[X4U] "Actual Size" in Adobe Creative Suite

[Stroller]

On Jul 18, 2004, at 1:18 am, Nick Scalise wrote:

> 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.

That's annoying. I have a pair of old but very serviceable 20" CRTs 
from SGI, rebadged Sonys, in fact. They run at 1600 x 1200, a 
resolution which is very comfortable for everything else that I do. I 
can not see myself reducing the resolution of everything else I do to 
fit in with the little illustration I blunder with.

Stroller.