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ethann23747826
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May 18, 2017
Question

images open small

  • May 18, 2017
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when i open an image into Photoshop the image is tiny and if i try to enlarge it it becomes blurry.

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ethann23747826
Participant
May 18, 2017

Thanks I will try tomorrow

Inspiring
May 18, 2017

If you are using windows, go to control panel>display, and check that you are using the 100% (default) setting..

ethann23747826
Participant
May 19, 2017

had a look and its already at 100

Inspiring
May 18, 2017

What OS are you using?

Inspiring
May 18, 2017

I'm willing to bet that your Photoshop document is a higher resolution than the image you are downloading from the web.  So even if it has high resolution, it might look blurry because the canvas size is very large.You can drag up the size on your own, but it will result in diminishing the quality of the image (pixilization, blurriness). In Photoshop go to Image > Image size and check the dpi of both images there.

Hope this helps.

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2017

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Bahaar+Khan  wrote

In Photoshop go to Image > Image size and check the dpi of both images there.

The ppi setting has no relevance whatsoever here. That only matters when you send to print. This is about pixel dimensions.

The answer is in this thread, exactly the same issue (I'm not typing it all again): https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2316938

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2017

...or rather, to be precise: By dragging, the file is opened into another file as a Smart Object. This causes the ppi setting to interfere as an unwanted (in this case) side effect.

The point I'm trying to make is this: Don't open as Smart Object until you know what a Smart Object is and what it does.

So there I had to type it again after all...

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 18, 2017

Is this a particular image?

If yes, what is its size in pixels?

If this is happening with RAW files opened in Camera RAW, then check the settings at the bottom of the ACR window.

ethann23747826
Participant
May 18, 2017

the image is 2560 by 1440, the same as the background

ethann23747826
Participant
May 18, 2017

that is what it comes out like