Image Size and Canvas Size windows have different measurement units

[John R. Hartman]

Hello, long-time (25 yrs) Photoshop user. For as long as I can remember, my Image Size box shows the units in pixels, while the Canvas Size box shows the units in inches.

(My default measurement setting in Preferences is in inches, which is what I want.)

I would like the Canvas Size to show in pixels without having to change the global PS default to pixels.

I'm using an M1 Ultra Mac Studio and Photoshop 25.3.1.

Any suggestions?

[Chris 486]

Hi John!

I believe you will have to manually make the change in your canvas panel everytime you want to see pixels if you want to keep your unit settings in preferences.

[D Fosse]

The way it behaves here, is that for Image Size, the last used (and committed) unit sticks for the next file you open.

For Canvas Size, it does not stick. It reverts to pixels on the next file.

So maybe this is a bug. I wouldn't notice it, since I always work, think and dream in pixels.

[John R. Hartman]

Thanks for the replies. I hope this is a fixable bug. I'll ask Julianne Kost when I see her soon.

[Stephen Marsh]

Until Adobe possibly address this, if it bothers you that much – the only other thing that I can think of is a script.

EDIT:
I have updated the previous code, this should now offer the canvas size dialog defaulting to pixels without making a temporary change to the ruler units.

#target photoshop

function s2t(s) {
    return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
}
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
descriptor.putUnitDouble(s2t("width"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), activeDocument.width.as('px'));
descriptor.putUnitDouble(s2t("height"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), activeDocument.height.as('px'));
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("horizontal"), s2t("horizontalLocation"), s2t("center"));
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("vertical"), s2t("verticalLocation"), s2t("center"));
executeAction(s2t("canvasSize"), descriptor, DialogModes.ALL);

Once installed in the ...Presets/Scripts folder and Photoshop has been restarted, a custom keyboard shortcut can be applied to the script, re-assigning the original canvas size shortcut.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

[jane-e]

@D Fosse wrote: I always ... dream in pixels.

LOL! It's time for a vacation!

Jane

[Stephen Marsh]

D Fosse wrote: I always ... dream in pixels.

LOL! It's time for a vacation!

Jane

@jane-e 

To make this easier for @D Fosse  – could you please post suggested holiday location latitude and longitude or GPS coordinates converted to pixel values? Let's assume 300 PPI as we all know that is the best resolution value over 72 or 96.