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Photoshop Screen Modes And Interface Tricks

Learn all about Screen Modes in Photoshop and how to use them to maximize your work area by hiding the interface! Includes all three Screen Modes (Standard, Full Screen With Menu Bar and Full Screen) and how to switch between them, plus some handy keyboard tricks!

When it comes to working in Photoshop, there has always been one frustrating issue. With so many panels, tools, menus and options available, Photoshop's interface can crowd and clutter up the screen. And the more room the interface takes up, the less room we have for viewing our images. As camera technology improves, our photos get bigger and bigger. This makes finding ways to minimize the interface and maximize our work area extremely important. Of course, some lucky Photoshop users get to work with dual monitors. Dual monitors let you move your panels to one screen while you view and edit your image on the other. The rest of us, however, need to find a more practical (and less expensive) solution.

Thankfully, there's an easy way to overcome this problem, and that's by taking advantage of Photoshop's Screen Modes . A Screen Mode controls how much of Photoshop's interface is displayed on your screen, and there are three Screen Modes to choose from. The Standard Screen Mode displays the entire interface. It's the mode Photoshop uses by default, and the one that takes up the most room. But there's also a Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar option that hides some , but not all, of the interface elements. And, there's a Full Screen Mode in Photoshop which completely hides the interface, giving your image full access to the entire screen.

In this tutorial, we'll look at each of Photoshop's three Screen Modes and learn how to switch between them. We'll also learn some handy keyboard tricks for getting the most out of this great feature. I've updated this tutorial for Photoshop CC but everything is fully compatible with Photoshop CS6. This is lesson 10 of 10 in our Learning the Photoshop Interface series. Let's get started!

Where To Find The Screen Modes

There are two places to find the Screen Modes in Photoshop. One is in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen. Go up to the View menu in the Menu Bar and choose Screen Mode . From here, you can switch between Standard Screen Mode , Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar , and Full Screen Mode . The checkmark next to the Standard Screen Mode means that it's currently active. We'll be looking at each of these Screen Modes as we go along, so leave the Standard mode selected for now:

Another place to find the Screen Modes is in the Toolbar along the left of the screen. The Screen Mode icon is the last icon at the very bottom. Click and hold on the icon to view a fly-out menu, and then choose a Screen Mode from the list. The little square next to the Standard Screen Mode means it's currently active. Again, leave the Standard mode selected for now:

The Standard Screen Mode

Let's start by looking at the Standard Screen Mode. Here's an image I currently have open in Photoshop ( woman with mask photo from Adobe Stock):

By default, Photoshop uses the Standard Screen Mode, which is the mode we're looking at here. Standard Screen Mode displays the entire Photoshop interface , including the Toolbar on the left and the panels on the right. It also includes the Menu Bar and the Options Bar along the top. The tab above the document window , scroll bars along the right and bottom, and the Status Bar in the bottom left of the document window, are all displayed as well. The Standard Screen Mode gives us quick access to everything we'd need, but it also takes up the most screen real estate.

Screen Modes vs View Modes

It may not look like the interface is getting in the way of my image, but that's because I'm viewing the image using the Fit on Screen View Mode. Unlike Screen Modes which show or hide different parts of the interface, View Modes in Photoshop control the zoom level of the document. You can view your image in the same View Mode that I'm using by going up to the View menu in the Menu Bar and choosing Fit on Screen :

In the Fit on Screen mode, Photoshop sets the zoom level to whatever it needs for the image to fit entirely within the viewable area of the document window. Let's see what happens if we choose a different View Mode. I'll go back up to the View menu in the Menu Bar, and this time, I'll choose 100% :

The 100% View Mode instantly jumps the zoom level to 100%, meaning that each pixel in the photo now takes up exactly one pixel on your screen. This allows us to see the image in full detail. But it also means that the photo is now much too large to fit entirely within the document's viewable area. And this is where the interface starts getting in the way. The panels along the right are the biggest problem, blocking much of the image from view. The issue is even worse on smaller screens running at lower screen resolutions :

Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar

If you want to give yourself a bit more room to work, you can switch to the second of Photoshop's three screen modes, known as Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar. To select it, go up to the View menu, choose Screen Mode , and then choose Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar . Or, a faster way is to click and hold on the Screen Mode icon at the bottom of the Toolbar and then choose Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar from the list:

Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar hides any interface elements that were part of the document window itself. This includes the tab at the top, the scroll bars along the right and bottom of the image, and the Status Bar in the lower left of the document window. It also hides the buttons for minimizing, maximizing and closing Photoshop which are normally found in the upper left of the interface. Also, if you had two or more images open in separate tabbed documents , only the active document remains visible. All of Photoshop's other interface elements (the Toolbar, panels, Menu Bar and Options Bar) remain on the screen:

Full Screen Mode

To fully maximize your work area, switch to the third of Photoshop's three screen modes, known simply as Full Screen Mode. You can select it by going up to the View menu at the top of the screen, choosing Screen Mode , and then choosing Full Screen Mode . Or, click and hold on the Screen Mode icon at the bottom of the Toolbar and choose Full Screen Mode from the fly-out-menu:

If this is the first time you've selected Full Screen Mode, Photoshop will pop open a dialog box explaining the basics of how Full Screen Mode works. I'll explain it in more detail in a moment. If you don't want to see this message every time you switch to Full Screen Mode, click the Don't show again checkbox. Then, click the Full Screen button:

In Full Screen Mode, Photoshop completely hides the interface. This leaves just the image itself visible, turning your entire screen into your work area:

Accessing The Interface From The Sides

You may be thinking, "Gee, that's really great, but how am I supposed to work with the interface completely hidden?" Well, you could always rely on Photoshop's keyboard shortcuts if you happen to have them all memorized. But you actually don't need to be a Photoshop expert or a power user to work in Full Screen Mode. There's an easy way to bring back the interface when you need it.

Showing The Toolbar In Full Screen Mode

To temporarily show the Toolbar so you can switch tools while in Full Screen Mode, simply hover your mouse cursor anywhere along the left edge of the screen. Once you've selected a tool, drag your mouse cursor away from the edge and the Toolbar will disappear:

Showing The Panels In Full Screen Mode

To temporarily show the panels while in Full Screen Mode, hover your mouse cursor anywhere along the right edge of the screen. When you're done with the panels, drag your cursor away from the edge to hide them once again:

How To Exit Out Of Full Screen Mode

Since Photoshop's interface is completely hidden while you're in Full Screen Mode, you may be wondering how to get out of it and bring back the interface. To exit Full Screen Mode, simply press the Esc key on your keyboard. This will return you to the Standard Screen Mode.

Showing And Hiding The Interface From The Keyboard

You can also temporarily show and hide the interface directly from your keyboard. These keyboard shortcuts work in all Screen Modes, not just Full Screen Mode, and they're a great way to give yourself extra room when you need it. In any of the three Screen Modes, press the Tab key on your keyboard to show or hide the Toolbar on the left, the Options Bar along the top and the panels on the right. Here, I'm still in Full Screen Mode, but try it out in both Standard and Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar to see how it works:

To show and hide just the panels on the right, press Shift+Tab on your keyboard. Again, I'm still in Full Screen Mode here, but this works in all three of Photoshop's Screen Modes:

The Fastest Way To Switch Screen Modes

We've seen how to switch between Photoshop's Screen Modes from the View menu in the Menu Bar and from the Screen Mode icon in the Toolbar. But the fastest way to switch between Screen Modes is by cycling through them from the keyboard. Press the letter F on your keyboard to cycle from Standard Screen Mode to Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar. Press F again to switch to Full Screen Mode. Pressing F one more time will take you from Full Screen Mode back to the Standard Screen Mode. To cycle backwards through the screen modes, press Shift+F .

Finally, I mentioned earlier that you can exit out of Full Screen Mode by pressing the Esc key on your keyboard, This returns you to Standard Screen Mode. Pressing F while in Full Screen Mode does the same thing.

Where to go next...

And there we have it! That's a quick look at how to minimize the interface and maximize your work area by taking advantage of Screen Modes and other keyboard tricks in Photoshop! And, this brings us to the end of our Photoshop Interface series! If you missed any of the previous lessons in this chapter, check them out below:

• 01. Getting to know the Photoshop interface
• 02. Photoshop tools and Toolbar verview
• 03. How to reset the tools and Toolbar
• 04. How to customize the Toolbar
• 05. Managing panels in Photoshop
• 06. Working with tabbed documents and floating windows
• 07. How to view multiple images at once
• 08. 5 ways to move images between documents
• 09. How to use workspaces

Completed all the lessons? Congratulations! You're ready to move on to Chapter 4 where you'll learn everything you need to know to zoom and navigate your images like a pro in Photoshop!

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How to change screen modes in photoshop.

Photoshop screen modes allow you to change your screen layout to suit your preferred method of working. Here's how to switch between them.

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Adobe Photoshop has a customizable interface that you can change to suit your preferred working style or screen size. If you want to quickly change Adobe Photoshop's interface layout, you can do so by switching to another screen mode.

Screen modes are preset interface styles for Photoshop that can increase or decrease how much of the photo editing software's interface is displayed. For instance, if you want to work faster in Photoshop  without any of the panels or toolbars on display, you can quickly switch to another screen mode.

There are several preset screen modes available in Photoshop. By default, Photoshop uses the "Standard Screen Mode" as your default interface layout when you open or create a new document, displaying tools and panels on each side and at the top.

You can also switch to "Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar," which, as the name suggests, places Photoshop in full-screen while keeping the menu bar and other panels visible.

Alternatively, "Full Screen Mode" shows Photoshop at its most bare, displaying only the canvas you're working on, although the left-hand toolbar will appear if you hover over it.

There are also two "secret" screen modes that hide certain parts of the interface, such as the left- and right-hand panels and the options bar at the top. You'll need to trigger these using certain keyboard commands.

Unfortunately, there isn't a way to change the default preset screen mode. The only option is to switch screen modes manually once you open a new or existing document.

There are several ways you can quickly change between different screen modes in Photoshop.

To use the menu bar, start by opening a new or existing file in Photoshop and selecting View > Screen Mode, then click one of the alternative screen modes to change your interface layout.

You can also switch between screen modes using the "Screen Mode" icon at the bottom of the Photoshop toolbar, which is usually visible on the left. Click the icon to rotate between them, or right-click it and select one of the available options to switch to that particular mode instead.

Alternatively, you can press the "f" key on your keyboard to quickly switch between different screen modes. If you're using the default screen mode, you can also quickly hide all the displayed panels on the left and right by pressing the Shift+Tab keys.

To hide the panels and the top options bar, you'll need to press the "Tab" key instead.

10 Tips on using Photoshop for presentation

You know the struggle: you have to create a visually engaging presentation using PowerPoint . Yet, the look and feel of the presentation simply aren’t professional enough. Enter Adobe Photoshop. Traditionally a tool associated with image manipulation and editing, Photoshop might not be at the top of your list when it comes to tools for creating refreshing presentations. However, the vast variety of graphic design tools the software offers makes it an incredible complement to software like Powerpoint and Slides. Unsure about where to start? Keep reading this article for ten top tips on using Adobe Photoshop for your presentations.

1: Make Sure Your Scale is Consistent

The key issue when creating graphics for Powerpoints in Photoshop is the scaling of the graphics themselves. If one is formatted differently than the other, then transferring your graphics from one platform to another goes from being a success to a disaster. Before you begin, make sure to match your Photoshop canvas size to the Powerpoint slide size. And remember – Photoshop uses pixels while Powerpoint uses inches, so make sure to convert the dimensions when you’re adjusting your Photoshop canvas!

2: Less is More!

If you are designing graphics for a text-based presentation, make sure to not let your graphics stand out. While graphic design is vital to a great presentation, it is only meant to focus a viewer’s eye on the points being made – not take away from the point by being overtly eye-catching. 

3: Still… Don’t be Afraid to be Bold!

Even though your focus should be to allow the text on your slides to speak to a viewer, don’t be afraid to use the graphic design tools of photoshop to take your presentation to the next level. After all, you wouldn’t be using Photoshop for your presentation if you simply wanted a run-of-the-mill presentation!

4: Use Adobe Colour

One of the first steps in building beautiful graphics for a presentation is finding a colour palette that suits the tone and graphics of the presentation that is visually appealing. To help you in this quest, use another tool in the Adobe suite of products – Adobe Colour – to help you create the colour palette that will truly match your presentation. Adobe Colour has a contrast checker that helps you make sure your text colour will be readable against your background colour for maximum impact. It also helps you make sure your colour choices adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) so that your presentation is truly accessible to everyone on the internet. 

5: Make the Best of Both Worlds

While Adobe Photoshop remains the premier tool for graphic design, it lacks movement-based effects that can also be incredibly important to a powerful presentation. However, even the less advanced tools of Powerpoint can be a blessing on this front! Use Photoshop to create graphic objects to layer above your background graphics, and use Powerpoint to animate them in your presentation to add a new dimension to your slides (both literally and metaphorically).

6: Use Photoshop’s In-house PDF Slideshow Feature for High Quality Renders You Can Easily Share

When sharing your graphics with clients, don’t hesitate to use Photoshop’s in-house high-quality rendering capabilities. By using the software’s PDF download function (rather than downloading your PowerPoint as a PDF or PPT) you enable the viewer to gain the best possible viewing experience across multiple kinds of devices.

7: Use Adobe Cloud Sharing for Easy Collaboration

No matter how confident we are in our skills, we sometimes need some help. For assistance from your colleagues, use Adobe’s cloud sharing capabilities to share your graphics with other people. This prevents you from constantly saving high-memory renders of your graphics to send to your colleagues and allows them to add suggestions and make changes to your document directly, saving all of your important time. 

8: Use Adobe’s Cross-device Synchronisation of Platforms to Your Advantage

As convenient as a trackpad or mouse can be for a skilled graphic designer, sometimes a pen and paper are simply best. In these moments, use Adobe Photoshop’s unique ability to save designs across devices to access graphic designs you created on your computer on a tablet, where you can use a stylus to make the adjustments that take your graphics to the next level. 

9: College Students – Use Your College Student Discount or Your School’s Photoshop Licence

The tips in this article apply to presentations in the workplace – but why not get started earlier in your career? If you are a student struggling to make interesting presentations for your classes and are looking for a way to upskill yourself, try and learn photoshop! This is made even easier by most colleges buying licences for use of photoshop that you can access for free. Don’t hesitate in getting started!

10: The Devil is in the Details

At the end of the day, Powerpoint already has its own graphic design capabilities – so make sure your use of Photoshop is worth it. Take the effort to make every small detail in your graphics valuable, and it will clearly show in the quality of your presentation. 

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Switching to full screen mode in photoshop – interface tricks & shortcuts.

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How To Access Full Screen Modes In Photoshop

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to hide all the panels at once in Photoshop? With all your toolbars, panels, and settings options, there’s a lot of stuff in the way. With so much going on, the default Photoshop workspace might give hardcore minimalists heart palpitations. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to toggle between different full screen modes in Photoshop to get a better view of your image.

The great thing about Photoshop’s full screen modes is that you still have the option to edit your image. No matter what view you’re using, it’s still possible to access your layers, toolbar, and other essential settings to edit your project. Let’s get started!

How To Toggle Full Screen In Photoshop With A Shortcut

To access the full screen in Photoshop, you don’t need to go through the process manually. All you need to do is press F to toggle between the three main full screen options.

The three types of screens you can toggle between with this shortcut are:

– Standard Screen Mode

This is the default view you are likely using right now. In this screen mode, everything is visible at once.

– Full Screen Mode With Menu Bar

This screen mode gives you a more minimalist look by taking out the project window and creating floating panels. Rather than seeing extra areas you don’t need, such as project tabs, you can focus on what matters. This is a preferred view by many who favor a cleaner Photoshop interface.

– Full Screen Mode

Full screen mode takes it one step further by getting rid of all your adjustment panels. All you see is your image, creating a distraction-free workspace!

You can still access most of your adjustment panels by moving your mouse to the left or right of your screen.

The right side will bring up your layers panel, while the left will reveal the toolbar.

These panels will only be visible while your cursor is hovering over them; otherwise, they disappear.

How To Exit Full Screen Mode In Photoshop

If you find yourself in full screen mode and want to go back, you can continue pressing the  F key to toggle screen modes.

Alternatively, you can press the ESC key to switch back to the standard screen mode.

How To Manually Switch Between Photoshop’s Full Screen Options

Although keyboard shortcuts are much faster, it’s still nice to know how to do the process manually. To switch between full screen modes in Photoshop, you’ll need to look to the bottom of your toolbar.

At the very bottom of the toolbar is screen mode options. Click and hold on this icon and select the screen mode you want to use.

When you use the keyboard shortcut ( F), you are simply switching between each of the screen mores you see here.

How To Show And Hide Panels In Any Screen Mode

Regardless of what screen mode you’re using, you can show and hide different panels to further refine your workspace.

To hide all the adjustment panels and toolbar, just press the Tab key.  This hides everything to offer a better view of your image. To show your panels again, just press the Tab key once again.

If you want to just hide your adjustment panels but keep your toolbar, hold Shift + Tab. This will hide all your layers and other adjustment panels, giving you a more open workspace. To reopen these panels, press Shift + Tab again to toggle their visibility.

How To Fit Your Image To The Screen

When you’re more zoomed out of an image, it will be hard to see all the details in any screen mode. Rather than zooming in to a better size, there’s another simple shortcut to fit your image to the screen.

Just press Command + 0 (Mac) or Control + 0 (PC) to fit your image to the screen. The exact size of this will change depending on what screen mode you’re using.

If you prefer to do it manually, just go up to View > Fit On Screen.

Using the different full screen modes in Photoshop can help you to get a better view of your image as you work. Rather than dealing with heaps of distracting panels, you can keep things simple with a distraction-free interface. What screen mode do you prefer to work with?

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When you’re working in Photoshop and you want to show the image full screen without the Photoshop interface, just tap the F key twice, and Photoshop will go into Full Screen Mode. Then, press Command-0 (PC: Ctrl-0) to fill the screen with your image. To reposition it on screen, just hold the Spacebar and click-and-drag the image. The Tab key will show or hide your panels. If the rulers are on, they’ll show in each view mode, so press Command-R (PC: Ctrl-R) to hide them. 

Each time you press F, it will toggle from Standard Screen Mode to Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar to Full Screen Mode. Press F to get out of Full Screen Mode, not ESC (I know, you’ll be tempted). By the way, this is why Photoshop doesn’t go into full screen mode on Mac when you maximize it because it has its own full screen mode built in, and I like it that way. 

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63. Screen Mode

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Well, now we're gonna use the opposite of multiply mode. That means we're going to use the opposite of ink. Ink can Onley darkened things. That means the opposite of ink would be something that could Onley Brighton something. And there's only one thing I can think of that no matter what, will brighten something. And that is light. So the blending mode that acts like light is called screen mode. Remember, I didn't name him. I wouldn't have chosen these names, but screen mode acts like light. So imagine we have the image that's underneath, being projected using light, like you got a projector to watch a movie with its projecting on the wall. Then you take a second projector, and in that second projector you load this image and you shine them both down to the same screen. So this goes right over the other one. Well, think about what that would do if you're using a projector. How much light would that projector put out to create? What's over here? What's black? It would try to put out none...

, and that as you get brighter than black, it would put out a little bit more light a little bit more light, bunch of light. And once you get over here, we put out so much light that it would over take whatever it's on the screen already. So let's set this to screen mode and see what's happening in screen mode. Black disappears, and it's only things that are brighter than black that have the potential of brightening your picture. And so I think of screen mode is the opposite of Multiply. It acts like light. So let's see if we can figure out a few uses for screen mode. Well, first, here I have some lightning, and also I should mention we're going to use the other modes that are grouped in with it. We have some lightning. I think we'd be good here. We have some fireworks that will be good. Let's just open a few of these. I want to combine this image of fireworks with this image of the Eiffel Tower. If you ever want to quickly load more than one image into Photoshopped, select them here in bridge. Or, if you use adobe light room, you can do it there, too. Enbridge, go to the tools menu, choose photo shop and then choose load files into Photoshopped layers. If, on the other hand, you organize your pictures using Adobe Light Room, there is not a tools menu. Instead, there's a photos menu in the sub menu is called Edit in So Photos Edit in. And then you'd find these choices, including load files into photo shop players. That's going to give you a brand new document in photo shop, and you should end up with one layer for each of the images. I'm surprised at the appearance of this layer, though, because it does not look like the picture I was opening. So I'm a little confused. Let me see if I can reopened that separately. If you look at this image, that's what the layer should look like. I'm just gonna double click on it and I'll choose open image. It's raw file and all. Guess I'll drag that one over. I'm not sure why it ended up looking the way it did. There is usually, if you load files into Photoshopped layers, it shouldn't change the appearance of those layers, and I'm not certain White did hear. The blending mode was set to normal, and that's the first time I can remember things just looking odd when they shouldn't have. Anyway, somehow you get those images together in a single file. Usually load files into Photoshopped layers is bulletproof, but in this case is the first time I've ever seen it produce an unpredictable results. All right, so if in screen mode it acts like light, what do we have here with fireworks? It's just like as long as the background surrounding it out here is black, then black disappears in screen mode, so that shouldn't even show up. But we should get all of this fireworks. Now the problem is down the bottom, we have some extra information, and if it's at all brighter than black, that is going to end up being used. So all I'm gonna do is grab my paintbrush tool and I'm gonna paint with black. And I'm just gonna paint across this bottom portion where it's not fireworks. And since black disappears, that will be ignored Now. Then I'm gonna change the blinding mode of this layer down here to screen mode, and now it just combined with the image that's underneath the areas that were black just simply disappeared. Anything brighter than black is brightening this picture, and so I'm gonna act as if that fireworks was being launched from the tower. Maybe from this upper level that's here. Put it right about there. Now, the only thing have to be careful with Here's in screen mode. Anything brighter than black will brighten my picture in, therefore, if that background is not black. Instead, it's a dark shade of gray. It's going to lighten the picture. And so if I were to move it over where you could see the edge of the picture, you might be able to see, uh, an edge where it's no longer brightening the background. If that was the case, I don't think it is. In this case, I would adjust that layer using levels. In this time, I would bring in the upper left slider, the upper left slider forces areas to black, and I'd bring it in until the background became fully black. Now you can try to use other blending modes that are found in here, and you'll get different results if I use lighten mode. That means Onley allow the areas that are brighter than what's underneath to show up, and so I'll get a slightly different results. If you look at where the tower is bright, there might be portions of the tower that brighter than the fireworks. In enlightened mode, those areas would no longer be covered up. I think I actually prefer light mode in this case because it gives me a darker background for my fireworks. I could also try Color Dodge not quite into that one. Ah, here, linear dodge and lighter color. So for me, in this case, I like lightning mode. Let's use this on some other images. Closing out what we got here. I'm gonna come up here and assume fireworks. All right? That fireworks we just did for what it says. Lightning man, I'm gonna select all these. And let's hope that load files into Photoshopped layers will act a little better this time. Because I wanted just to look like those images and simply load them into separate layers. If you look in my layers panel, you'll see our results. Well, what if I want it to look like there was a lot more lightning than there? Waas? Well, if I turn off the top layer, look at the tree line that's there and notice that it moved, and that's because I was shooting hand held. I was not on a tripod would be much better if I would have been on a tripod. I'm gonna select all these layers. I got the top layer already selected. Ah, hold shift and click on the bottom layer, and I want to get the tree line to line up in every image. If it all possible to do so, select the layers. Go to the edit menu and there's a choice called Otto A Line Layers. It'll ask me for options, but I'll just use auto click. OK, and that's gonna look for things for a content that looks similar in each layer and try to line them up in there for my tree line will hopefully be more consistent. So if I turn these off one at a time, you see the tree lines in the same position. Then I want to get more lightning in there. So all I'm going to do is change the blending mode of the top layer, and I'm interchange it to the choice called Lighten. I'm not going to change it to screen mode because screen mode would take the brightness of the sky, however much light was in it and add it to the light that's underneath, doubling up how bright that area is. But when I use lightened mode, it's just comparing the layer. I'm working on to what's underneath enough inning areas brighter. That's what shows up. So in here, I'm gonna choose lightened mode for each of these layers, and you can even select multiple layers at one time. Here I'll click on the top layer, hold shift, click on the bottom layer, then change them all the light in mode now because I was shooting hand held, I'll have to crop this image to finish it off. So grab my crop tool and I'll pull it in until I see the edges here press return or enter, and there's a few, like right over here. They're getting cut off because that was the edge of the picture. I could figure out what layer is that. I didn't mean to use that tool again. I could figure out what layer is that just by glancing in my layers panel looking the right edge of the layers and I can see which one doesn't go all the way across its this one. I might click on that layer and then add a layer mask. We have a whole session on layer masks. If you want Teoh, learn about them. But a layer mass is just going to temporarily hide a portion of a layer wherever I paint with black, so I could come in here then it just trying to hide part of that layer so you don't see that distinct edge. So now let's compare the look of a single layer to a look of all of these layers. Put together enlightened mode in your layers panel. There is a trick for hiding all but one layer in what it is is you. Put your mouse over the eyeball icon for the layer you want to keep you Hold on the option key on a Mac. That's all time Windows and click on that eyeball icon. That means hide everything but this So there's my single capture, and then I'm gonna option Click the eyeball a second time, and there's all of them put together, and so often times it's hard to end up getting a lot of lightning in a single shocks that happens so fast, and there might be a huge pause before another lightning strike happens. If you do a completely long exposure like 1/2 hour long, the problem is your picture ends up being noisy. But if you take individual shots whenever a lightning occurs and then combined them like I just did, you can end up with a lot of lightning, but very little noise. And so that would be an advantage. But that is lightened mode. Another example of lightened mode would be here. I have a waterfall shot in Iceland. I'm gonna take all of those images, load them into layers, and what I want to do is make it look as if there's a lot more water going down the waterfall. And to accomplish that, all I'm going to do is use lighten mode, because if you think about it and it looks like a few of these images weren't adjusted the same. But if you look at my waterfall and you see where this white area is right here, where the water is kind of concentrating well in the next shot, it's not gonna be in the exact same spot where we have that thicker white water. Instead, it might be in this area. And if it ISS so I put it on topping, put it in lightened mode. It'll be brighter than its background and therefore it will fill in. So if I turn this layer off and go to the next one, you see the white Waters in a different position. So all I'm going to do here is I'm gonna select a bunch of these layers and I'm gonna set him to lighten mode. And now let's compare that to a single exposure. There's one zoom up on my waterfall in There's multiple. Do you see how it's starting to fill in some of the water? Well, and that was only a few of the layers. I have a whole bunch of layers in here. I could select rooms. And if the blending mode menu is great out, it means one year layers has its eyeball turned off. So I had to turn on a few. There we go. Look at how much water now is coming down that waterfall. It's absurd amount compared to a single image, and you could just toggle each one off and decide which ones you want. to use. But by taking multiple photographs, we have the versatility of being able to make it look like there's more water. We could also do the opposite. If I want to make it look like there's less water, then why not set them all to darken mode? The only problem. There is a few of these, the exposures darker, so it's gonna dark in the background. I might hide the ones above in on. It's gonna set it too dark and mode, and now it looks like very little water is coming down. There's lightened mode. There is dark and mode. I often use darkened mode with waterfalls because if there's a lot of mist coming off the waterfall in its obscuring your view of something on the sides, I'll end up using dark and mode, which will break through that missed and allow the walls that are on the sides of the waterfall to be more prominent. And so I could actually have two sets of these layers, one in screen mode that I put just where not screen lightened mode, right? Put just where the waterfall is in ah whole, another set in darkened mode that I use on the sides. Then let's figure out other blending modes that combine those two categories we've talked about so far. So let's open up a few images, and I'm gonna put a simple layer above this, just like we had before with Grady Int. And let's review here the 1st 2 general sections in darkened mode. There was a neutral color, and it was white because you can't darken anything using white. And so in all the modes group together with dark and white disappears in every mode in there can only dark in your picture. The opposite of that are the modes found in one section down those air, the lightened modes, and in those modes, black disappears. Anything brighter than black has a potential of brightening your picture.

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There is no "fix" at this time. Presentation mode does not use color management, while editing and slide sorter view do. Since your goal is a good-looking on-screen presentation, it would behoove you to test the appearance of all photos in slide show mode and to adjust them for that.

If you are preparing presentations for a client, the vivid appearance will be closer to what a Windows user would see, so balance for that and you won't have too many complaints.

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I can confirm that this is a repeatable issue. It's most noticeable with bright colors. For every color tested, the presentation display is lighter and brighter than the edit screen. The colors as specced are displayed more accurately in presentation mode (compare column 1 and 3). I can duplicate the effect here using 16.11.1 running under El Capitan.

I took a screen shot in edit mode and presentation mode and compared the two in PhotoShop. Here is a table of colors as set in the color picker, as displayed in the edit window and as displayed in presentation mode:

The most likely explanation is that macOS color management is being applied when you're in edit mode, but not in presentation mode.

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