Digital BW, The Print

I've not heard of a way to rid yourself of the window borders but when I
have a PS file I want to access for use in other PS files I keep a copy on
the desktop, then while in PS I drag it to my open working file, put it on
the top layer like you mentioned and if required make my canvas bigger to
accomodate it's movement.  The resolution differences won't matter, the size
of the wedge will just change with the various resolutions of your file.
File modes shouldn't be a concern if you are using a consistent working
space.

If you are using a wedge open in a different app (like picture viewer), then
you'd worry about working space compatibilities... as far as I know app's
like picture viewer don't use the embedded profile for viewing accuracy...
it's like soft proofing in PS using your monitor profile.

Not much help,
Carolyn


> 
> As an aid while I image edit, I'd like to be able to have a file of a step
> wedge open on my desktop that I can lay over an image while I manipulate it,
> so as to better judge where some of the tones in my image are falling. My
> only beef with what I'm able to do so far is that the image is contained
> inside of the typical OS window, with it's scroll arrows, et al, (made worse
> in PS with it's mag view percentage and document info etc,). Is there an
> application (I'm on a Mac BTW) which will allow me to have this file open
> without it being bounded by the gray of a window? I want to be able to butt
> the tones of the two files up against each other without some intermediary
> tone of a window's border between them.
> 
> One thing I thought of was that I could create it as a PS document that I
> can drag into each image as a layer, but that just seems like overkill, to
> have to actually add it into every file, and worry about compatible
> resolutions and file modes, etc. I'd really prefer to have it just open on
> the desktop to be shoved around as needed.
> 
> So far Apple Picture Viewer has the smallest window borders, but is there
> any way to eliminate them altogether?
> 
> Todd