Using the Organizer and Editor Windows Together for Editing

[George Tyndall]

The problem with using the Duplicate Image technique to view both the original and the version that one is editing is that it is difficult to see both at once in the Editor.

By opening the Editor to cover only half the Organizer in the background, I am able to see both images in a larger view (I've double-clicked the image in the Organizer to enlarge it before opening it in the Editor).

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[Gerlinde]

George, you can do the same right inside Organizer. Select the pictures that you want to compare. On the top right-hand side of the screen, click on display > compare side by side. Or even easier push F12 key.

[George Tyndall]

George, you can do the same right inside Organizer. Select the pictures that you want to compare. On the top right-hand side of the screen, click on display > compare side by side. Or even easier push F12 key.

Yes, I use that feature regularly for comparing images. It's one of the many reasons I am so enamored of the Organizer.

But I'm referring here to a siituation in which one is actively editing a zoomed image but wishes to visualize how those changes look in a non-zoomed version. In one of the PET tuts, the method of duplicating the image and having both a zoomed and a normal size version open in the Editor window was demonstrated. But I found that cascading the two windows in the Editor workspace required that I keep the non-zoomed version too small.

For my illustration, I should have zoomed in on the image in the Editor to better clarify what this method accomplishes.

An even better method would be to have two monitors, one for the Organizer and one for the Editor, which is what I did when I was still using my XP machine with two 24-inch monitors. When using a single monitor, part of the image in the Organizer is obscured with this method.

P.S. I don't have facial recognition activted with PSE7, nevertheless, my Organizer is showing me "non-match" images. Do you know how I turn this completely off?

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[Bob]

George,

Have you tried opening a new window for the image? Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop Elements have the ability to open a new window for the image and you can set the size and scale of each independently. But, because they are simply windows on the same image, any change to make to one shows up in the other. I often use this feature when retouching and I want to work highly zoomed in on the subject, but I want to see how it looks in a 100% scaled image too.

In photoshop CS5, go to the Window>Arrange menu and select the option for a New Window for the [image name]. I usually opt to float all the images to allow them to be sized and positioned where I want them. If you have dual monitors, it's trivial to drag one to the other monitor.

In photoshop elements, go to View > New Window For [image name]. I haven't used Photoshop Elements for a while so I'm no longer sure whether you can float the windows like you can in Photoshop.

[George Tyndall]

George,

Have you tried opening a new window for the image?

Yes, Bob, that's what I meant by using the Duplicate Image method.

However, it just occurred to me that, if I hide the layers and other palettes on the right, there is in fact enough space in the Editor, on the 32-inch monitor that I am currently using, to work on a 100%-zoomed image while leaving the other unzoomed--and see the entirety of both of them.

"Fabulous, just fabulous!"--Billy Crystal

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