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Dragged image bigger (visibly) in photoshop

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December 4, 2019
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Canvas size 1" w 1.2" h as I setup.

I dragged a picture to canvas. That visibly bigger than canvas. How come?

Another fact is I dont know what is the

width size and height size of dragged image. How can I know?

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Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

Please read this link as it goes into detail about Image and Canvas size, including resolution, pixel dimensions, etc.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/image-size-resolution.html

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akmuAuthor

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You can see here pixel dimensios 316.4 K with a line. Mentioned width 300 and 360 height in pixels in that frame. What is the relationship of pixel dimensions and width height (in frame)?

See the image and document. Highlighted document (with white background) with cntrl+A. Then alt+cntrl+I. Also highlighted image. Not getting 2 different image size. Both sizes are equal. Why?

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Its not based on the part of the image you have selected. Size is based on the entire canvas of the document.

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akmuAuthor

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kstohlmeyer1 metioned PPI 72 in in image and PPI 300 in canvas. Yes? This way image will not fit in the canvas.

If so how to fit the image in the canwas?

If you explain I will get it.

D Fosse

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If the ppi number is the same in the two files, relative sizes will be maintained. When you change ppi, make sure to not have "resample" checked.

Pixels per inch and physical (print) size are directly and inversely connected. As one goes up, the other goes down. Pixels per inch (ppi) is an expression of pixel density on paper, how big each pixel prints, and thus how many of them you can fit into an inch.

A lot of people struggle to get their heads around this, but in reality it is extremely simple. You just need to get over a mental stumbling block that instinctively assumes size must be a built-in property of the file. It isn't. The whole thing is given away in the expression "pixels per inch". That's inches of paper. Read it literally, word for word. It means exactly what it says, to the letter. There's no hidden meaning.

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akmuAuthor

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Please educate me. Nobody told me how to find what is the size of image. I know canvad size. I dont know image size.

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Go to Image/Image Size and look at the W, H and Resolution. Size is calculated using all three measurements.

If you drag a 1 x 1.2 300 PPI image into a 1 x 1.2 72 PPI image it will obviously be much larger.

D Fosse

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Photoshop doesn't work with sizes. It works with pixels. Compare pixel dimensions, and you will see it checks out.

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