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scanner problem driving me mad

Luis Ortega
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Nov 26, 2005, 5:59 PM

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I have photoshop cs2 and use an epson scanner. I tend to scan a number of images at a time to include as stills in my videos. When I bring up the scanner window and do a scan, the new file in photoshop sits on top of the scanner window and nothing at all will respond in Photoshop until I click on the scanner window and bring it back up to the top and close it.
The problem is that if the scanned picture is large nough to cover the whole scanner window, there is nothing that I can do to bring the scanner window back up to the top or close it. I can't move the scanned picture aside or minimize it or close the file or anything to get back to the scanner window.
This didn't use to happen in older versions of photoshop and the epson scanner window.
I just had to lose about 30 scanned images because I lost sight of it and I was unable to get the scanner window back to the top to close it and my only alternative was to force quit photoshop and lose all unsaved work. This is a real pain in the ass.
Can anyone please advise me on what I might do to solve this problem short of having to close the scanner window after every scan and save the file?
Thanks a lot for any advice.

videobear
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Nov 26, 2005, 7:27 PM

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Re: [Luis Ortega] scanner problem driving me mad [In reply to]	Can't Post

Try switching apps using ALT+TAB

Regards,
Doug Graham
Panda Productions

Luis Ortega
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Nov 26, 2005, 7:36 PM

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Re: [videobear] scanner problem driving me mad [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks, I already tried that and it doesn't work. Apparently since the scanner window opens up from photoshop windows doesn't see it as a second application.

TimK
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Nov 26, 2005, 11:08 PM

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Re: [Luis Ortega] scanner problem driving me mad [In reply to]	Can't Post

Go to the Photoshop preferences, and check "keyboard zoom resizes window"
Then use Ctrl and - to shrink down the document (ctrl and + will scale back up)
I hope this helps

Luis Ortega
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Nov 27, 2005, 9:33 AM

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Re: [TimK] scanner problem driving me mad [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks, Tim, that didn't help, but I did discover another workaround. If you right click on the windows taskbar and choose cascade windows then all the windows are rearranged to show a little sliver of each and that's all I need to get the scanner window back on top and be able to close it.