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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 08 Nov 2003 : 12:38:32
After using Photoshop professionally for eight years I figure I know the program pretty well, so its always satisfying when now and again I stumble across a new trick/feature/technique (or a new way of using an old one).So here it is: If you have a wheel mouse, you can use it to adjust the value in any dialogue box that accepts numerical input.... for instance layer opacity, colour values or image dimensions. Now I'm waiting for the torrent of replies telling me that I'm the last person on earth to discover this  Cheers!
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2003 : 13:16:25
I have a mouse with a scroll wheel..and I either never thought of that or just never got it work right and forgot about it. Thanks! I'll have to try that when I get home.  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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wisof
Junior Member
USA
257 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2003 : 16:14:09
yes indeed, a fine trick for us with scroll mice! thanks for the reminder. . .making some transparent textures right now. . .cutting my time!_____________________________________________
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2003 : 14:32:20
cool ... i must try thatOrcadian MLA Division
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 09:48:01
I think PaintShop Pro does that too. At least you can adjust the zooming of windows. It can be annoying when you don't want it to do that. I'm not much into graphic design.The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 11:06:13
what i hate about scroll wheels is when they scroll a different window from the one you want ... IMHO they should scroll the window that the cursor is in at that time ... and if that window cant scroll ... then they should do nothing goddamnit  Orcadian MLA Division
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Enron Fever
Starting Member
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 20:44:25
yeah, i knew about that...now only if i had any creativity..._____________________
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MacTO
New Member
Canada
60 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 08:02:11
quote:
yeah, i knew about that...now only if i had any creativity...
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 08:21:56
quote:
. . . If you have a wheel mouse, you can use it to adjust the value in any dialogue box that accepts numerical input.... for instance layer opacity, colour values or image dimensions.
If you get a Nostromo SpeedPad you could probably use the throttle wheel to do the same thing, the programmable hat switch and three layout sets of 10 programmable macro keys might come in handy too . . as long as you're not a southpaw of course! jt  .
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Neato Photoshop trick
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