Pixel Art in Photoshop

KK
Posted By
kie_kelly
Sep 20, 2006
Views
277
Replies
6
Status
Closed
Hi,

I’m a Graphic Designer and sometime Pixel Artist… I’m wondering if anyone has any tips for working with Pixels in Photoshop CS2, the major problem I have is Previewing what I’m doing when I’m zoomed in at say 800%. I sometimes adjust the Navigator windows to be the same size as the document, and that kind of works but it’s never that accurate, and a pain to set up. So I’m wondering if there’s a third party plug-in out there specifically to help Pixel artists Preview there work accurately…..

any tips are more than welcome!!

cheers

Kie
Related Tags
art pixel

How to Master Sharpening in Photoshop

Give your photos a professional finish with sharpening in Photoshop. Learn to enhance details, create contrast, and prepare your images for print, web, and social media.

S
SteveV
Sep 20, 2006
Command 0 takes you to fit to screen, then command + for zoom in and command – for zoom out does the trick for me.
KK
kie_kelly
Sep 20, 2006
cheers SteveV

yeah I know those short cuts, I’m actually on about having something so I don’t need to keep zooming in an out!
R
Ram
Sep 20, 2006
Why don’t you open a second view of the document and keep that image at whatever size you want while working on the other one?

In Photoshop CS2, go to the Window menu > Arrange > New Window For … (the name of your open file will show up here automatically).
KK
kie_kelly
Sep 20, 2006
spot on Ramon… that’s the tip I was looking for …… is there a way of making that window always remain at the TOP of the work area ?
R
Ram
Sep 20, 2006
There’s no way that the second window can be on top of the one you are working on.

I have two monitors side by side, and I move the new view window to the palette window when necessary. (Tab toggles all the palettes on and off.)
KK
kie_kelly
Sep 20, 2006
yeah makes sense… I just use a Powerbook, but I’ll bare that in mind… thansk alot for your help again

kie

🙂

Must-have mockup pack for every graphic designer 🔥🔥🔥

Easy-to-use drag-n-drop Photoshop scene creator with more than 2800 items.

Related Discussion Topics

Nice and short text about related topics in discussion sections