enabled document windows"
I'm not sure what this means and would appreciate any advice. ..
The message means that OpenGL has not been enabled, most likely because either your video card does not support the necessary OpenGL functions or the video driver needs to be updated to provide this support. In PS CS4 look at Edit > Preferences > Performance. Try to check on Enable OpenGL Drawing.
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Controlling the 'Rotate View Tool'

Hi there,
I'm a Flash/Flex developer working with PatchPanel and SwitchBoard to build AIR apps that can communicate with Creative Suite tools.
I was hoping to write a PatchPanel plug-in that would be able to control the 'Rotate View Tool' in Photoshop CS4 however, when I looked through the DOM there was no mention of it within the JavaScript Reference. My next tactic was to use the ScriptListener plug-in to record the action but alas, the resulting log did not contain the 'amount of rotation' as a variable :-(
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I should also say that I do not have access to the Photoshop SDK and have no experience of C++ but am willing to invest some time into solving this problem because I have something REALLY sweet planned. I'll keep it a surprise for now but if I can find a solution then I'd be more than happy to share it freely.
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How do I get the screen to refresh when drawing a line larger than the art board

How do I get the screen to refresh properly when drawing a line larger than the art board when the screen scrolls? Everything turns white in CS6, CS5 and CS4.

Existing art - not the new art. The new art just gets a proxy shape - seen in my example as the blue rectangle. The existing art is what gets smeared as you drag past the edge of the screen. If it's anything other than an Ilustrator thing, it's a Mac thing. I've never known it to be any other way other than maybe in the past showing blank white instead of stuttered art on probably 10 different macs over the years.
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ROTATE VIEW TOOL QUESTION-CS-6

First time I've tried using this tool (That's my excuse):
I used the tool to rotate the image, as desired, but saw no "Commit" / confirm command, as with the Crop Tool.
I wished to crop the image after applying Rotate View Tool, but when I select the Crop Tool, the image rotates back to it's original position???
Leigh

The rotate view tool is strictly for changing the viewing angle, so that you can paint or use other tools without awkward hand motions. It's set to return to normal. If you want to rotate and crop, use the crop tool.

Rotate View/Canvas

Hi,
Im searching for the "rotate view" tool in my trial version of PS Elements 11. Or some other convenient way to freely turn the canvas, allowing me to draw with my tablet comfortably.
I want to rotate the image as a whole, without actually rotating/changing the picture, as you would rotate a sheet of paper. So no transformation.
Is this compass-looking tool I've seen people use Photoshop-exclusive and not part of Elements?

Rereading your question I may have misunderstood - are you saying you want to rotate the underlying canvas but not move the image in any way?
If so you are probably thinking of Image> Resize> Canvas Resize (Alt+Ctrl+C).
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Rotate view drifts over

I recently upgraded to cs6, and now when I use the rotate view tool the center of rotation drifts down and to the right as I rotate. It continues to drift until it reaches the bottom and then it jumps to the top and continues down again. This is really affecting my ability to rotate quickly and accurately.
Has anyone else encountered something like this?

I'm using an AMD Firepro V5900, so it could be an ATI driver problem. I recently installed the latest drivers so I might try rolling it back a little.
It seems to happen regardless of input device (cintiq 24HD, logitech mouse)
Meanwhile I still have cs5 installed and can confirm that this does not happen in that version so I feel like the problem is somehow linked to cs6

Rotate view, but keep guides vertical/horizontal?

hi all
curious if there's any way to keep guides vertical / horizontal when using the rotate view feature?
thanks for your tips!
LML

"Non-destructive" is really a "term of art" used as shorthand for "without affecting the original pxels of the image". The opposite doesn't really or necessarily imply that the pixels get destroyed or damaged, simply transformed in some way. That can be beneficial to the image, of course.

Rotate view tool over mouse center?

Hello all!
As the subject states - is there a way to use rotate view tool so that it's center of rotation is on the mouse / cursor location?
I have tried different key command combinations and no go. If this is not possible at this point, then I would love to have that as a feature! It would be SO much more efficient and much less frustrating.
I hate having the rotation center in the center of the window rather than where I am painting. Now, if there is an option to do this somewhere then please disregard my rant.
Thanks
Ray

No, I don't mean that you wouldn't be using a mouse to do so- of course, you would be using the mouse. I am just simply saying that when you rotate the image using the rotate view tool, it doesn't spin the canvas around the point of the mouse, it spin's it as you said around the image window's center. That's all I'm saying.
To me it would be much faster if it were to have an option to spin around the mouse's center because, as I mentioned before, try working on a zoomed in corner of your image and then when zoomed in and in that corner of the document, use the rotate view tool, because you want to get a better angle for painting in that corner area of the zoomed in image. Spin the image 45 deg and see what happens.
The area you were just working on is now totally out of view and you either zoom out to find the area again and pan back to center that location and zoom back in to continue working on it or pan around to find and center it again. Either way, that stinks in comparison to just rotate the view based on either your last mouse click or where you mouse is at the moment.
Do you understand?

Rotate view key gone sticky?

I routinely use the r key while using the brush, to adjust the orientation of my canvas. However, since a few hours ago, the r key does switch to the Rotate View tool, instead of temporarily activating it and returning to my paint brush on release. So, after each rotate view, I must manually switch back to my paint brush, which is quite annoying.
It is definitely not my keyboard, as assigning a different shortcut does not solve the problem, and other applications don't show sticky keys either. Also, other tools, like the Hand and the Eyedropper, work as usual, it is just the Rotate View which is malfunctioning.
(setup: late 2008 MBP with Cintiq 12wx (problem occurs when using it or not))

Well, I reduced this one to reproducible proportions, and I don't think this problem just occurred today: it has always been there.
If I hit the R key and actually do a rotation, the switch to the Rotate View tool is temporarily, as it should be.
If I hit the R key and release it without doing a rotation, the switch is permanent; I believe this is a bug.
Could anyone reproduce this behaviour?

Rotate View Tool

In Photoshop CS4, should one be able to rotate the canvas using the rotate view tool?
When I try to rotate the canvas a message appears saying that the tool only works with an OpenGL enabled window.
What does that mean?
Grateful for any help.

No, there's no printed manual for CS4. But that's OK, the last printed manual that came with an earlier version of Photoshop was so bad that it was worthless anyway.
The Photoshop Help is found under the Help menu in Photoshop CS4. From that link you can also download a 40MB PDF file containing the totality of the help files.
Of course you have bought a graphics card, and you do have it installed, otherwise you could not see anything on your monitor at all.
The short answer is to go to the Photoshop menu:
Photoshop > Preferences > Performance… > GPU Settings >
If you have a box that says Enable OpenGL, make sure that box is checked ("ticked"). If you do not see it, or if it is grayed out, then your graphics card (also known as "video card") does NOT support the OpenGL features in Photoshop CS4 (such as the Rotate Tool, etc.).
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