

This time you will see the height has also been expanded on the bottom part. If we select the canvas size again and we select the arrow sign to up and change the height of the canvas to 15 inches and select OK. Let’s keep that this way, no need to press Ctrl + Z for this instant. Canvas Size: width change from side Canvas Size: width change from side example

You will see that the left side of the canvas has been expanded only while the right side of the canvas remains the same. Let’s say for example change the width size to 12 inches and select OK. Now if we want to work on a particular side we can shift the arrow sign to the very left, as you can have expect this will only have effect on the right side of the canvas. Canvas Size: height change exampleĪgain press Ctrl + Z on your keyboard. For the time being we will be focusing on the canvas size only. If you have observed this only changes the canvas size but not the image size. You will notice the height of the canvas has also been changed. So, again if we go to Image and select Canvas Size and we change the height measurement to 10 inches and press OK. It’s better to go back to the previous state to see the changes we will be making. Now you can see the width has been expanded from both sides. Let’s just say we put here 16 inches in the space of width and click OK. Canvas Size Canvas size: width changeįrom this field we are able to change the dimension of our canvas size. Preparing the documentįrom here, go to Image and select Canvas Size. Now drag the image from your device to place it on the New Document and place enter. Click OK and you will be seeing a canvas here. Go to the menu bar- File and select New to create a document. Let’s see how they effect on an image in the following section.

If you want to reduce, expand, or change the resolution of an image, adjust the image size. So if you want to crop a section of an image or add more area to it, simply change the canvas size. Similarly, when you will decrease the image size it will reduce in size and in the process it will lose some detail. When you increase the size of an image it may appear larger and may look blurry if expanded too much. On the contrary, decreasing the canvas size will result in the image being cropped, meaning you will lose some of the image depending on where you crop it.Ĭonversely, when you modify the image size of an image, you change how larger or smaller the image is. This means that adding to the canvas size will add blank area around the image. When you alter the canvas size of an image, you either increase or decrease the amount of area of the image canvas. Canvas size and image size may sound similar but they modify the image in two different ways. In this tutorial we are going to look at the differences between the canvas size and the image size.
