[X4U] "Actual Size" in Adobe Creative Suite

Nick Scalise nickscalise at mac.com
Sat Jul 17 17:18:44 PDT 2004


On Saturday, July 17, 2004, at 07:12  PM, Stroller wrote:

> In Adobe Creative Suite, I have my artwork set to "View" at "Actual 
> Size". When I measure it on the screen with a ruler, I find that it's 
> about 75% of actual size. Is there a way to tell either my Mac or 
> Adobe what size my monitor is, so that it'll actually damn display 
> correctly..?
>
> I could, of course, fiddle with View at 125%, 128%, 132% or whatever 
> until I get it right, but that's annoying - I really shouldn't have to 
> do that.

I believe actual size is at 72dpi. Set your monitor to 72ppi. If you 
have a 17, that's usually 1024x768, etc.

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com



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