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SuzanneNotSue
SuzanneNotSue
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January 22, 2017
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Camera Raw changes the resolution/image size when I open a TIFF from Bridge

  • January 22, 2017
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I scan old photos at high resolutions and save them as TIFFs to restore in photoshop.  When I open these photos from Adobe Bridge CS5.1, they first open in Camera Raw, which I use to make some adjustments, and then open into Photoshop.  Most times, but not all-say if the photo is a square-the resolution changes, thus changing the image size as well. Sometimes it makes the image large, and other times it decreases it.  I have to go into image size and put the resolution back to what it was scanned at to regain the actual size of the old photos. This is tedious.

How do I get Camera Raw to just keep the same resolution/image size that the image was scanned at?

Thank you for any suggestions!

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Correct answer Just Shoot Me

At the bottom of the ACR screen is the Options link. Click that and make sure Resize to Fit: isn't selected. There are other options in there that you should go over.

I'm using a newer version of ACR but the same options should be in your version.

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Just Shoot Me
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Brainiac
January 22, 2017

At the bottom of the ACR screen is the Options link. Click that and make sure Resize to Fit: isn't selected. There are other options in there that you should go over.

I'm using a newer version of ACR but the same options should be in your version.

SuzanneNotSue
SuzanneNotSueAuthor
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January 23, 2017

Thanks for the reply Just Shoot Me. 

Mine is definitely older!  This is what my workflow options look like and my Preferences.  I don't see anything that I can change that will open each of them as is.  All I have figured out to do is change the resolution back for each photo I open in the workflow options. This photo should be 1200ppi, but it opens it up at 700.

See anything I am missing? 

K
Kalyanraman5E59
Participating Frequently
July 29, 2021

Thank you for your response.  The problem is that it will save the image to the new size unless I go in and manually set it back to the original size.  This is a pain.  If my client gives me a 4x5 photo scanned at 600ppi, I want to give them a file that is 4x5 at 600ppi,  and not 8x10 at 300, or whatever size/resolution proportion camera raw opens it at.


I have a very similar problem.  I scan very old 35mm slides and photographs at 1200 ppi resolution, and save them as .tif files.  When I open the file in Adobe Bridge, the maximum resolution I can get is 999, and I do that by clicking on the line at the bottom of the photograph.  My goal is eventually - after cleaning up the damage of age - have the photograph at 300 ppi and appropriately scaled up for enlarged printing.  Bridge is very useful for adjusting the photo (dehazing!) but its need to alter the dpi on my photograph is just downright difficult to deal with.

Is there some way to keep the 1200 ppi when I move from tif to bridge to photoshop?  Any advice would be very helpful.

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