Size of the image in photoshop

[Quichelaureen]

Hello,

I have a problem with the size of my images.

For example, I create a new image 100x100px on Photoshop and it's very very small. If I export the image in PNG and put it online, then the image is bigger (the real size).

Can you please help me? I would like to work on the real size on my Photoshop.

I don't know what to do. 

Thank you

 Laureen

[c.pfaffenbichler]

»For example, I create a new image 100x100px on Photoshop and it's very very small. If I export the image in PNG and put it online, then the image is bigger (the real size).«

Do you understand the meaning of the words »real« and »pixel«? 

What makes you think »online« (whicherver browser you mean by that) represents »reality« to a higher degree than professional image editing software? 

Could you please post a screenshot of the image in Photoshop taken at View > 100% and of the image in the browser? 

[Quichelaureen]

Sorry, english is not my native language so I don't know how to explain 🙂

Here is the example with the image 100x100px on Photoshop and then on my computer. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The screenshot clearly proves that Photoshop displays the 100px x 100px image as 100px x 100px while Aperçu displays it as 200px x 200px. 

So Photoshop displays correctly, the other application not so much. 

Edit: See the dimensions in the Info Panel: 

I find it peculiar when people assume any other piece of software must be right and complain about Photoshop when it is really working correctly and as intended. 

[Quichelaureen]

I use Photoshop since many years and I never had this "problem" before. I always worked on the same sizes on my computer, on my website, on my Photoshop.... no differences. So that's why I'm asking for support. 

I thought I had to edit something, like the Resolution for example. 

Never mind, thank you for your time 😉 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Maybe you didn’t use a high resolution monitor previously but this is not a problem in Photoshop. 

Photoshop is displaying the image as intended. 

Expecting a browser/application that upsamples the image to show the »real« image seems to indicate an incorrect assumption on your part. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Just open your screenshot in Photoshop and measure the square’s pixel dimensions – Photoshop 100x100, Aperçu 200x200. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You could also use a combination of a resolution and View > Print Size to get the Preview you want but View > 200% might suffice to simulate the other application’s upsampling on a hires display. 

[Quichelaureen]

I understand what you are saying but in my "aperçu" the option is "real size" so this is weird 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The image is 100px x 100px, Photoshop displays it as exactly that at View > 100%. 

If Aperçu upsamples images on a high resolution display that is neither up to Adobe nor should Photoshop follow that practice.

Photoshop is not just some image-displaying-application but image-editing-software and as such it should use the available hardware (the monitor) in a consistent and predictable way. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What is the image’s resolution? 

And again: View > 200% or View > Print Size (which needs the correct »Screen Resolution« to be set under Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers) are available. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Anyway … if you want to emulate a browser upsampling images you can try using View > 200% instead of View > 100% – which is intended represent one image pixel by one screen pixel. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Ultimately in this matter Photoshop continues to perform as expected and intended; what seems to confound some people are the newer monitors with higher resolutions and the fact that some software (browsers for example) may compensate for that additional resolution by upsampling images so that they appear larger than in Photoshop (where they are being displayed correctly nonetheless).