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Anonymous
July 15, 2012
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Image Size in actions not working properly

  • July 15, 2012
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hello forumers,

I have made an action in photoshop to perform specific task in an image,

the problem is, i put the Image Size action which is to resize the image in particular size, but when the action continues, the image did not size right, so what i do is resize the image before adding the action, the question is why the resizing did not work inside the actions?, if my questions is not clear please post, i can give you a copy of my actions to see the problem, thanks

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    July 16, 2012

    but when the action continues, the image did not size right,

    Doesn’t that statement seem pretty vague?

    If JJMack’s remarks should not have sufficed please elaborate – post a screenshot of the expanded Action, state the exact image dimensions before and after and what they should be etc.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    July 16, 2012

    The first thing to do is the fulley expand the action's Image Resize step so you can read the settings that were recorded for the step. Is what you see has been recorded what you expected

    Here are three action I just recorded all three will resize a 8x10 300 dpi image to a 4x5 300dpi image on other size documents

    the first one will resize all documents  to 4" wide using current resolution and preserve the aspect ratio.

    the second one will resize all documents to half their current size at their current resolution.

    the third one will resize all documents to 1200px wide at its current resolution and some number of pixel high to preserve its current aspect ratio.

    Also in one operation Image Size can change Aspect Ratio distorting the image and change both size and resolution. Be careful how you record Image size

    To resize all size documents  to a size like 4" x 5" without distortion the first thing you need to do  is to make it have a 4:5 aspect ratio(crop) then resize it to 4" x 5"  by changing its resolution and not resample or by resizing it to 4" x 5" at some DPI resolution by resampling.

    If you don't mind distorting your image you can force fit any size docuent to any size and resolution that Photoshop supports.

    JJMack
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    Anonymous
    July 16, 2012

    here is the actions

    the size of the image before it reach the "Image Size" in actions is any size so i want it to resize to 1600x1000 but it did not size tha way i want it

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    July 16, 2012

    Size lets talk basic talk

    Size one size an imags does not have it has many.  It has a pixel size so many wide so may high.  When you save an Image as a file you save it in some image file format.  No matter what image file format you save your image in the major bulk of the file will be Pixel data.  However ever different image file format suppotrs different features and the size an image file size will vary greatly between file forrmats, features and option used saving the image.   Your image can also be save as a hard copy image print.  With out change a singe pixel an image can be printed well many differet sizes just by changing the print resolution. The pixels don't change just the size a pixes print changes.   Images will generally look good as long as the print resolution remains above 200DPI some will argue 300DPI.   The more pixels you have the more detail you can record for and image.   Sometime you can have too many pixel for an image because you want to display your image on a device that can not display or print the amount of pixels you have. Like a computer display. In that case you need to resize the image to fit on the device.   Lets you have a 4:3 aspect ratio display and a 4:3 aspect ratio image.  It you resize the image to have a 640x480 pixels size it will fit on a display and not be distorted.  But not every displayy will display the image the same size for displays display image at their native dpi resolution some displays have a 84dpi resolution some 100dpi some 133dpi some 204dpi some 220dpi and the iPhome has a 326Dpi resolution and image does not have one size it has many.

    JJMack
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