requiring me to hit ‘CTRL / ALT / 0’
It really doesn’t get much easier. For an "enhanced experience" try doing the Ctrl+Alt+0 before resizing.
Why the "alt"? Ctrl-0 has always done it for me. Or did they change that too?
You could hit the Fit on Screen button on the Options Bar.
Ctrl+Alt+0 100%
Ctrl+0 Fit screen
Double-click on the zoom tool does 100% too.
I appreciate all of your input, and all these methods work. However, let’s back up a step; Why does Photoshop default to a tiny image after resizing. I’m trying to get to the actual resize size without doing anything. Can there be a setting somewhere?
Can there be a setting somewhere?
I don’t think so.
Why does Photoshop default to a tiny image after resizing.
Because people might prefer to see the image at the same resolution before something else happens. It is only a tiny image if you are cutting a whole lot of stuff away. If you are just cutting away a bit, it would be jarring for the resolution to change from 88% to 91% (or would it go the other way).
When you resize the result will be the same as the original. Thus if you resize a 300 ppi image, that is displaying at 25%, to 75ppi your result will be 1/4 the on screen size ("tiny").
You could just make an action of Image Size followed by Acual Pixels, and assign a Hot Key to it.
tiny as in like .03 percent. i think it’s a bug having to do with the ignore palette option or something like that…
