HELP...Photoshop

I have put together a 1/4 page ad for a program of an up coming competition.

First off, I opened a blank background in the size I needed. 4.25x5.5in
This comes out to exactly a 1/4 page. I did this so my photo doesnt get incorrectly compressed. Here's the problem, when I view the actual size of the document in windows its HUGE. Like zoom into the eye and nose HUGE. Almost as if its an original.

I went back in and check the .psd file, its correctly sized. The .jpeg is also. What is going on here?

Should I test print actual size?

Why not use Adobe Illustrator or InDesign?

Because I use photoshop?

I'll bet you it's fine. Why not test print?

How many ppi?

ChasP505 wrote in post #8914871
Why not use Adobe Illustrator or InDesign?

The same reason someone would ask you using Illustrator, why not use Quark? (I haven't used InDesign, but I assume it took over much of Pagemakers ground)
Not everyone has access to everything, let alone the knowledge to use them efficiently.

Might be different in the US (with the size of a the US Letter page), but in the UK (using A4 paper as a Full Page) a 1/4 page ad known as an A6. In Photoshop (or Illustrator) I just create a new canvas with the following pixel dimensions at 300dpi:

105 x 148 (or 148 x 105)

This is all you need to do!

It is most likely you have your pixel per inch set at 300 which is correct but you monitor is only 72ppi so when you preview it it looks huge but when you print it will be fine.

battletone wrote in post #8916053
The same reason someone would ask you using Illustrator, why not use Quark?

I DO use Quark!

I asked because many professionals who produce ads have Photoshop as part of one of the Adobe Suites, typically including InDesign or Illustrator, and having already familiar Adobe tools and UI.

And... Poloman already said my next thought.

Hi. With Damian. Monitors display typically at 72ppi. I imagine your document is 300ppi. When you zoom in photoshop to 100% you are looking at pixel for pixel, i.e. 72ppi.

In photoshop you can set the true screen resolution of your display (see attached image) - the default value is 72 ppi which is way too low. You can determine the resolution of the display, in pixels per inch, by dividing the pixel count of the display (pixels) along the width of the screen by the physical width of the display area (inches).

So:

(number of pixels across the top of the display [pixels]) / (width of display area [Inch]) = display res. (pixels/inch)

Just remember that the common dimension of your display (ie, a 23" display) is the diagonal dimension, not suitable for this calculation.

Enter the display resolution in the box shown below, and then when you choose to view your document in Print Size (View > Print Size), it will be accurate. Also in this dialog box you can change the units used by Photoshop to be inches, so you can see rulers along the edge of your document in inches that will indicate the dimension of your art.

Kirk

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Hannya wrote in post #8916998
Hi. With Damian. Monitors display typically at 72ppi.

No, they don't.
Have a read in the post by kirkt.

geofftelforduk wrote in post #8916538
Might be different in the US (with the size of a the US Letter page), but in the UK (using A4 paper as a Full Page) a 1/4 page ad known as an A6. In Photoshop (or Illustrator) I just create a new canvas with the following pixel dimensions at 300dpi:

105 x 148 (or 148 x 105)

This is all you need to do!

With that pixel dimensions you won't get the right size. You need 105x148 MILLIMETERS for A6, not PIXELS. 10x15 cm is around 1150x1700 pixels or something, so A6 should be somewhere around that size in pixel dimensions (bit wider, tiny bit less high).

Nouks wrote in post #8923155
With that pixel dimensions you won't get the right size. You need 105x148 MILLIMETERS for A6, not PIXELS. 10x15 cm is around 1150x1700 pixels or something, so A6 should be somewhere around that size in pixel dimensions (bit wider, tiny bit less high).

DOH!!! Sorry! Thats exactly what I meant!! Yeah its mm and not px!!! Thanks for pointing that out!! I realised it about a half hour after I had posted, but was away from the computer!!!!