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When changing Image size 'pixels' is greyed out when i uncheck resample image

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June 29, 2015
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I want to resize an image for the web, and need to know the exact image size in pixels, but when I uncheck resample image the option to select pixels as the size is greyed out. Is there a setting I need to adjust or change?

Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

You know you did some stupid if seasoned Photoshop users have to come to this board to figure out how to resize images in pixels! Something that was always there, easy as pie. How do I resize a 7000 pixel image down to 1080. WTF? percentage, inches, cm, guess work? for that I keep paying monthly premium prices

What is your problem?

Do you not understand that changing the pixel dimensions of an image means resampling it?

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Anonymous

Guys, he's right. If you've never needed to do this, then you wouldn't notice the change. He does NOT just want to see the pixel dimensions, he wants to EDIT the image in dpi, changing the dpi without changing the total pixel count. Useful when you have a print image and you want to have the same pixel count, just in a 72 (or other) resolution.

Karl, here is the proper work around, do in this order:

1. Resample: Make sure this is TICKED.

2. Units: Choose 'pixels' as your units in the drop down.

3. Copy: Make sure to copy the width (and keep this LOCKED to height if it isn't already).

4. Resolution: Change the resolution (72, 150, or whatever).

5. Paste: Paste the width back to the original pixel count & hit OK.

Why? IDK, Adobe seems to be changing Photoshop at random in less-than-useful ways to keep you on your toes .

Abambo

Community Expert

There is no random change in Photoshop.

And your solution is nonsense. To have the same pixelcount in a different ppi value, you just change that ppi value with resample ticked off.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Anonymous

Seems random to me. Can you shed light on why it's greyed out?

It was useful & flexible to actually be able to type in pixel counts. No biggie, just inconvenient.

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Test Screen Name

Legend

Why don‘t you see the pixel dimensions? I see them clearly in your screen shot? Still not getting this.

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Test Screen Name

Legend

You want to know the size in pixels? It's there at the top. 1206 x 796 px (pixels)

You want to change the size in pixels? There's a resample box. You swich it on.

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PITHBDITW

Known Participant

what is it about the fact that I have found it useful to manipulate pixel dimensions and resolution to get the image size I need for online use that isn't quite getting across. I used to be able to manipulate the pixel size and the resolution to get the needed dimensions I desired without any fuss. Now I'm supposed to flip back and forth between resample on and off, constantly flipping the selection to see how many pixels it is and to get what I want? Or perhaps I'm I supposed to make random guesses on the inches until I get the right number to show at the top? If I'm super industrious I can sign up for an online calculator and give my email to one more marketing firm. Or I can do what I have done which is look up the conversions and waste my time when I used to have it at my fingertips. OR... they could have left the flexibility they originally had in the product alone.

It's not like it wasn't there before so why was it useful then and suddenly unnecessary now?

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rgweisz

Participant

I guess they want us to play around changing inches, centimeters, picas, points until we get close to the pixel reading that we need for the web. yeah entering the pixel value direcltly is considerd what? Wow that's all I can say. Adobe took something that was simle and makes it complicated.

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Legend

Quite right, inches mean nothing for web design. And nor does ppi. It means absolutely nothing. Only pixels matter. Are you saying you can’t see the size in pixels easily? Again: so far as I know NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN PHOTOSHOP.

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Legend

Good point Nancy, maybe the original poster wants to resize without scaling by adding white space or cropping content. I hope he or she can tell us.

Silkrooster

Legend

It is suppose to be greyed out. Unchecking resample locks the pixel dimensions so it can not be altered.

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PITHBDITW

Known Participant

Are they KIDDING??

Hey ADOBE, Who's brilliant idea was that??? I'm a freekin professional who has spent an entire career changing image sizes and thinking in PIXELS and now I can't change it??? WTF??? How am I supposed to change an image size to 1800 pixels without the resolution going down to 2.2 pixels????????

Listen geniuses! I know what 1 pixel looks like compared to 2. I know 1800 and 1600. After 30 years I SEE AND THINK IN PIXELS. Whoever decided this was a good idea doesn't know your users. Do I have to do some crazy math now to figure this crap out? You guys suck. You had a great product and because you're trying so hard to keep your jobs you come up with useless features and have a bloated, useless buggy, skitzo piece of software.

I long for the days when it wasn't a subscription and you jerks didn't reach into my computer and ruin my application!!!

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PITHBDITW

Known Participant

PITHBDITW wrote
Perhaps you didn't read what I wrote. I want to take the dpi down

Ppi is metadata that is used to calculate print size.

For screen viewing it is irrelevant, the only important numbers are the pixel dimensions.

The image will display exactly the same on screen regardless of the number you have in the Resolution field.

900 x 601 pixels, 1 ppi

900 x 601 pixels, 600 ppi

I'm sorry.. you're right. You're probably a programmer type. I misspoke. DPI and resolution are different and I often flip them around in my dyslexic brain. Sorry if my handicap upsets you. It still doesn't make what I'm saying any less relevant. I don't care what it prints at. I care if I can get an image to the size I want on screen. To be more specific, I need it to display on a browser at the size I want. The advent of the high resolution screens while making images crisper makes it one step removed from what the browser renders which adds another layer on there. What I see on screen isn't exactly what I see in the browser any longer and now I rely even more on the pixel dimensions to ensure I have the right size.

The pixel dimensions I have to flip back and forth on a dropbox to see. The ones I used to see immediately but don't any more. the ones I can no longer directly manipulate along with the resolution. Those things. Those pixel things. Those little boxes on the screen that make an image. Those boxes that in essence work in exactly the same manor as dpi. Instead of drops of ink on paper they are little boxes that we register as an image. Far less of them indeed than dpi but the concept is exactly the same. That's why this dyslexic brain flips them around on me.

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