How many of you primarily edit at 100%? And how many prefer to zoom in quite a bit?
What's your thought process behind it?
I think the main thought behind editing at 100% is that any print will render fine details smaller anyways, and it keeps more of the image in view for a consistent edit.
When dodging and burning to smooth/clean the skin I often find myself at 400% with a 2-4 pixel brush, a little dependning on the relative size of the face of course.
Nienna1990 wrote: My work flow is about zooming in and zooming out
+1...also the percentage of zoom is relative. 400% in on a 70mb file will look a lot different than on a 10mb file. You'll barely know what your looking at on a 10mb file, whereas a 70mb file @400% the file is large enough to still know what part of the image you are working on.
I zoom in and out constantly, depending on what I'm doing, but I rarely think about the percentage. If I'm enhancing the fine details in the iris of an eye, the iris fills the screen. If I'm making a global color adjustment, I hit Ctrl+0 to make the image fit the screen.
Peano wrote: I zoom in and out constantly, depending on what I'm doing, but I rarely think about the percentage. If I'm enhancing the fine details in the iris of an eye, the iris fills the screen. If I'm making a global color adjustment, I hit Ctrl+0 to make the image fit the screen.
Angelo Lorenzo Photo wrote: How many of you primarily edit at 100%? And how many prefer to zoom in quite a bit?
What's your thought process behind it?
I think the main thought behind editing at 100% is that any print will render fine details smaller anyways, and it keeps more of the image in view for a consistent edit.
i keep my zooming in to a minimum when ever doing post work. its easy to over work areas when your zoomed in, for me anyway
When correcting CA in ACR I find that zooming in to 200% or maybe even 400% helps. Sometimes also when working on fine detail, like removing the second catch-light in the eye in portraits.
Natalia Drulle wrote: I don't have cs4, but Ive heard you can have a dual zoom view? one zoomed in for the detail and one zoomed out to see what youre doing as a whole?
I usually zoom in and out constantly,wish I had some sort of feature like that
Yes, you can.
A big screen really comes in handy here.
PS: both of us posted our messages in this thread, now lets wait for Natalia Taffarel ^^
I'm not sure there's ever been an image I've worked on that I haven't zoomed in at least once. I still work with CS2, so there are certain zoom percentages that I have to be at, or else the image gets jaggie. Sucks, but not a big deal. Glad they fixed that in CS4.
Natalia Drulle wrote: I don't have cs4, but Ive heard you can have a dual zoom view? one zoomed in for the detail and one zoomed out to see what youre doing as a whole?
Yes, and CS3 has this feature. Go to Window > Arrange > New window for [filename]. You can tile those windows side by side and zoom in on one of them. Any change you make to one will be made in the other.
You can also set one window to proof mode so that, for example, you can work in RGB and simultaneously see the soft-proof result in CMYK, or for a printer profile, or whatever.
It's always tempting to work at 100% on really big images, like from MF digital backs, but I find I still see more by zooming in.
Of course, as others have suggested, things can start looking weird if you don't zoom out once in a while. Gotta see the big picture, especially if it's going to print or be shown on the web small. You can zap every zit, but not notice that at 12.5% her face looks dirty from too much shadow contrast. I probably spend as much time at 50 and 300 as I do at 100%.
Yes, and CS3 has this feature. Go to Window > Arrange > New window for [filename]. You can tile those windows side by side and zoom in on one of them. Any change you make to one will be made in the other.
You can also set one window to proof mode so that, for example, you can work in RGB and simultaneously see the soft-proof result in CMYK, or for a printer profile, or whatever.
I do both. I have one monitor set to have 100% zoom and my other monitor zoomed in greater than 100%. Real helpful for doing detail work while keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
I often start at 200% for basic skin cleanup and then back off to 100 or 50% for skin D&B and back off further to full frame when doing final contouring and balancing D&B.
I start out by fixing the levels, colour and saturation. Then I get real close, zooming in a lot (like 400%) to really get rid of all the bumps, bruises, blemishes and the like. Then I zoom it out about 50%-100% to smooth out my blemish work and enhance the important features like eyes, teeth and such. Then I go to 100% and make sure I didn't miss anything. If I do miss things I start from the beginning again just to be certain it's how I want it.
Angelo Lorenzo Photo wrote: How many of you primarily edit at 100%? And how many prefer to zoom in quite a bit?
What's your thought process behind it?
I think the main thought behind editing at 100% is that any print will render fine details smaller anyways, and it keeps more of the image in view for a consistent edit.
I "edit" at about 25%, but then I "Retouch" at 300%-500%
It's easy to make an image look great on your computer screen, the true test to a great image is when it's blown up to 11x14.
Most 'Digital Photographers' don't have Printed Portfolios, so all you see is their 'Online' ports, which is no way indicative of the quality of the work...
Natalia Drulle wrote: I don't have cs4, but Ive heard you can have a dual zoom view? one zoomed in for the detail and one zoomed out to see what youre doing as a whole?
I usually zoom in and out constantly,wish I had some sort of feature like that
Peano wrote: I zoom in and out constantly, depending on what I'm doing, but I rarely think about the percentage. If I'm enhancing the fine details in the iris of an eye, the iris fills the screen. If I'm making a global color adjustment, I hit Ctrl+0 to make the image fit the screen.
Ditto! I havent a fecking ballsy what percentages I use....I havent a clue what my d&b values are - just what the image needs
Koray wrote: I hate zooming in and see I have alot more things to work on
