Toggle zoom levels / Toggle foreground-background in refine

[delpi767]

Suppose I have zoomed int a specific area of a photo to do some delicate work.  Periodically, I want to zoom to fit the screen (Ctrtl-0) to see how things look overall.  Now I want to zoom back to the previous view.  Is there a shortcut to do so?

Second question, when I am refining a mask I often want to switch between foreground and background.  Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?

Thanks,

-dmd-

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, delpi767 said:

Suppose I have zoomed int a specific area of a photo to do some delicate work.  Periodically, I want to zoom to fit the screen (Ctrtl-0) to see how things look overall.  Now I want to zoom back to the previous view.  Is there a shortcut to do so?

One possibility is when you are in each of the two views is to use View > New View to create two independent views, each in its own workspace window or tab. You can then use View > Views to toggle between them or click on a tab, just like they were two different documents, each open in its own view.

Another possibility to use the advanced mode of the Navigator panel, where you can create & name as many view points as you want. These are saved with the document.

[delpi767]

Thanks, I'd figured that out.  I was looking for a keyboard shortcut but I guess I have no choice but to get the mouse/tablet involved.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, delpi767 said:

Second question, when I am refining a mask I often want to switch between foreground and background.  Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?

Which application and which OS?

[delpi767]

Sorry, photo, and W10

[carl123]

3 hours ago, delpi767 said:

I was looking for a keyboard shortcut

You can assign your own to View Points in the Navigator panel

A single keyboard shortcut can be used to toggle between two view points (e.g. 100% and 500% magnification)

[R C-R]

27 minutes ago, carl123 said:

A single keyboard shortcut can be used to toggle between two view points (e.g. 100% and 500% magnification)

Where can you assign a keyboard shortcut for that?

[carl123]

13 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Where can you assign a keyboard shortcut for that?

In the View section/menu of Keyboard shortcuts

[R C-R]

29 minutes ago, carl123 said:

In the View section/menu of Keyboard shortcuts

Do you mean the Move to Previous/Next View Point shortcuts or something else?

AFAIK, those shortcuts sequence through any/all view points set in the Navigation panel. I don't see any one shortcut that toggles between 2 viewpoints.

[carl123]

11 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I don't see any one shortcut that toggles between 2 viewpoints.

It does if you only have 2 viewpoints

 

1 hour ago, carl123 said:

A single keyboard shortcut can be used to toggle between two view points (e.g. 100% and 500% magnification)

 

[Fixx]

I would make two views and use shortcut to switch window. Baked-in zoom levels are ok too but they zoom to document center, not to active element.

[walt.farrell]

13 hours ago, delpi767 said:

Sorry, photo, and W10

Thanks. I think the shortcut you want for swapping foreground/background colors is called Swap Line and Fill in the Keyboard Shortcuts preference dialog. Default Photo shortcut on Windows is Shift+X:

[R C-R]

10 hours ago, carl123 said:

It does if you only have 2 viewpoints

Ah! OK, now I see what you meant. If there are only two view points, then the two shortcuts Move to Previous/Next View Point would do the same thing so setting either one would be enough. Setting up both of them wouldn't really be that useful unless the document had quite a few view points added to it.

[carl123]

1 minute ago, R C-R said:

Ah! OK, now I see what you meant. If there are only two view points, then the two shortcuts Move to Previous/Next View Point would do the same thing so setting either one would be enough. Setting up both of them wouldn't really be that useful unless the document had quite a few view points added to it.

Yup

[delpi767]

 

On 5/7/2021 at 10:08 AM, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. I think the shortcut you want for swapping foreground/background colors is called Swap Line and Fill in the Keyboard Shortcuts preference dialog. Default Photo shortcut on Windows is Shift+X:

Both shift-x and x, swap the foreground and background colors but seemingly have no affect in the refine dialog.

[delpi767]

Lets say I am cutting out a golfer so I am zoomed into the face.  Now I want to view the entire image to see how things are looking.

Now I want to go to the previos "view".

Yes, I can create a view but the means every time I move to a different part of an image I have to create a new view.  That is probable more cumbersome than just zooming every time.

I guess what I am looking for is a way to toggle to the previous view and back,  I don't remember where, but in one of the previous drawing programs I've used that required only a simple keyboard shortcut.

[loukash]

2 hours ago, delpi767 said:

I guess what I am looking for is a way to toggle to the previous view and back

Search the Feedback forum if someone has already posted a corresponding feature request and bump it. If not, post one yourself.

2 hours ago, delpi767 said:

in one of the previous drawing programs I've used that required only a simple keyboard shortcut

I also vaguely remember something similar somewhere long ago. Could have been possibly Freehand…?