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Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work Area
Creating different views of an image
What? Different views of the same picture, you say? Yes, indeed. You might
create a new view when you want to zoom in on an area for some precise
editing and then want to switch back to a wider view. Here’s how you do it:
1. Double-click a thumbnail image in the Project Bin.
You must have a photo open in Edit Full mode. The photo you double-
click in the Project Bin appears in the image window as the active
document.
2. Choose View➪New Window for <filename>.
Note that <filename> is the name of the file in the image window.
3. Zoom to the new view.
A new view appears for the active document, and you see another
thumbnail image added to the Project Bin.
To zoom quickly, click the Zoom tool and click a few times on the
picture in the image window to zoom in to the photo.
4. Toggle views of the same image.
Double-click the original thumbnail to see the opening view; double-click
the other thumbnail to see the zoomed view.
Figure 1-16: All open pictures and new views are displayed as thumbnails in the Project Bin.
Hiding the Project Bin
The Project Bin takes up a lot of room at the bottom of the image window,
and you’re not likely to want it open all the time while editing pictures. You
can temporarily hide the Project Bin when you want more room in your
Elements workspace for editing photos.
In Elements 9, the Project Bin behaves very similarly to other panels in the
Panels Bin. Click the left-pointing chevrons to collapse the bin (Windows)
or double-click the title bar (Mac). When collapsed, the bin appears as a
panel button. You can drag the button off to the right side of the screen
in the Panel Bin area. To reopen the bin, click the right-pointing chevrons
(Windows) or double-click the title bar (Mac).
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