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Scaling problem when pasting smart objects from Illustrator to Photoshop

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October 10, 2019
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Software used:

Photoshop CC 2019

Illustrator CC 2019

I have a 1920x1080px Artboard in Illustrator and a 1920x1080px empty document in Photoshop.

If I make a full page 1920x1080px sized rectangle in Illustrator and paste it as a smart object in Photoshop, the scale of the image is way off. The pasted object is sized 8000x4500px.

Any ideas why?

The funny thing is, if I have the 1920x1080px Illustrator rectangle copied to my clipboard, and press cmd+N for a new document, Photoshop offers to create a 1920x1080px @72ppi sized document based on the contents of the clipboard.

Problem or error

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

What is the resolution of the empty Photoshop image?

c.pfaffenbichler

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Correct answer

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What is the resolution of the empty Photoshop image?

PotholePreludeAuthor

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Oh! That did the trick. Thanks!!

The Photoshop document was 1920x1080px @300ppi. After changing it to 1920x1080px @72ppi, there's no scaling.

I kind of understand the logic, but not quite, since both Illustrator and Photoshop documents are set to a certain pixel size, not metric size.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Yeah, but in Photoshop the resolution determines the spatial extension of the pixels

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in my case everything is working properly, you may try close illustrator and clear clipboard,

if that does not work, reset the preference for both Photoshop & illustrator

PotholePreludeAuthor

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Thanks, but this didn't help. The problem seemed to be a mismatch in pixels per inch (see below).