New here and I'm wondering if anybody knows where the Before/After View button is. I'd like to compare the effects of my edits under the Adjust and Edit tabs, but can't seem to find it. I know in Photoshop Elements it was right on top in the toolbar.
Thanks!
Before and after views
Moderator: Kathy_9
-
brucet
- Posts: 895
- Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:37 am
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
- ram: 8GB
- Location: Australia
Re: Before and after views
Not sure what version you are using. Regardless I've never been aware of a 'before/after' feature in PSP. (Plugins often have before/after features).
But I have been wrong before!!!!!
regards
But I have been wrong before!!!!!
regards
-
hartpaul
- Advisor
- Posts: 2893
- Joined: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:38 pm
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
- motherboard: ASUSTeK P7P55D STRIX B240F GAMING
- processor: IntelCore i7 7700 3.60 Ghz
- ram: 8 Gb
- Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
- sound_card: Nvidia High Definition Audio
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 1000 Gb
- Monitor/Display Make & Model: AOC
- Corel programs: PSP8,X2 to X9,2018,2019,2020
- Location: Australia
Re: Before and after views
Two ways to maintain a before and after view.
1. Duplicate your original image and turn the visibility of that layer off. When ever you neeed to refer back to it you can drag it to the top of the layer pile (if doing a lot of layers and turn its visibility on and off. )
If you only have the two layers and you do all your adjustments / effects on that layer directly , then no dragging / rearrangement of the layers is needed as you just switch the top layer on and off to compare. This keeps all the elements in the same position as the two images are alligned on top of each other.
2. If you want to have a side by side comparison, in all versions (you did not mention which version you were using except X7 - and hopefully a Service Pack will come out after Christmas to correct that.), you can drag the layer thumbnail to an empty part of the workspace and it makes a copy which you can minimise and bring up as you want to compare. (you can still do Right click the image title bar and Copy, then Right click part of the workspace and Paste as New Image.
This is all done in the Edit work space with Windows > Tabbed Documents unticked. That way you can have the two images side by side to compare.
3. Have the history palette visible and click the lowest Undo/Redo icon to view your original, click the top Undo Redo icon to show it with the changes.
1. Duplicate your original image and turn the visibility of that layer off. When ever you neeed to refer back to it you can drag it to the top of the layer pile (if doing a lot of layers and turn its visibility on and off. )
If you only have the two layers and you do all your adjustments / effects on that layer directly , then no dragging / rearrangement of the layers is needed as you just switch the top layer on and off to compare. This keeps all the elements in the same position as the two images are alligned on top of each other.
2. If you want to have a side by side comparison, in all versions (you did not mention which version you were using except X7 - and hopefully a Service Pack will come out after Christmas to correct that.), you can drag the layer thumbnail to an empty part of the workspace and it makes a copy which you can minimise and bring up as you want to compare. (you can still do Right click the image title bar and Copy, then Right click part of the workspace and Paste as New Image.
This is all done in the Edit work space with Windows > Tabbed Documents unticked. That way you can have the two images side by side to compare.
3. Have the history palette visible and click the lowest Undo/Redo icon to view your original, click the top Undo Redo icon to show it with the changes.
Systems available Win7, Win 8.1,Win 10 Version 1607 Build 14393.2007 & version 20H2 Build 19042.867
Re: Before and after views
Thanks to brucet and hartpaul for their quick replies. I have copied and pasted hartpaul's advice into my PSP notes doc. BTW, I'm using V17
-
brucet
- Posts: 895
- Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:37 am
- System_Drive: C
- 32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
- ram: 8GB
- Location: Australia
Re: Before and after views
You could also copy to a new file. Edit the new file and have both open with Window/Cascade.
So while there is no 'direct' way there are work arounds.
regards
So while there is no 'direct' way there are work arounds.
regards