Illustrator canvas size question

Hi,
In Illustrator, I am trying to create a new canvas that is 11.182x 8.65
but it won't allow me. Instead it rounds the number down and I end up with: 11.18x8.65
Is there a setting or preference or another way for me to keep the 11.182? (I realize that this is such a very small fraction of an inch but it would be best if I had the exact size).
The same occurs when I try to uses the dartboard tool while inside an already made canvas. When I use the tool to readjust the size it won't allow me to go to 11.182. It only rounds down to 11.18
Thanks!

Hey Jacob,
When I try that it rounds it down for me in the same manner.
I enter 805.104 and it automatically rounds it to 805.1pt when I click on the height field.
Maybe there is a preference setting I have somewhere that I need to change?

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Illustrator Canvas Size (not Art Boards)

Hey, I was wondering if anybody knew of a way to increase the size of the canvas in Illustrator cs4 or cs5. The default seems to be about 228 inches but I need a bigger canvas size for a project I'm involved with.
I've been looking around and it doesn't seem like this is even an option but I figured I'd at least ask!
Thanks!

Conor,
In addition to the previous answers:
Working with vector artwork with the help of Illy, you may work at any scale and scale up in another application for print and still have everything fully smooth; PDF can be scaled to any size (with the same proportions).
Working with raster artwork with the help of Illy, you may also work at any scale and scale up similarly, if you have a sufficiently high resolution to result in a sufficiently smooth appearance at the final size; you may start with lower resolution copies and replace them when the rest of the work is finished, to avoid unnecessary waiting time. It should be noted that the needed smoothness/final resolution depends entirely (and inversely proportionally) on the distance of the viewer; generally, you can use the same total image size at different sizes to be viewed at (proportionally) corresponding distances (which will give the same appearance (and vieweing angle)).
Depending on the units and sizes, different scales may be easy to work with; that could be:
1:10, 1:100, etc, especially in mm and cm (using mm for cm is 1:10 in itself),
1:6 using picas for inches,
1:12 using points for picas,
1:72 using points for inches,
1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16, 1:32, etc, especially in inches.

Is there a plug in to resize the canvas size in Illustrator CS6? Not the artboard, the canvas size

Is there a plug in to resize the canvas size in Illustrator CS6? Not the artboard, the canvas size

Reckon that’s what he must mean
Are you sure, Steve?
Kurt may agree.

How can I export an image from Illustrator same canvas size and custom resolution?

Hey all. i am using Adobe Illustrator CS5 for creating images for iPhone app icons the size of image 374 px 374 px and 264 ppi. i created an image same size and ppi .the problem after export the image file size changing to 1371px x 1371px and 264 ppi pixel dimension.How can I export same canvas size and same resolution file from illustrator

10111980,
If you just forget about PPI and use Save for Web, you will get the 374 x 374 pixel size.
The 1371 x 1371 pixels is because you somehow increase the resolution by 264/72.
You should never mix pixel by pixel sizes and PPI.
The 374 x 374 pixels is the actual image size. At 264 PPI that will be about 1.417 inches. At 72 PPI that will be about 5.194 inches.

Question about image size, canvas size and Picture frame

Hi,
This has always been a little confusing so let me describe what my question is:
Assume I have a created a new PSD that is 8 1/2 x 11.
The canvas size is the same 8 1/2 x 11.
I want to put a border around the picture (say 1/2 of an inch all around), and put the finished picture in a Picture frame. After it is in the frame, you would be able to see the entire picture plus the border.
Q. Should I change (reduce image size) of the PSD to (for this example), 8 x 10 1/2. Then increase the canvas size to 8 1/2 x 11. After I increased the canvas size, do a Paint Bucket fill with white (to create the White border)? then print the changed size PSD on 8 1/2 x 11 paper so that it will fit into a 8 1/2 x 11 picture frame
I realize I could have just created the new PSD to be 8 x 10 1/2 in the first place.
Hope I made this somewhat clear.
Bob

1: Decrease the size as you describe.
2. Go to File>New or Ctrl N
3. Make the box 8.5x11. Make sure the other data conforms to your image.
4. Now,holding down Ctrl-Shift, Drag the image to the new box and release the mouse. Your image will be centered in the box.
Note: there may be a method to do this including any adjustment layers, but I usually only do this as a last step, flattening a copy of the working file.

Saving line drawing for web and custom canvas size

Hi,
In illustrator 10, I used to save line drawings for web and the resulting gif contained only the data of the drawing. Now it contains a clear background the size of the canvas.
Two questions:
1) how do I make gif without the clear canvas size?
2) how do I make a custom canvas size ( I often work on 7 x 8.5)
thanks,
Garrett

Garrett,
Scott and I have assumed CS5. Is it SC4, or?
Canvas is not Illy speak. Artboard and Artboard Tool are, along with Workspace.
Have you tried the Index in the Helpfile?
In search, you may try custom size.

Adobe Photoshop cs4-What Does Canvas Size Really Mean?

What are we actually looking at when we place a picture on a canvas?
For example, if I have a canvas of a width of 800 and a height of 1500 it appears on the screen to my eyes to be about 3 inches by 7 inches.
Then let's say I add the headline: Risk takers of all kinds think the same.
This headline will possibly take three rows to complete itself.
But then I can make the same canvas fit the screen.
Now the entire headline will fit on one row.
What confuses me is which image of the canvas is a "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" in terms of how it will actually look on my webpage?
In other words I guess my real question is how do I start with a canvas size that actually reflects my webpage or a defineable portion of it.
Thank You,
Jerry

You'll have to forgive me but at times I'm not really sure what I'm talking about or doing.
But an image or other content is built on layer canvas' I think?
It gets all confusing because you may or may not fill a canvas with an image?
Assuming you do fill a canvas with an image then I think the pixel dimensions and resolution will be directly tied to the canvas size?
But I don't think any of that is my real point.
I'll try to speak to my confusion using words other than those I first used.
For example let's say you are making a squeeze page for your website.
So you start with a headline that reads as follows: INTERNET MARKETER STICKS TO HIS GUM!
Let's say those words are in large print.
On my computer and I am using a small screen, if I create a canvas of a width =800 and height=1500 it occupies a space of
of about 3" by 7".
Now (and this part is now becoming like what I wrote above) those six words in large letters will occupy three to four rows on my computer.
So in my mind I am thinking that when I eventually publish that page that the headline should occupy four lines. Make sense?
But if I click the "fit to screen" Photoshop button, the canvas becomes larger on my screen and the entire headline will now fit on a "single" line.
So now in my mind I am thinking that when I eventually publish that page that the headline should occupy one line. See my problem?
I guess my point is am I looking at WYSIWYG in the first, second or neither case?
In other words what is the meaning of what I see when I look at a canvas?
Thank you for your help.
Here's one more attempt.
Let's say you spend 12 hours designing a canvas in Photoshop that you thought would properly fill your webpage, and then you discover to your dismay that instead of your headline fitting properly only 37% of it does. This would make you very unhappy and perhaps others.
So what I'm trying to understand as a beginner is how does what I see on a canvas in Photoshop cs4 relate to a webpage.

Maximum Artboard Size (Not Canvas Size)

Hi,
I read that maximum canvas size is 227in but Illustrator CC on both mac and windows and several different computer does not allow me to exceed 120in x 120 in. I can change my artboard size manually (shift+o) and drag the corners to 227inches but the number on the right upper corner is stuck on 120 inches. So what is the maximum size that I can work in Illustrator? If it is 227in why can't I make an Artboard bigger than 120 inches? And to avoid more confusion what is the canvas and what is the art board?
Thank you

mus,
When things become seriously weird, as in your case, it may be worth trying the list (you have been through 1) and 2) already, and I would suggest your skipping 3) and 5), which leaves 4) and 6).
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file, and when it is not caused by issues with opening a file from external media, see below. You may have tried/done some of them already; 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
If possible/applicable, you should save current artwork first, of course.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to at least 5 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible), for CS3 - CC you may find the folder here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/preference-file-location-illustrator.html
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall (ticking the box to delete the preferences), run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Smart Objects...changing canvas size problem

When changing the canvas size of a smart object, the layer on the original document will distort visually since it doesn't update the size of the smart object.
Is there a solution to this, or an easy way to quickly update every instance of the smart object on the original doc?
To clarify: I know that you can change the dimensions of the smart object on the original doc and it'll fix it, my question is if there's a way to automatically have that happen and have the original doc smart objects respect your canvas size changes on the smart object doc.
Reproduce:
1) Draw a circle
2) Turn it into a smart object
3) Go into the smart object, change the canvas size by increasing the height of the canvas. The smart object should now have a circle with blank space above/below it.
4) Save the smart object
5) The circle on the original document will now be squished.
I'm using Photoshop CS5

xg3 wrote:
When changing the canvas size of a smart object, the layer on the original document will distort visually since it doesn't update the size of the smart object.
When you change the canvas size of a document the only layer that will change is a backgroung layer for it does not support transparency so its pixels will be changed. However a background layer should not distort it may be cropped and have canvas added in which case the color of the empty canvas can be set in the canvas size dialog. All other layer including Smart Object layer should not chang at all. Layer positioning in relationship to the canvas and the new canvas size is set during the canvas size change. Layers can be any size and have any aspect ratio. Their sizes can be smaller, the same or larger then the canvas size. Even layer that can fit within a documents canvas size may be positioned so that all, some or none of the layer is over the documents canvas.
I do not know what you mean when you write the original document chages. A smart object layer has an embedded copy of an object. The original document is not touched. You can open the smart object layer embedded object in Photoshop by double clicking on the smart object icon in the layers palette smart object layer and change it size. And distort it f you wish. When you use Photoshop save. Photoshop will change the enbedded object in the smart object layer. You can also leave the embedded smaro object as is and change the smart object layer size and distort it using transform on the smart object layer itsself.
I think what you did was to open the smart object in photoshop change its canvas saze then save it. The updated smart object is realy round but you dont see that it is becaue it is being transformec ti fit the original documents canvas. If you do a Canvas size on the codument you will see the original docyment canvas size is not change and thet your now squaching a now changed taller object into a shorter canvas. With each Smart Obkect layer there is as associated transform.
No I was wrong I just tried that and it looks like the transform was not the problem as yo can see I dir a Ctrl+T so you can see the size of the smart object layer is now biger then the original document and is positioned centered canvas is still 300x300 white area in image

MORDY MY TOP 40 ILLUSTRATOR CS 4 QUESTIONS:

MY TOP 40 ILLUSTRATOR CS 4 QUESTIONS:
1) Do print presets retain number of copies now?
2) Also, do sublayers behave normally with respect to locking/hiding?
3) Do swatches stay in list few now?
4) Can we set a default tool to be selected at startup?
5) Is there an auto-save feature
6) Has the link info palette been updated?
7) Can guides be different colors on different layers?
8) Can we change the colors of layers yet?
9) Is overprint preview sticky when toggling back and fourth to artwork view?
10) Can we add a swatch from a library by searching in the find field and hitting enter?
11) When open previously saved documents, does this window zoom to full screen or slightly off-center as before?
12) Can we outline all text without having to first select all text?
13) Does the scroll work for palettes, dialog boxes now?
14) Can we make keyboard increments larger than 18"
15) Can we create shortcuts for palette items?
16) Can we customize where rulers appear on screen, like bottom right?
17) Is there a select whole objects function yet?
18) Can we delete links within the links palette yet?
19) Is there a way to un-embed an already embedded image without relinking?
20) Can we tile open documents now, vertically or horizontally?
21) Can we turn off white overprinting?
22) Are there more right-click options?
23) Are there more objects to select by under Object>Select?
24) Does Find Font no longer change to the type tool automatically?
25) Is there any embed button in the links palette?
26) Is there an "Ignore All" button when asked for missing images?
27) Can swatches be more than 1 spot color?
28) Can center points be disabled by default?
29) Are there more system swatches (black/white/cmyk/rgb)?
30) Has the place command been changed to "Import/Command + I"?
32) Has Export been changed to Command + E?
33) Has Import & Export been placed next to each other in the file menu?
34) Has hide been changed to Command + H?
35) Is there a history palette?
36) Is the control palette customizable?
37) Can we rotate the page view?
38) Can we make larger artboards?
39) Do we have user-defined units of measure?
40) Can we select all unused layers?

Boy, I gotta tell ya, Mordy, that is some seriously strained logic.
To me, it's just the reality. A while back, I made the choice to use Illustrator. I don't use any other vector drawing program. Overall, for the type of work that I do, workflow is more important to me than anything else. If one could look at an app as an island, then yes, I might consider other apps, but that just isn't the case. This was also one of the driving forces behind my adoption of InDesign. Sure, on a feature-by-feature comparison, InDesign and Quark may still compete. But that competition is moot in my opinion, because I don't care nearly as much about individual features as I do about the overall workflow.
Back to Illustrator, from the "big picture" there are too many things that Illustrator can do that none of its competitors can do. Sure, break everything down to one feature here and one feature there, and you have the ability to say the Corel possess one thing here, FreeHand something here, Canvas yet another, etc. But again, at the end of the day, Illustrator has the toolset that affects my workflow. For example, being able to export a validated PDF/X-1a file is more important to me than an Eraser tool that distorts open paths. Being able to bring artwork reliably into Flash is more important to me than a ruler that can be repositioned to the bottom right of a page.
James, it's obvious from the discussions that we have had other years, that you and I do very different types of work. Sure, there's overlap -- but I don't do the kinds of technical drawing that you do, and while a project will come up here or there where I need to worry about how a plotter will interpret vector paths, that isn't the norm. So maybe my logic and your logic are on two trains, on two different tracks, going in two different directions.
To put it in perspective, the issue of not being able to slice paths correctly is somewhat of a nuisance to me. I totally get why such a feature would be important, though. But that issue is one I have to deal with from time to time. Bleed support is something that has been a huge pain over the years, considering how often I define art in Illustrator which I then place into InDesign. I have to slice paths 1 or 2 times a month. I have to place Illustrator art into InDesign several times a day.
At the end of the day, all I'm trying to say is, I know what tool I will be using each day. It will be Illustrator. That's my own decision. If AI has a shortcoming, I have to find a way to deal with it. That's the sad reality of it. I shell out enough cash to buy the Suite because overall, it is a total design solution. No other design company offers the tools that Adobe does in one package. Sure, I could decide to fill my hard drive with tons of other apps, but that's a decision I choose not to make. My work also must be compatible with others, and so using Adobe products, which are considered the standard in the industry, is par for the course. As is the support for accepted standards WITHIN Adobe products (CSS, PDF/X, etc.).
On my computer, I have 3 folders of apps. Apple apps, which are basically the iLife ones and my new fave, Keynote. Microsoft ones--Office of course. And Adobe apps--Master Collection. That's my choice (we all have that right). You can accuse me of being a lemming if you want. I've been called worse. But at the end of the day, for the most part, I am pretty happy with the toolset I've chosen to use.
:) Mordy

Large Canvas Sizes

I recently purchased a product called Roots Magic for an upcoming family re-union (Sep 13th). This program produces a Family Tree Wall Chart with a canvas size of 10.6" x 396.9" (1' x 33'), and growing. I have pictures within the chart so you can put a face to the name. I am trying to get some format that a local printer can produce a reasonably readable chart. The Roots Magic generated chart is great in format, quality and size of lettering.
I can only export it as a .EMF file as the other options cause RootsMagic to crash.
I can't use Adobe Illustrator, Design, or PDF (which are the preferred formats of the local printers) because their largest canvas size is 227". I tried importing partial EMF files, however, their print size was too small and I couldn't scale the objects without blowing the canvas limit again. Besides, genrating the tree and printing it in pieces, seems to alter the flow of the generations.
Adobe Photoshop has a larger canvas size, I think, however, it does not import EMF files.
I have most of the Adobe products, but I can't seem to find a way to produce something for local commercial printing. Muliple PDF pages, scaled to the same size, appears to be an alternative but I can't seem to find a way to produce this. RootsMagic does not have a lot of alternatives.
My options seem to be:
a) find some way to breadown the resulting object intio mutiple canvas sizes
b) buy my own printer/plotter.
To make matters worse, the chart is growing daily as I receive added updates.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Ian,
Realistically, the folks who come to mind who can output anything 33-feet long are the folks who would make large banner or perhaps some billboard and vehicle graphics stuff, and resolution is probably not going to be satisfactory. Also note, that a Dead Seas Scroll is awkward to handle unless you have a wall to unroll and tack it to. Also note that the graphic file size could exceed 1 GB.
>buy my own printer/plotter.
Forget about purchasing a printer that can handle this unless multiple pieces are acceptable. For example, an Epson 13" printer (figure spending several hundred dollars) can handle roll-cut printouts, but only up to 44" wide. But if you have to print out more than one or two sets, you're going to be spending a lot of time with this; and a lot of money on ink (and paper if you choose something better than the rather miserable, non-stable 28 lb or 32 lb inkjet bond). But then again, if you have a production house or printer output this for you, you may be spending $10-$12 or more per square foot.
>I can only export it as a .EMF file as the other options cause RootsMagic to crash.
Get tech support to figure it out, so that if multiple pages is a reasonable option, you can chop the art down and place each segment on a page of a page layout document, such as InDesign or QuarkXPress, if you can save to a compatible format, such as .pdf, .eps .tif or .jpg.
Neil

Cropping + Changing Canvas Size

Hello,
I have a problem (because I'm a beginner in Photoshop), and it's that when I crop and image and try to change the canvas size - I change the size because I'm using another type of paper - (and anchor the image to the top left), the image looks like the way it was before the crop. Is there another way to do this? Am I doing it wrong?
Thanks

Ok, so, what I did:
New File 4x6 (in Custom)
Drag & Drop the picture to Photoshop (making a new layer in top of layer 0 or background)
Select the crop tool and arrange the picture like you want it to be seen after cropping it
After I have the picture cropped, I want to print it in a 4x6 paper, but when I click File>Print, the paper says 8.5x11 (which is the standard format)
Because I want it to be printed in 4x6 paper (so it can be correctly printed) I go to Image>Canvas Size and set the width and height of the canvas (in this case 4x6)
When I do this, the canvas becomes large again, but the picture looks like the way it was before the crop.
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Photoshop CS6 1 File with Muliple Canvas Sizes

Hello
I would like to create layers with different Canvas sizes. on Photoshop
on 1 file have Muliple Canvas sizes
Is that possible ?

This forum is actually about the Cloud, not about using individual programs
For product specific questions you will do better in the specific product forum
If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says ALL FORUMS) to open the drop down list and scroll
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop

Fireworks Canvas Size Limitation

Anyone know if it's possible to remove firework's canvas size
limit? I have a friend who loves to use fireworks for graphics
design and he says that it has a canvas size limit of around 8ft,
but he likes to design really large images and doesn't want to
switch to another product. He contacted me because I do some
development, but I think this may be out of my league. He is
willing to pay for any help to this problem. Thanks.

jeremyhein wrote:
> Thanks again for all your responses. Yes, I do have a
stubborn
> friend, but I understand because I'm also very stubborn
which is why
> I write a lot of my own software.
I'm actually a very stubborn guy myself so I get that... but
I'm mostly
a pragmatist. One of the things I hate the most is wasting my
time, and
trying to use the wrong tool for a job like this is exactly
that... a
waste of time and ultimately, money. His stubbornness in this
matter is
probably hurting his bottom line as well as his client's.
I'd be curious to know what exactly he finds in Fireworks
that is so
compelling that he wants to use it above much more
appropriate tools.
Illustrator, InDesign or even FreeHand all have features that
would make
his job a lot easier than trying to do it in Fireworks.
Furthermore, the
assets he'd create in any of those apps would be much more
easily
re-usable in other mediums. Also, why isn't he posting in
this forum
himself?
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When using crop tool based on canvas size dimensions, the file size becomes very large

Can someone explain how to best figure out crop tool settings to maintain relative file size? I tried to use the image / canvas size information to set the crop tools dimensions, but the file saved is 10 times larger than the original.
Thanks!

What exact version of Photoshop? There were changes to the crop tool as of CS6, althoughy there's an option to use Classic (the old crop tool behaviour).
It wouldn't hurt to specify your platform (Mac or Win)…
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand, such as your platform (Mac or Win), exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop and of Bridge, machine specs, what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far, what error message(s) you receive, if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them, etc., someone may be able to help you better and faster.
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

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