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10. Press Option/Alt and click the
Reset button to restore the original
image dimensions in the dialog box.
In many Photoshop dialog boxes, pressing
the Option/Alt key changes the Cancel Pressing Option/Alt
button to Reset. You can click the Reset changes the Cancel
button to restore the original values that button to Reset.
existed when you opened the dialog box.

11. If necessary, choose Inches in the Width menu again.
If your dialog box opened showing the measurements as a percent, resetting the dialog
box restores those menus to their original settings as well. To show the image size in
specific units, you have to re-establish those choices.

12. Uncheck the Resample option at the bottom of the dialog box.

13. Change the Resolution field to 300 pixels/inch.
Resizing without resampling basically
means distributing the same number of
pixels over a different amount of physical When the Resample
space. When you resize an image without option is unchecked,
resampling, you do not change the these three fields are
number of pixels in the image. In fact, all linked.
those fields in the dialog box become
simple text; the fields are unavailable and
you cannot change the number of pixels
in the image.

You can see how changing one of the linked fields (Resolution) directly affects the
other linked fields (Width and Height). By resizing the image to be 300 ppi —
enough for commercial print quality — you now have an image that is 93 1 123.

14. Click OK to apply the change and return to the document window.
Note:
At the time of this
writing, a minor bug
The rulers change to in the software might
reflect the new prevent the rulers from
dimensions of the file.
showing the updated file
measurements.

Because you did not To solve this problem,
resample the image, open the ruler’s contex-
the screen display tual menu and change
does not change. the measurement units
to pixels, then repeat
the process to change the
units back to inches.

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