Illustrator CC enlarging imported PNGs

Question

Hi everyone,I use Illustrator CS4 on my older iMac, but recently I also started using Illustrator CC on my newer iMac (Catalina). On the older Mac with CS4 I can open a new file in Illustrator and easily copy and paste a PNG onto the new canvas and it always retains the imported files dimensions. When I follow the same process with CC on the new iMac, the imported image that's displayed on the canvas appears to be the same size dimensionally as the the PNG, but when I look down at the view size, it's at 32%. If I view it at 100%, the image is huge beyond comprehension. Never has this happened in CS4. It's impossible to do comps for the web using screenshots of existing web pages when they're blown up to three times the size in Illustrator. Any help from community members in resolving this frustrating conundrum would be hugely appreciated.

elisa16B8 · Accepted Answer

Therefore, I assume, based on what you are saying, that if you import a PNG into your Illustrator file, it will also zoom up to 200%. Is this true for everyone? And this is not perceived as a problem that Illustrator should fix?

I do not know what you mean when you say my "2007 workflow just doesn't work anymore": I am working on v 23.0.4. CS4 certainly does seem to import every object at the same size it displays on desktop. But I am trying to understand why something that worked so well in CS4 would have been disabled or eliminated in CC, if that is indeed the case. Yes, of course the web and technology changes constantly. Been at it for a while. But I would hope... no, expect to see improvements rather than a change so drastic that it would eliminate the possibility for me to import PNGs and create comps as I have done for well over a decade.

After more experimentation, I think I have solved the issue by converting my PNGs to PDFs before importing them into the Illustrator file. By doing this conversion first, the selected image imports at its actual size and displays at 100% on the canvas.

carlosgarro · Answer

Hi.To display the image (PNG) at 100% this needs to be at 72 dpi.Check the following screenshot.Is a 500x500 px Illustrator file and 3 images with 72, 144 and 288 dpi >>                 With this information, you can program your workflow.Best Regards

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