Photoshop pixel doubling

Photoshop Tutorial: Using pixel doubling option

To work faster in Photoshop without damaging the image, select the Use Pixel Doubling option in the Photoshop preferences. The Use Pixel Doubling option works when you move image information within a Photoshop document. Let's say you select and move an area of an open image. Normally, the information you see displayed as you click and drag is at the same resolution as the original image. Displaying a full-resolution copy of the information requires Photoshop to use memory and processor time. In high-resolution images, this can make moving large areas of a graphic a slow and tedious job.

If Use Pixel Doubling is selected, Photoshop reduces the resolution of the moved image and restores the image to full resolution when you complete the move. You work faster without compromising the quality of the image.

• Select Edit menu Preferences and choose the Display & Cursors option. Photoshop will display the Display & Cursors dialog box (refer Image below).

• Locate the Use Pixel Doubling option and click in the activation box located to the left of the option. You should now see a check mark in the box. (The activation box is a toggle switch; clicking within the box will activate or deactivate the option.)

• Click the OK button. Photoshop will close the Display & Cursors dialog box, and you are ready to work.