Photoshop: Use 2 monitors well - the best tips

Especially for the professional use of Photoshop, 2 monitors can be worthwhile for working. We show you scenarios and application examples.

Separate image and tools - spread Photoshop to the maximum

In order to get a very large area for the image, it is worth banning everything else from the main screen. For this reason, arrange all palettes and menus on the second screen. This allows you to keep the image you want to edit large and less zooming in and out.
Photoshop can be completely "disassembled" in the newer versions and all menus can be arranged independently. You can also save these settings in the "Window"> "Work area"> "New work area" menu.

If the mouse paths between image and tools on two screens are too long, you can also use the second screen to open the currently edited image separately in an overview. This way, when working in zoomed-in steps, you automatically see the result in relation to the whole picture.
You can find this option in the "Window"> "Arrange"> "New window for 'XYZ.psd'" menu. Drag the new window onto the second screen and adjust it to the screen size with the key combination "Ctrl" + "0".

With many images to be edited, you can quickly lose the overview in Photoshop - especially with color corrections and other details. Other programs from the Creative Suite such as "Adobe Lightroom" are clearer here.
The arrangement of Lightroom and Photoshop next to each other makes sense to manage the mass of images in Lightroom and to determine any differences there. The specific, more precise editing is then left to Photoshop.

In another article, we will give you 5 tips for sharpening images in Photoshop.