Upgraded 6.0 to 7.0PS but digi pics come in as 230 dpi not 72dpi now?

[magicmikews]

I just upgraded to Photoshop 7.0 (from 5.0, 5.5., 6.0). And now when I drag in pictures from my digi camera they are coming in as 230DPI, not 72DPI and I can't understand why. Is there a way to change it so it keeps the pictures 72DPI?

[Mark Hiers]

Photoshop is reading the resolution info written in the EXIF data by your camera. The pixel dimensions of the image are the same, that's all that's really important.

[magicmikews]

I understand that I can change it and really it has no effect on the image itself (Yes the pixel dimensions are what's important), it's just a hassel when always working in 72dpi(web) and not being able to just drop in a image and go from there like 6.0. Anyways to make it act like 6.0?

mike

[YrbkMgr]

Daryl, is, of course, right. Resolution is one of the most misunderstood concepts. I sometimes wish I could find the guy who came up with 72 ppi as a "screen resolution" and pepetuated the myth. He or she needs a sound thrashing.

[Mac McDougald]

72ppi has little more meaning for the web than anywhere else, except for
a couple of screen resoutions and monitor sizes that happen to
"coincide", but that's an accident of the math, not a result of it.

Just think pixel dimensions you want, forget ppi totally when working for
screen based images.

Mac

[magicmikews]

Thanks everyone for your help

mike

[John Woram]

>PC's started the other "standard" of 96.

Here's a cheap-n-dirty demo: Create a new 96 x 96 pixel image. Set the resolution to anything you like (it doesn't matter what), save the file, exit PS and view it in your browser. Now print it from the browser (*not* from Photoshop). You'll get a one-inch square image. That "96" is simply a Windows instruction to the printer, which is ignored by PS. On a Mac, use the number 72 to get the same result (I think--but I don't have a Mac to double-check this).

Bottom line: neither number has any effect on anything--other than telling you what will happen if you print an image from a browser.