Adobe Community: Photo Editor screen does not show true dimensions at 100% setting

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1. 18qwer,

Nov 21, 2012 1:51 PM in reply to Dan Dare

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Do ruler show it as 4.5 x 3?? It should adjust itself and show 6 x 4 only. Please see if the ruler scale is in inches only. To set the ruler preference, press Ctrl+K, and under Units and Rulers, set Rulers value.

You can also use the zoom tool in the left tool panel. Set zoom percentage to 100%.

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2. MichelBParis,

Nov 21, 2012 2:03 PM in reply to 18qwer

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18qwer a écrit:

Do ruler show it as 4.5 x 3?? It should adjust itself and show 6 x 4 only. Please see if the ruler scale is in inches only. To set the ruler preference, press Ctrl+K, and under Units and Rulers, set Rulers value.
You can also use the zoom tool in the left tool panel. Set zoom percentage to 100%.

Slight difference : in the Units and Rulers, set screen resolution to 1.333 times higher than what is actually shown.

Note that changing the ppi resolution may result in unwanted problems such as menus not shown etc. Do you really need to have an exact print size shown on your screen ? I don't.

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3. Dan Dare,

Nov 21, 2012 4:55 PM in reply to MichelBParis

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The problem is that if I work with the size as presented onscreen and then print out at 6 x 4 this results in the any text or graphics I add being blurred, they will only appear sharp if I print out at the reduced size as shown on the screen.

The only way I can get around this is by creating the new file 1.333 times larger than the size I want to print out at ( 9 x 6 file prints out sharp at 6 x 4).

I will try adjusting the screen resoluton as you suggest.

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4. domnic.rj23,

Nov 21, 2012 5:29 PM in reply to Dan Dare

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Computer monitors are made to work with 72DPI whereas printers are capable of printing at much higher DPI. I don't know if you are already doing these, but if you aren't, I would suggest you do the following:

First check the DPI at which your printer prints.
While making a new file in PSE Editor, make sure you change the resolution of your image to the DPI of your printer
while working on the image, instead of making them 100% zoom, zoom them to "Print Size" to get a feel of how large your print is going to be.

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5. Dan Dare,

Nov 22, 2012 4:23 AM in reply to domnic.rj23

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I have adjusted the ppi resolution to 96 as suggested by MichelBParis and this appears to have solved my problem, plus I cannot see any problems with menus to date.

Regarding dominic.rj23's suggestion to change the resolution (ppi) to suit my printer, I have a Cannon Pixma iP4950 which is capable of up to 9600 dpi/ppi? but I feel this would be too much by far.

In this case what do you suggest as a maximum setting?

Many thanks to everyone for you kind advice.

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