How to Create a Zoomed In Effect in Photoshop

Setting up the Photoshop document

1 First, we are going to open up Photoshop and create a new document (Ctrl + N). In the New document dialog box, set the Width and Height units to pixels (if it isn’t already). We’re creating a square canvas; set the width and height to 600 pixels. We’re creating a graphic that’s web resolution, so set the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch.

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Adding graphics to the canvas

2 Choose a good resolution graphic (500 x 500px) which has enough resolution and detail to show as the zoomed part. Vector graphics are always great because you can rescale them without loss of quality. Here I am using the Envelope Icon from the freeSix Revisions Plastic Iconset. Paste (Ctrl + V) the graphic to the stage and name the new layer Zoom.