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SteveDallas · 01-02-2008, 07:29 PM

You've all seen what I'm trying to do: An "overview" photo or illustration, with one small piece of that photo blown up to show detail. And there's a circle and conical "zoom" business to demonstrate that a) this is an enlargement of the original and b) this is the spot that's enlarged.

How the heck do I do this in Photoshop? Getting the raw material is easy enough (just resize the image from my DSLR to be smaller, and leave the "detail" area at its original size). But how to montage it together to look snazzy?

I don't even know what this is called, so I can't do a good job of googling it. My efforts so far have been in vain. ("magnifying glass effect"? "blown up view"? etc.)

01-02-2008, 07:29 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Photoshop technique question You've all seen what I'm trying to do: An "overview" photo or illustration, with one small piece of that photo blown up to show detail. And there's a circle and conical "zoom" business to demonstrate that a) this is an enlargement of the original and b) this is the spot that's enlarged. How the heck do I do this in Photoshop? Getting the raw material is easy enough (just resize the image from my DSLR to be smaller, and leave the "detail" area at its original size). But how to montage it together to look snazzy? I don't even know what this is called, so I can't do a good job of googling it. My efforts so far have been in vain. ("magnifying glass effect"? "blown up view"? etc.)