Mystery: Jpg explodes in size when placed. Why?

This has never happened to me before and has be totally baffled.
I have a jpg about 1000px x 800px and I've been trying to 'place' it into an Illustrator CS3 doc set at 11 x 8.5 inches.
When I do the jpg increases/transforms to mammoth proportions ....around 14,000 px by 9000px.
The same image opens fine in Photoshop and image size indicates the workable size 1000 x 800px.
What the heck! Anybody know what is going on?

Open the jpg in photoshop >> Image >> image size (uncheck Resample Image) and change the resolution to 300 (is 5 in this example).

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When I try to place a picture in photoshop CS6 either from drag&drop in the application window or from the place command, my image gets automatically resized based on the resolution (pixels per inch) of my document.
Example:
I create a new blank document, 1000*1000px @ 300ppi.
I have another image that I want to place in the document and this image measures 500*500px @ 100ppi.
I then go to File->Place and the image that appears is way too big. In the Info panel, it says that the image is 1500x1500 and the transform settings at the top indicate that the image hasen't been scaled because both width and height are at 100%
If I cahnge my document resolution (no resample) to 100ppi, the image has the right size when I place it.
So my question is: Is this normal? Because it has never done that with past versions of Photoshop. If it is normal, is there a way I can change this because placing an image based on it's physical (printed) size makes absolutely no sense. 1 pixel = 1 pixel.
Thank you for your help

Once you understand how Photoshop works you can batch some some things you create some actions for. Size is difficult to deal with in actions and often you will have problems dealing with aspect ratios and image orientation.
To automate a process well scripting is more powerful then actions for you can use logic to solve problem area involving sizing, orientation, aspect ratios and positioning. You can size an image to cover an area then mask off any excess to virtually crop the image to the areas aspect ratio. If you download my Photoshop Photo Collage Toolkit there are script that create composite that can deal with any size image.
One script PasteImageRoll.jsx can past selected images into a document to be print on roll paper. Images will be tiled into the document some images may be rotated for a better fit for the tiles aspect ratio. Image will be resized to fill the tile area and masked to virtually make a center crop of the images. Other scripts will place in images file into collage template as smart object layers. Smart object images layers will be scaled to fit the various templates images areas position over the area and masked to the area. Link Documentation and Examples for the toolkit and Link Paste Image Roll Script Information
Scripting is very powerful you can even open image off the web using its URL even stack all the image on a web page using its url
OpenImageFromWeb.jsx
// OpenImageFromWeb.jsx
// Copyright 2006-2009
// Written by Jeffrey Tranberry
// Photoshop for Geeks Version 3.0
// modified by MLH
// modified by JJMACK 2010
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/OpenImageFromWeb/About=JJMack's OpenImageFromWeb.^r^rCopyright 2010 Mouseprints.^r^rJJMack's Script.^rOpen Image From Web as a Placed smart object layer!</about>
<category>JJMack's Script</category>
</javascriptresource>
Description:
This sample script shows how to download images from a web server using the
Socket object.
// Note: Socket.read() parameter & behavior
// Socket.read() will read or time out. It may not read all data fromserver. <---------------
// Socket.read(999999) will read 999999 bytes, or timeout, or socket will be
// closed by the server.
// enable double clicking from the
// Macintosh Finder or the Windows Explorer
#target photoshop
// Make Photoshop the frontmost application
app.bringToFront();
// SETUP
var html = "";
var request = "";
var url = "";
var binary = "";
var requesthtml = "";
var socket = new Socket;
var domain = "www.mouseprints.net" // the domain for the file we want
var sImg = "/old/dpr/JJMack8btiSrgb.png"; // the rest of the url for the file we want
var port = ":80"; // the port for the file we want
// MAIN
var url = prompt("Enter the image's full URL http://domain/full image path",url);   // prompt for domain name
if (url != null && url != ""){
          if ( (url.indexOf("http://") != -1) || (url.indexOf("HTTP://") != -1) ) {
                    domainPathLength = url.length - "http://".length;
                    domainPath = url.substr(7, domainPathLength);
                    pathOffset = domainPath.indexOf("/");
                    domain = domainPath.substr(0, pathOffset);
                    sImg = domainPath.substr(pathOffset, domainPath.length - pathOffset );
                    // Isolate Image name
                    var Name = sImg
                    var imagePath = "";
                    while (Name.indexOf("/") != -1 ) {                                        // Strip Path
                              imagePath= imagePath + Name.substr(0, Name.indexOf("/") + 1);
                              Name = Name.substr(Name.indexOf("/") + 1 ,);
                    //alert("domain = " + domain + " , Image = " + sImg + " Image File Name = " + Name);
                    if ( domain != "" && sImg != "" && sImg != "/" && Name.indexOf(".") != -1 ) {
                              var f = File("~/" + Name); // Image file name
                              f.encoding = "binary"; // set binary mode
                              f.open("w");
                              if (socket.open(domain + port, "binary")){
                                        //alert("GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n");
                                        requesthtml ="\n\nDmain:" + domain + " Port" + port + " binary\n"
                                        request ="GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n"
                                        socket.write(request); // get the file
                                        var binary = socket.read(99999999);
                                        binary = removeHeaders(binary);
                                        f.write(binary);
                                        socket.close();
                              else { alert("Connection to Domain:" + domain + " Port" + port + " Failed   ");}
                              f.close();
                              if (binary.length != 0) {
                                        //alert ("file length = " + binary.length );
                                        if(app.documents.length == 0) {
                                                  //app.documents.add([width] [, height] [, resolution] [, name] [, mode] [, initialFill] [,pixelAspectRatio] [, bitsPerChannel] [,colorProfileName])
                                                  app.documents.add(new UnitValue(1600,'px'), new UnitValue(1200,'px'), 72, null, NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.WHITE, 1,BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT, "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" );
                                        placeSmartObject( f );
                              f.remove(); // Remove temporary downloaded files
                    else { alert("Invalid Image URL: " + url ); }
          else { alert("Invalid URL: " + url ); }
else { if ( url == "" ) alert("No URL Entered"); }
// FUNCTIONS
function placeSmartObject(fileRef){
          //create a new smart object layer using a file
          try {
                    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
                              desc.putPath( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), new File( fileRef ) );
                              desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" ), charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" ),charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" ));
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" ),charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Angl" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" ), 0 );
                              desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Lnkd" ), true );
                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Plc " ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
                    activeDocument.activeLayer.resize(100 ,100,AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
                    activeDocument.revealAll();
          } catch (e) { alert("Placeing file: '" + fileRef + "' failed"); }
// Remove header lines from HTTP response
function removeHeaders(binary){
          var bContinue = true ; // flag for finding end of header
          var line = "";
          var httpheader = "";
          var nFirst = 0;
          var count = 0;
          while (bContinue) {
                    line = getLine(binary) ; // each header line
                    httpheader = httpheader + line;
                    bContinue = line.length >= 2 ; // blank header == end of header
                    nFirst = line.length + 1 ;
                    binary = binary.substr(nFirst) ;
          if (httpheader.indexOf("Bad Request") != -1 || httpheader.indexOf("Not Found") != -1) {
                    alert (requesthtml + request + httpheader);
                    var binary = "";
          //alert (requesthtml + request + httpheader + "\nFile length = " + binary.length);
          return binary;
// Get a response line from the HTML
function getLine(html){
          var line = "" ;
          for (var i = 0; html.charCodeAt(i) != 10; i++){ // finding line end
                    line += html[i] ;
          return line ;
StackWebPageImages.jsx
// Copyright 2007. Adobe Systems, Incorporated. All rights reserved.
// This script demonstrates how to download images from a web server using the Socket object.
// Adobe's Socket.jsx Photoshop sample javascript
// modified by JJMACK 2011
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/StackWebPageImages/About=JJMack's StackWebPageImages.^r^rCopyright 2011 Mouseprints.^r^rJJMack's Script.^rPlaces Images used in a Web page as smart object layers in stack in a new document!^rOnly images embedded coded with path relative to the domains root will be Placed though.^rImages that fail to be placed may be Placed into the document using your browser right click to copy image URL.^rThen paste that URL into the OpenImageFromWeb script URL input field. </about>
<category>JJMack's Script</category>
</javascriptresource>
// Note: Socket.read() parameter & behavior
// Socket.read() will read or time out. It may not read all data from server.
// Socket.read(999999) will read 999999 bytes, or timeout, or socket will be
// closed by the server.
// Settings
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront(); // bring top
//if("en_US" == $.locale) { // display only US build
//          alert("This sample script shows how to download images from a web server using the Socket object.");
// Remove header lines from HTTP response
function removeHeaders(binary)
          var bContinue = true ; // flag for finding end of header
          var line = "";
          var nFirst = 0;
          var count = 0;
          while (bContinue) {
                    line = getLine(binary) ; // each header line
                    bContinue = line.length >= 2 ; // blank header == end of header
                    nFirst = line.length + 1 ;
                    binary = binary.substr(nFirst) ;
          return binary;
// Get a response line from the HTML
function getLine(html)
          var line = "" ;
          for (var i = 0; html.charCodeAt(i) != 10; i++){ // finding line end
                    line += html[i] ;
          return line ;
var socket = new Socket;
var port = "80";
var html = "";
//if (socket.open("www.adobe.com:80")){
//          socket.write("GET /index.html HTTP/1.0\n\n");
//          html = socket.read(9999999);
//          socket.close();
var url = "";
var url = prompt("Enter the Web page full URL the images are in like http://domain/index.html",url);   // prompt web page
if (url != null && url != ""){
          if ( (url.indexOf("http://") != -1) || (url.indexOf("HTTP://") != -1) ) {
                    domainPathLength = url.length - "http://".length;
                    domainPath = url.substr(7, domainPathLength);
                    if ( domainPath.indexOf("/") != -1 ) {
                              pathOffset = domainPath.indexOf("/");
                              domain = domainPath.substr(0, pathOffset);
                              wPage= domainPath.substr(pathOffset, domainPath.length - pathOffset );
                    else {
                              domain = domainPath;
                                wPage = "/";
                    // Isolate Page name
                    var pName= wPage;
                    var pagePath = "";
                    while (pName.indexOf("/") != -1 ) {
                              pagePath= pagePath + pName.substr(0, pName.indexOf("/") + 1);
                              pName = pName.substr(pName.indexOf("/") + 1 ,);
                    //if (socket.open("www.adobe.com:80")){
                    if (socket.open(domain +":" + port)){
                              //alert("GET page = " + wPage + " HTTP/1.0\n\n");
                              socket.write("GET " + wPage + " HTTP/1.0\n\n");
                              html = socket.read(9999999);
                              socket.close();
                              //var aImg = html.match(/src=\"\/images\/(.*?)\"/g);                    // src="/images/~~~"
                              //var aImg = html.match(/img src=\"(.*?)\"/g);                              // img src="~~~"
                              //var aImg = html.match(/img src=\"(.*?)[\"?]/g);                    // img src=["|?]~~~"
                              //var aImg = html.match(/img (.*?)src=\"(.*?)[\"?]/g);                    // img ~~~src="~~~"
                              var aImg = html.match(/<img (.*?)src=\"(.*?)\"/g);                    // <img ~~~src="~~~"
                              //var aImg = html.match(/<img (.*?)src=\"(.*?)[\"?]/g);                    // <img ~~~src=["|?]~~~"
                              //alert("Image List\n" + aImg);
                              if (null != aImg) { // parsed image tags
                                        //app.documents.add([width] [, height] [, resolution] [, name] [, mode] [, initialFill] [,pixelAspectRatio] [, bitsPerChannel] [,colorProfileName])
                                        app.documents.add(new UnitValue(1600,'px'), new UnitValue(1200,'px'), 72, null, NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.WHITE, 1,BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT, "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" );
                                        for (var i=0; i < aImg.length; i++) {
                                                  var str = aImg[i];
                                                  imageNo=i+1;
                                                  //var sImg = str.substring(5, str.length-1); // remove "src=" & ["]
                                                  //var sImg = str.substring(9, str.length-1); // remove "img src=" & ["]
                                                  var sImg = str.substring(str.indexOf('src="')+5, str.length-1); // remove "<img ... src=" & ["]
                                                  try{
                                                            if (sImg.substring(0,7) == "http://" || sImg.substring(0,7) == "HTTP://") { placeWebImage(imageNo, sImg); } // redirect image
                                                            else {
                                                                      if (sImg.substring(0,1) != "/" ) { sImg = pagePath + sImg ; }                               // image is relative to web page path
                                                                      //else { sImg = sImg.substr(1, sImg.length - 1) ; sImg = pagePath + sImg; }          // aways include web page path bad idea
                                                                      // Isolate Image name
                                                                      var Name = sImg;
                                                                      var imagePath = "";
                                                                      while (Name.indexOf("/") != -1 ) {                                        // Strip Path
                                                                                imagePath= imagePath + Name.substr(0, Name.indexOf("/") + 1);
                                                                                Name= Name.substr(Name.indexOf("/") + 1 ,);
                                                                      Name= imageNo + " " + Name;
                                                                      //var f = File("~/socket_sample_" + i + sImg.substr(sImg.length-4)); // 4 = .gif or .jpg
                                                                      var f = File("~/" + Name ); // Temp File name
                                                                      f.encoding = "binary"; // set binary mode
                                                                      f.open("w");
                                                                      //if (socket.open("www.adobe.com:80", "binary")){
                                                                      if (socket.open(domain +":" + port, "binary")){
                                                                                socket.write("GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n"); // Adobe's site image link starts with "/"
                                                                                var binary = socket.read(9999999);
                                                                                binary = removeHeaders(binary);
                                                                                f.write(binary);
                                                                                socket.close();
                                                                      else { alert("Socket Open " + domain + ":" + port + ", binary Failed"); }
                                                                      f.close();
                                                                      //app.open(f); // Open files in Photoshop
                                                                      placeSmartObject( f );
                                                                      f.remove(); // Remove temporary downloaded files
                                                  catch(e){
                                        alert("Number of images found in page = " + imageNo );
                              else { alert("No images found for " + url); }
                    else { alert("Connection to Domain:" + domain + " Port " + port + " Failed   ");}
          else { alert("Invalid URL: " + url ); }
else { if (url == "") alert("No URL Entered"); }
// FUNCTIONS
function placeSmartObject(fileRef){
          //create a new smart object layer using a file
          try {
                    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
                              desc.putPath( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), new File( fileRef ) );
                              desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" ), charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" ),charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" ));
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" ),charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );
                              desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Angl" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" ), 0 );
                              desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Lnkd" ), true );
                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Plc " ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
                    activeDocument.activeLayer.resize(100 ,100,AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
                    activeDocument.revealAll();
          } catch (e) { }
function placeWebImage(num, url){
          var socket = new Socket;
          domainPathLength = url.length - "http://".length;
          domainPath = url.substr(7, domainPathLength);
          pathOffset = domainPath.indexOf("/");
          domain = domainPath.substr(0, pathOffset);
          sImg = domainPath.substr(pathOffset, domainPath.length - pathOffset );
          // Isolate Image name
          var Name = sImg
          var imagePath = "";
          while (Name.indexOf("/") != -1 ) {                                        // Strip Path
                    imagePath= imagePath + Name.substr(0, Name.indexOf("/") + 1);
                    Name = Name.substr(Name.indexOf("/") + 1 ,);
          Name= num + "R " + Name;
          //alert("domain = " + domain + " , Image = " + sImg + " Image File Name = " + Name);
          if ( domain != "" && sImg != "" && sImg != "/" && Name.indexOf(".") != -1 ) {
                    var f = File("~/" + Name); // Image file name
                    f.encoding = "binary"; // set binary mode
                    f.open("w");
                    if (socket.open(domain +":" + port, "binary")){
                              //alert("socket.write GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n");
                              //socket.write("GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n");           // did not work
                              socket.write("GET " + url +" HTTP/1.0\n\n");                    // use url to this server works
                              var binary = socket.read(9999999);
                              binary = removeHeaders(binary);
                              f.write(binary);
                              socket.close();
                    //else { alert("Connection to Domain:" + domain + " Port" + port + " Failed   ");}
                    f.close();
                    placeSmartObject( f );
                    f.remove(); // Remove temporary downloaded files
          //else { alert("Invalid Image URL: " + url ); }

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I am experiencing a really odd problem when placing images, and it only recently (within the last two weeks perhaps?) has developed. I do ebook production for a publisher. I have an InDesign template (INDD file really, but "blank" and ready to be filled in, and as such I refer to it as a "template") that I use, and the cover for the book goes on the first page. The document is set to pixels as the ruler measurement, and the pages are 650 pixels wide by 800 pixels tall. The margins are all set at zero. The cover images are sent to me as JPEGs and always have the same size: 72dpi setting and 500 pixels wide by 750 pixels tall. This is chosen to be about the size of the full screen on most ereaders, or close enough to be so.
So when working on a new book, I put my cursor in the blank line that is set up to take the cover as an inline image. I do control-D to place, select the file, and hit enter. This SHOULD place an image at that location that is 500 pixels wide and 750 pixels tall when looking at the InDesign page rulers. Instead, InDesign insists on placing this image at 50% scaling, so that it is only 250 pixels wide by 375 pixels tall. And in the link info panel, it shows the actual PPI as 72 and the effective PPI as 144. It does this no matter how many preference changes I try (including the ones under file handling and the import setting options).
The strangest part is that if the file is just a tiny bit different than 500x750 @72dpi, then there is no problem. For example, if I open the JPEG in Photoshop and change the image settings to 500x750 @73dpi, then InDesign places it at 100% scale like I want. If I change the image to 499x749 @72dpi it also gets placed in InDesign at 100% scaling. I've tried this with various new INDD documents with settings in pixels, inches, or picas as the ruler amounts, and with different page or margin sizes (just in case the problem is with my template). I get the same result no matter what.
It appears that InDesign somehow thinks that any image that is exactly 500x750 @72dpi should be scaled at 50% when placing it into an InDesign file. Has anyone else run across this? Is it a bug or something I'm doing wrong? I've been doing this exact procedure for over a year, first with CS5 and now CS6, and I've never had this happen until just recently. I suppose it COULD be an accidental change in settings or preferences. But if it is, I cannot figure out how to change it back.
UPDATE: I installed the 8.0.1 update and it did not resolve the issue. I also tried more image options. It looks like this scaling to 50% upon placing ONLY happens when all three attributes match this: 500x750@72dpi. All of the following modifications to the exact same image placed in the exact same spot in the exact same document resolved the issue:
501x750@72dpi
499x750@72dpi
500x751@72dpi
500x749@72dpi
500x750@71dpi
500x750@73dpi
But of course, I don't want to have to modify every cover image I'm sent in order to prevent this scaling issue.

I just tried this and got the same results (CS6, 8.0.1, on WinXP SP3). One other tidbit: the same 500px × 750 px @ 72ppi image saved as TIFF instead of JPEG worked correctly (at least for me). I haven't tried any other image formats yet.
This sounds like a good candidate for an official bug report: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
-Bill

Bug: Front Panel objects relative position change when placing merge VI onto Block Diagram

I've posted a bug report on LAVA, here:
http://forums.lavag.org/Front-Panel-objects-relative-position-change-when-placing-merge-VI-onto-Bloc...
If someone at NI can reproduce, can I please get a CAR #?
Thanks,
-Jim
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Donovan B wrote:
Hi Jim,
After my previous post, I also saw this behavior, so I decided to do another test. If there are no decorations in the VI set to “Merge VI” (“Place VI Contents” for LabVIEW 8.5 and later) the controls and indicators are still not selected when dropping the VI from the Functions palette. I checked this behavior back to LabVIEW 7.1 and it is consistent throughout that controls and indicators are not selected. (Consequently, so is the fact that when decorations are present they don’t maintain the relative position).
I am not sure if this would be better suited as a CAR or product suggestion since it has been this way that long, but it does not appear to be related to the fact that decorations are present in the Merge VI. It does seem strange that the decorations are selected though. Looks like the best way to work around this is to drop the VI from the Controls palette. Hopefully, it’s not too much of a hassle.
Hi Donovan,
Thanks for checking in.
> I checked this behavior back to LabVIEW 7.1 and it
is consistent throughout that controls and indicators are not
selected. (Consequently, so is the fact that when decorations are
present they don’t maintain the relative position).
This just means that not many people use this feature. However, now that VIPM Professional makes it so easy to edit the palettes, I'm sure that others will start complaining that this doesn't work as they expect.
> I am not sure if this would be better suited as a CAR or product suggestion
since it has been this way that long, but it does not appear to be
related to the fact that decorations are present in the Merge VI.
Just look up the functional specifications for this feature and see if all objects are supposed to be selected.
But seriously, is there a reason that only the FP decorations are selected? Surely this would be documented somewhere, if there was a good reason for this current (IMO, buggy) behavior.
> It
does seem strange that the decorations are selected though. Looks like
the best way to work around this is to drop the VI from the Controls
palette. Hopefully, it’s not too much of a hassle.
That's not a reasonably work-around, IMO. It doesn't make sense to drop Block Diagram components onto the Front Panel. For example, this bug affects the JKI State Machine. It doesn't make sense to drop a State Machine onto the Front Panel.
So, I'd file it as a CAR/bug, and then wait to see how LV R&D feels about it. If they can find some valid reason for why Controls and Indicators shouldn't be selected, then that's fine (and hopefully someone will explain it to me).
Thanks,
-Jim

File size when doing ftp via proxy

Hi ALL,
I can not see file size when doing ftp download through proxy.
Why?

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