P doesn’t display file sizes the way I want

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Robert Montgomery
Mar 14, 2010
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When I type my file sizes, rounded off to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch, Photoshop computes and displays the sizes to the nearest one-thousandth of an inch.

For example, if I make an image 11 by 41.5 inches in Image > Image Size, the sizes change automatically to "11.001" and "41.499".

How can I get the file sizes to remain the sizes that I type them?

I’m using CS3.

Robert
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Mar 14, 2010
"Robert Montgomery" wrote in message
When I type my file sizes, rounded off to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch, Photoshop computes and displays the sizes to the nearest one-thousandth of an inch.

For example, if I make an image 11 by 41.5 inches in Image > Image Size, the sizes change automatically to "11.001" and "41.499".
How can I get the file sizes to remain the sizes that I type them?
I’m using CS3.

Robert

That’s because of floating point arithmetic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point

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Mike Russell
Mar 15, 2010
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:45:16 GMT, Robert Montgomery wrote:

When I type my file sizes, rounded off to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch, Photoshop computes and displays the sizes to the nearest one-thousandth of an inch.

For example, if I make an image 11 by 41.5 inches in Image > Image Size, the sizes change automatically to "11.001" and "41.499".
How can I get the file sizes to remain the sizes that I type them?
I’m using CS3.

Robert

This limitation is due to the size of the pixels. Normally I would just ignore the difference. If you need it to be exact for some reason, make sure the Resample box is checked.
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Rainer Latka
Mar 15, 2010
On 14.Mar.10 16:45h, Robert Montgomery wrote:
When I type my file sizes, rounded off to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch, Photoshop computes and displays the sizes to the nearest one-thousandth of an inch.

For example, if I make an image 11 by 41.5 inches in Image > Image Size, the sizes change automatically to "11.001" and "41.499".

i.e. you are using Image > Image Size for downscaling the image?

How can I get the file sizes to remain the sizes that I type them?

by making sure the original lengths measured in px are divisible by 16

I’m using CS3.

that’s probably irrelevant

Robert
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Robert Montgomery
Mar 30, 2010
Rainer Latka wrote:
On 14.Mar.10 16:45h, Robert Montgomery wrote:
When I type my file sizes, rounded off to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch, Photoshop computes and displays the sizes to the nearest one-thousandth of an inch.

For example, if I make an image 11 by 41.5 inches in Image > Image Size, the sizes change automatically to "11.001" and "41.499".

i.e. you are using Image > Image Size for downscaling the image?
How can I get the file sizes to remain the sizes that I type them?

by making sure the original lengths measured in px are divisible by 16

Thanks, Rainer, Mike and N.

It’s easier for me just try to ignore the problem than to make the original lengths measured in px divisible by 16, which would be adding considerably to the problem rather than reducing or eliminating it.

Robert.

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