Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Points to Pixel -- Please help!

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Points to Pixel -- Please help!

blranger57

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

Can anyone here explain how to set up Photoshop CS to use pixels
instead of points in the character palette? Is this even possible with
photoshop? When I set the font size, I want it to be 10 px instead of
10 pt. I've looked around the Web and can't find instructions to do
this, although i've seen tuts advising to set photoshop up like this
when working with bitmap/pixel fonts.

thanks in advance!

iwasjoeking

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

I don't think that it is possible, because ultimately, the resolution
of the image will determine the pixel size of the font.

For example, if there were such a thing as 10px font, and you were
working with an image that has a resolution of 300 ppi (for print),
first off, you would not be able to see the text because it would be so
small, and it would no longer be 10 pixels if the user saved it for the
web at 72 ppi.

The font/pixel relationship, as far as I know is limited to the Web,
and Photoshop is not.

On Jan 14, 7:57 pm, "blranger57" <blrange...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can anyone here explain how to set up Photoshop CS to use pixels
> instead of points in the character palette? Is this even possible with
> photoshop? When I set the font size, I want it to be 10 px instead of
> 10 pt. I've looked around the Web and can't find instructions to do
> this, although i've seen tuts advising to set photoshop up like this
> when working with bitmap/pixel fonts.
>
> thanks in advance!

Andrew Morton

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

blranger57 wrote:
> Can anyone here explain how to set up Photoshop CS to use pixels
> instead of points in the character palette? Is this even possible
> with photoshop? When I set the font size, I want it to be 10 px
> instead of 10 pt. I've looked around the Web and can't find
> instructions to do this, although i've seen tuts advising to set
> photoshop up like this when working with bitmap/pixel fonts.

Set the document resolution to be 72ppi, then, as there are 72 points in an
inch, 1px=1pt.

Or type px as the unit when you type in the text size - Phoroshop will
convert it to the size in points.

Andrew

KatWoman

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

"Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:511mvcF1i16fjU1@mid.individual.net...
> blranger57 wrote:
>
> Set the document resolution to be 72ppi, then, as there are 72 points in
> an inch, 1px=1pt.
>
> Or type px as the unit when you type in the text size - Phoroshop will
> convert it to the size in points.
>
> Andrew

does that hold true for 96 ppi monitors or does 72 always give one inch?
or is it 96 to an inch on diff screens??

Andrew Morton

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

KatWoman wrote:
> "Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:511mvcF1i16fjU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> does that hold true for 96 ppi monitors or does 72 always give one
> inch? or is it 96 to an inch on diff screens??

Completely and utterly ignore the resolution of the monitor: it's the
document's resolution that is of concern because we want a certain number of
pixels. I don't think many people go to the effort of actually adjusting the
hsize and vsize of a monitor to match anything in particular; as long as the
pixels have the correct aspect ratio to avoid distorting the image, it
doesn't matter. It's too awkward to put a rule up to a monitor to measure
things with any sort of accuracy (better than about 1/8 inch).

As I wrote, there are 72 (computer, not typesetter's) points to an inch, so
if the document's resolution is also 72ppi, then each pixel will correspond
to one point, and vice versa.

Does that make sense?

Andrew

KatWoman

2007-01-27, 10:17 pm

"Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:513irgF1hsn6nU1@mid.individual.net...
> KatWoman wrote:
>
> Completely and utterly ignore the resolution of the monitor: it's the
> document's resolution that is of concern because we want a certain number
> of pixels. I don't think many people go to the effort of actually
> adjusting the hsize and vsize of a monitor to match anything in
> particular; as long as the pixels have the correct aspect ratio to avoid
> distorting the image, it doesn't matter. It's too awkward to put a rule up
> to a monitor to measure things with any sort of accuracy (better than
> about 1/8 inch).
>
> As I wrote, there are 72 (computer, not typesetter's) points to an inch,
> so if the document's resolution is also 72ppi, then each pixel will
> correspond to one point, and vice versa.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Andrew
yes it does thanks