: Photoshop hand tool zooms out randomly I'm not sure whether I should be asking this kind of question here, but... When I'm working in Photoshop (CS5 currently, have had it with previous versions

@Yeniel278

The Bird's Eye view is normally activated by holding H while clicking and dragging. There is a bug that makes this feature sticky.
Press and let go of Alt, the menu bar quick access letters will remain underscored. Then press H, the Help menu opens up.
Don't click the menu, click anywhere on your picture and now the Bird's Eye view is sticky. Press H to return to normal.


Alt (press and let go)
H
click on your picture, not the drop down menu
( Bird's Eye view is sticky )
H to unstick

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@Miguel516

You are experiencing a Bird's-Eye View feature's bug:


Here's a way to reproduce this glitch: while zoomed, hold down ANY tool shortcut you're not currently using (i.e. hold B while you have Clone Stamp selected) and, at the same time, try to use the spacebar pan.


It still isn't fixed in Photoshop 13.0.1 (which ships with CS6) and the only way to get rid of this bug at the moment is to disable OpenGL features*: Preferences => Performance... => Graphics Processor Settings block => uncheck Use Graphics Processor checkbox and restart Photoshop.



* I would highly suggest not doing so though, as it will disable many neat features and optimisations.

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@Martha945

I've never heard of this problem before. You could try resetting your preferences. Hold down Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys (Mac: Command, Option, Shift) while starting up Photoshop. A dialog box will appear asking if you wish to delete the preferences/settings file.

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