Same setting different display in Photoshop

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August 7, 2019
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I created photoshop file Set to 600x700px, resolution 72

I'm familiar with this file size, so I was surprised to see that the file photoshop created is far more smaller than what i'm used to

To make sure, I created file in illustrator- same setting, and as you can see there is difference,

on the right- the photoshop file and on the left the illustrator

Message was edited by: Sahil Chawla

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Sahil.Chawla

Adobe Employee

Hi there,

You're seeing a size difference, because at 100% view Photoshop always shows the actual size of the document, you have to go to View > Fit on Screen to fit the canvas on the screen.

Please check this forum thread to know more: Photoshop CS6: Why don't images automatically open in 'Fit Screen' mode, by default?

Regards,
Sahil

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emuna63350843Author

Inspiring

you right! but its kinda making me confused, isn't 100% suppose to give the actual size of the file?

also, as far as i remember, i worked on 100% before and it did give me the same display as the illustrator

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Photoshop is a raster (pixel) editor.

Illustrator is a vector (mathematical) editor.

On a low res display, your raster & vector images will appear approximately the same size. But on a hi-DPI display, raster images at 100% zoom will appear smaller in Photoshop because you're seeing actual pixels. 1 px = 1 px.

To make things even more confusing, when you view the same raster image in a browser, the image will seem larger because your browser is compensating for the hi-DPI display.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert