Setting Resolution in PSP X9

[User63]

In previous versions of PSP, I could change the resolution when resizing based on pixels. In X9, I'm lost. How do I

1) Resize a JPG to a desired pixel size while also setting the resolution to something different?

2) Also, when using the crop tool, I cannot select pixels as the units. It only shows inches and centimeters. I set the default in the Preferences\Units, but that appears to have no effect.

[LeviFiction]

1) It's under the "By Print Size" radio button. Just change the resolution there, then pop back over to the "BY Pixels" and set your new resolution. I know it's a bit confusing, but these options are not exclusive, they work together and effect each other.

2) why would you need to set the units to pixels? Units falls under "Print Size" which the pixel is a virtual form of measurement, not a physical one like Inches or Centimeters. If you want to set the size of the crop by pixels just use the 'PIxel Dimensions" boxes next to the Print Size boxes. The resolution shown next to the Units are based on the image's own resolution. Which you can change according to point 1 above.

[TimW]

Just a quick note. . . . Be sure to set the Resolution 1st & Pixels 2nd or it may not hold. At least that's the way it works in X8 for me.

[JoeB]

Do you have a reason for wanting to change both the print resolution and the pixel size of the image?

[hartpaul]

1."Resize a JPG to a desired pixel size while also setting the resolution to something different?"
Image > Resize. Tick the By Print Size along the top. In Advanced Settings Untick - Resample using - as you just want to change the resolution and not the pixel size at this point. Along the Resolution line Change the units eg pixels / inch then change the number value eg 200 Click OK.

Now to change the actual pixel dimensions again Image > Resize . In Advanced Settings Tick the Resample using box. Type in your required pixel dimensions and Click OK

It is a two step operation as changing the resolution is irrelevant to images displayed on the computer / internet where pixel dimensions are important. So changing resolution is associated with the Print resize dialog.

"2) Also, when using the crop tool, I cannot select pixels as the units. It only shows inches and centimeters"

The units are already selected as pixels when you type numbers in the two left most Tool Options boxes (That's why it says Pixel Dimensions above)

The units box is for the Print dimensions. (You will already note that your image resolution is now shown as the new value you did in 1 above.

[LeviFiction]

Hartpaul - changing the resolution and resampling can be done in one go. You don't have to open Resize twice. As TimW noted it's just a matter of what order you do it in.

1) Image -> Resize
2) Select "By Print Size"
3) Change Resolution - this will change the pixel values to match the current print size at the new resolution
4) Select "By Pixel"
5) Change pixel size.
6) Hit OK - the result is an image that has your set pixel size and the new resolution.

[hartpaul]

Thanks Levi, Good to see it written as precisely as that.

[JoeB]

What I don't understand is why Corel changed the Resize dialogue from the one used in X7 to the one in X8 and X9 with the various radio buttons. In the X7 Resize dialogue you can achieve the same thing (i.e., change resolution and change pixel size) in that single page dialogue. What's the improved purpose of having to select the By Print Size interface and then having to select the By Pixel size interface as required by the X7-X8 dialogues?

And I'm still curious about the reason the OP wishes to change both resolution and pixel size of the image.

[LeviFiction]

From what I understand it was meant to be easier and less daunting to new users. As it doesn't remove functionality it's more just a frustration at having to add more clicks to get the same result.

[JoeB]

From what I understand it was meant to be easier and less daunting to new users. As it doesn't remove functionality it's more just a frustration at having to add more clicks to get the same result.

I agree about the frustration. And I can't see that it is less daunting for new users given that they now have to go to different UI's to get the same result they used to be able to get from the same dialogue interface. When all of the options are on one interface you can see - at a glance - all changes you make and how they might affect other settings.

[hartpaul]

Agree with Joe. And then we have had a request about what we can do to simplify PSP - perhaps this is one thing that could be changed back.


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'Joe And I'm still curious about the reason the OP wishes to change both resolution and pixel size of the image.'

I will take a guess at that. Local camera club - (you know those guys that look for the best in photos and only ever use photoshop as its the best) requires that all competition entries be 1024 x 768 and 72 ppi . Reason given seems to be a mixture of if the image is 300 ppi then it will appear as a better quality image on screen from the data projector and so members that put their images at 300 ppi willl have better quality than those at 72 ppi. - or also that since entries are displayed on website that having a 72 ppi image is of lessor quality than a 300 ppi image and so less likely to be copied and used elsewhere..

Try as I might to say to them that changing the ppi has no effect on image quality of projected or website images they cannot understand.

[JoeB]

Agree with Joe. And then we have had a request about what we can do to simplify PSP - perhaps this is one thing that could be changed back.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just posted the request in the simplify thread.


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'Joe: And I'm still curious about the reason the OP wishes to change both resolution and pixel size of the image.'

I will take a guess at that. Local camera club - (you know those guys that look for the best in photos and only ever use photoshop as its the best) requires that all competition entries be 1024 x 768 and 72 ppi . Reason given seems to be a mixture of if the image is 300 ppi then it will appear as a better quality image on screen from the data projector and so members that put their images at 300 ppi willl have better quality than those at 72 ppi. - or also that since entries are displayed on website that having a 72 ppi image is of lessor quality than a 300 ppi image and so less likely to be copied and used elsewhere..

Try as I might to say to them that changing the ppi has no effect on image quality of projected or website images they cannot understand.

Yep, the only good reason for posting low PPI images on a website is to make them less useful for those who might want to copy them and print them.

I'm not surprised, however, that you are unable to get camera club people (and many others) to understand that PPI of posted images doesn't have any relation to how the image actually looks on the website. For reasons I can only suspect relate to legacy stuff (descriptions, language, acronyms, etc) while monitors, printers and scanners were originally being developed for the mass consumer market, understanding PPI and its relationship to various output devices seems to be a difficult and confusing subject for many. I often find myself just as mildly frustrated trying to get some people to understand the difference between PPI and DPI (which confusion I believe arises for the same reasons stated above), often to no avail. But I keep trying. hoping to eventually make such discussions less confusing to new users as they come along.