Editing Size and Pixels in Adobe Photoshop

By Shoshana Burgett Design Failures Education November 4, 2020

Author: Shoshana Burgett, Pink Elephant Productions

Sometimes we are asked to submit files that meet a specific size. This may be by size, megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), pixels (px), inches (in), and many more.

Here we show you how to:

Adjust an image to be 6″ x 12″ (152.4 mm x 304.8 mm)

AND

Be 3600 pixels x 1800 pixels with 300 dpi.

A screen shot of Adobe Photoshop showing the Image Menu Bar — Inside Adobe Photoshop there is a menu called Image which has Image Size

STEP ONE

Part 1 — Inside Adobe Photoshop, there is a menu titles Image.

Part 2 — When you click on the Image menu, the pull-down menu will pop up.

Part 3 — Choose Image Size.

Image Size inside Adobe Photoshop showing inches

STEP TWO

Part 1 — The Image box will come up. Unclick the chain to turn off the linking size ration.

Part 2 — Change the size of the artwork to 12″ x 6″ (inches)

Image Size inside Adobe Photoshop showing resolution

STEP THREE

Part 1 — After the file is converted to a 12″ x 6″ file size. You now need to change the resolution.

Part 2 — Click inside the resolution box, and change it to 300 dpi.

WELL DONE!

You will now see a file that is 12″ x 6″ with a 300 dpi and 3600 x1800 pixel size.

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Shoshana Burgett / About Author

Shoshana Burgett is a thought leader and industry consultant with over two decades of experience in color management, on-demand printing, manufacturing, and personalization. Shoshana has been at the forefront of personalized production and omnichannel communications serving as a senior executive at X-Rite, Pantone, and Xerox. She draws together creative, design thinking, development, lean manufacturing, and marketing to help businesses streamline their product launches and innovate. She regularly speaks at industry events and has been featured in HOW, WhichPLM, Quality Digest, Beauty Packaging, Packaging Digest, Printing Impressions, and What they think.

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