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April 7, 2017
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Photoshop Raster Images are Smaller in Illustrator

  • April 7, 2017
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We are moving from print to electronic books, so I am now working in pixels rather than an 8.5x11 space.  I created a Photoshop template that is 950x625 pixels and also created an Illustrator template artboard of the same size.  When I place the Photoshop image in the illustrator doc, it doesn't fill up the artboard.   I suppose I could change back to inches in Illustrator and do the math so the image would fit but it seems the image should exactly fit the artboard.  Does anybody have any suggestions regarding what I might be doing incorrectly?

Thanks!

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    Just keep the resolution of your Photoshop document at 72 ppi.

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    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    April 7, 2017

    Just keep the resolution of your Photoshop document at 72 ppi.

    rickhino
    rickhinoAuthor
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    April 7, 2017

    Is there any way to do the same at 96 ppi? Or does it even matter?

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    April 7, 2017

    A resolution largely matters only for print. The thing is, you can want to work in pixels, and Photoshop always has, but Illustrator and InDesign just don't. They work in inches/mm only. To confuse people, Adobe OFFER a size in pixels, but this is just a nonsense, they are actually offering a measured size in points (1/72 inch). These happen to be right at 72 ppi.

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