Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Multiple views of the same document

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Multiple views of the same document - CS2

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

Hi,
This is something everyone else may be aware of but I have been working
quite a bit in PS CS2 and I had no idea it was possible so I thought I
would share it. I would not have figured it out for myself but I was
running through a tutorial in Illustrator where I was walked through
how to do it. So I tried it in PS and sure enough it is possible there
too.
It is possible to have multiple views of the SAME document open at the
same time! This is amazing. It allows for things like running a levels
on the red channel while viewing the effect on the composite - and no
telling what else. I wish I had know this months ago.

Ron

Mike Russell

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

<ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
news:1165908731.674029.167000@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> This is something everyone else may be aware of but I have been working
> quite a bit in PS CS2 and I had no idea it was possible so I thought I
> would share it. I would not have figured it out for myself but I was
> running through a tutorial in Illustrator where I was walked through
> how to do it. So I tried it in PS and sure enough it is possible there
> too.
> It is possible to have multiple views of the SAME document open at the
> same time! This is amazing. It allows for things like running a levels
> on the red channel while viewing the effect on the composite - and no
> telling what else. I wish I had know this months ago.

Now that you mention it it, a bunch of us were wondering when you'd get
around to asking about views. Anything else you'd like to know?

Absolutely - although it's a bit of a bother to set up, there are any number
of situations where creating a second view is important. Another use of
multiple views is to have a zoomed out view of a cloning operation, or a
soft preview while you work on the main image.

Levels though? What about curves?
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

Mike Russell wrote:

> Levels though? What about curves?
> --
> Mike Russell
> www.curvemeister.com/forum/

Curves - even better! Maybe I can set up a macro to flip in to special
multi view curves mode. I will look into it if mesh does not drive me
insane - talk about concentration.

Thanks,
Ron

Peter Wollenberg

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

"ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX" <ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:

>Hi,
>This is something everyone else may be aware of but I have been working
>quite a bit in PS CS2 and I had no idea it was possible so I thought I
>would share it. I would not have figured it out for myself but I was
>running through a tutorial in Illustrator where I was walked through
>how to do it. So I tried it in PS and sure enough it is possible there
>too.
>It is possible to have multiple views of the SAME document open at the
>same time! This is amazing. It allows for things like running a levels
>on the red channel while viewing the effect on the composite - and no
>telling what else. I wish I had know this months ago.
>
You can run a levels on the red channel and view the effect on the
composite by simply clicking into the red channel to select it first
and into the (now invisible) eye left to the composite channel
thereafter. You will view the composite but changes will affect only
the red. This is particularly helpful in L*a*b, where you can sharpen
or apply Shadow-Highlight to the luminosity channel exclusively but
see the result on the composite image.

Peter

Johan W. Elzenga

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

Peter Wollenberg <jenelisepasceci@web.de> wrote:

> You can run a levels on the red channel and view the effect on the
> composite by simply clicking into the red channel to select it first
> and into the (now invisible) eye left to the composite channel
> thereafter.

Or, and a lot easier if you ask me, you can simply select the red
channel in the Levels dialog...

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:19 pm

Peter Wollenberg wrote:

> You can run a levels on the red channel and view the effect on the
> composite by simply clicking into the red channel to select it first
> and into the (now invisible) eye left to the composite channel
> thereafter. You will view the composite but changes will affect only
> the red. This is particularly helpful in L*a*b, where you can sharpen
> or apply Shadow-Highlight to the luminosity channel exclusively but
> see the result on the composite image.
>
> Peter

Hi Peter,

I really need to get out of RGB more often. It would be nice if PS
would allow us, through Layer Comps or something like it, to logically
branch sideways in the layers stack based on color space rather than
just visibility, order and transformation. It would be so handy for
targeted sharpening and interpolation. Thanks for the tip, I will keep
it in the back of my mind, maybe it will trigger something during
meditation.

Brgds,
Ron