Image > resize> image size is resizing canvas instead of just the image

If it helps, I have the same problem:-(

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@Deborah23090754ttb7 wrote:

Image> Resize> Image Size is changing the size of the canvas, instead of the size of the image on the canvas.
…resizing the image *also* resizes the canvas to the same size as the image, instead of preserving the canvas size

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I am wondering if you aren’t actually thinking about Image Size, because you wrote out the menu path to the command as Image > Resize > Image Size. There is no Image > Resize submenu in Photoshop, and the actual Image > Image Size command works exactly the same as everyone else has said: It has not changed much.

Because of the way you wrote the menu path to the command (as if it was on a submenu), maybe you are thinking of the Edit > Transform > Scale command? Because for any layer that is not a Background, if you choose Edit > Transform > Scale (or something similar such as Edit > Free Transform etc.), you get what you are after: Only the layer resizes, not the canvas.

Image Size has always affected the entire canvas (all layers), and still does.

Photoshop version 20.0
macOS Monterey, version 12.0.1

 In the new version, resizing the image *also* resizes the canvas to the same size as the image, instead of preserving the canvas size at 8.5" x 11".  (For example, when I resize an image to 2" x 3", the canvas size changes to 2" x 3" right along with the image.)

By @Deborah23090754ttb7

This feature is not new, that is how it works.

The Canvas Size panel is accessible through the Image > Canvas Size buttons found in the top menu bar. Unlike the Image Size tool, this will not change the size of your current image.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/contact-sheet-pdf-presentation-cs6.html

you can use this direction to automate the photos.

I hope this helps.

This is how it is meant to work.

If you wish to resize the image and not the canvas – then you need to change the Background image layer to a "regular floating layer" and then transform the layer independently of the canvas. I'd suggest making the image layer a smart object so that one can "safely" copy and resize multiple times.