Photoshop CS2 ?

Ok, when I open an image in Photoshop cs2, the window that contains the image is always small, i have to resize it every time. see pic below

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Byte size: ZERO | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Byte size: ZERO | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

double-click on the hand tool... or even better, hit the f key to switch to full screen mode. Then you can use the spacebar to quickly move the image around.
double-click the zoom tool for 100%

Thanks, That makes life a bit easier. I still wish there was a way to get it to open to the size you want by default though. Sure would be nice.

Beggers can't be choosers!!
That's easy enough... and everybody does it.

From what I can tell, PS likes to zoom to certain sizes - ones that look better because of it's anti-aliasing for the resize. So the common default zooms will be based on 33% - like 66.7 % or 16.7% - or based on 50% - like 25% or 12.5%. I've never seen - or maybe just never noticed - if it will default to something like 20.2%.

You're right Scottes, that's why it usually doesn't fill the screen with the image.
That's why I like working in full screen mode {F} and usually view at 100%. Then I may flip to fit to screen (double-click hand) just to check an edit on the overall image or get bearings.

Ctrl-Alt-0 : 100%
Ctrl-0 : Fit in window
Ctrl +/- : Zoom in and out
I find that I do a fast Ctrl-0 to get a big window, then zoom in or out to one of the 25/50/100 sizes. I find the aliasing annoying even at the 1/3 increments. Am I missing a setting? RAitch's F toggle works great too.

I don't know man, I think we wrapped this baby up.

This doesn't answers your question but it might help. If you have a wheel mouse then.....
Do EDIT/PREFERENCES/GENER​AL and check the " Zoom with scroll wheel" box.
Now you can zoom in and out using the wheel on the mouse.

Yeah, I have that enabled... it sucks when you get used to it then go to another computer that doesn't have it though.

RAitch wrote:
Yeah, I have that enabled... it sucks when you get used to it then go to another computer that doesn't have it though.

Yes it does, lol.

For what they charge for this program you would think a simple preference like mine would be able to be set, lol. off to the adobe forum for a feature request, lol.

Yet simply clicking a button or pressing a key isn't easy enough?
I never found it a problem and actually prefer that the images are loaded in a friendly zoom factor.

Nah, double clicking the zoom is doing the trick for me, Thanks for the tip. Its just that I am used to being able to set such options. most any other image program I have used, you can set the default opening size. I really don't care what the zoom level on the actual pic is when it opens, because I just zoom to what I want with the scroll wheel. But I wish the window would open sized the way I want it. When I asked the original question, I just figured I was missing a setting for it somewhere. Again thanks for the tips guys!