This happens only occasionally. I have a file open in PP5. I resample the image -- reduce the physical size from, in this case, 53 inches to 8 inches high, and increase resolution from 72 to 300 dpi, with the resulting file size smaller than the original. I save the file, then import into my layout in Coreldraw. The imported file is back to 72 dpi and the physical size is huge. I reopen the file in PP, resample again, and resave under a new file name. Same problem occurs when I import into Draw. Of course, I can physically shrink the file to 3 inches high and the resulting dpi will be 300.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Hi Mike/Andrew,
resampling works fine in X5 for me and has done so in every version I have ever used (version 7 through to X5). After you have resampled the image do you ever look at document properties to see if the image did resample? What I am getting at here is that if you check and it confirms the new (smaller) size then it is extremely unlikely that PP will then undo that resample, or revert back to the saved image when you go to save it.
When you resample I take it you do NOT have the "Maintain Original Size" checkbox ticked?
Best regards,
Brian said: What I am getting at here is that if you check and it confirms the new (smaller) size then it is extremely unlikely that PP will then undo that resample, or revert back to the saved image when you go to save it. When you resample I take it you do NOT have the "Maintain Original Size" checkbox ticked?
What I am getting at here is that if you check and it confirms the new (smaller) size then it is extremely unlikely that PP will then undo that resample, or revert back to the saved image when you go to save it.
Actually in my examples I did have that box checked. Did you see the thread I linked above? There are screenshots. Further down there is even a link to a jpg to try it out on.
Basic process is this (not saying it's best practice, but I do think it should work):
Open the image. It's about 17x13 @ 180 dpi.
So resample to get it to print about 4x5 by changing dpi to 600 w/ maintain original size checked.
Save this & close. PP even shows the 600dpi on the export dialog which it makes you use to save.
Now open it in PP again & look at the resample dialog... it shows 180dpi.
Is that not odd? I think it is. Open it in IfFan & check file info... IrFan says it's 600 dpi, but PP still shows it as 180. Very odd.