AE is resizing my still image upon importing

[Walter Soyka]

[Len Wasson] “I’d just like it to come in the same size that I created it to be – 1500 x 880. “

This is absolutely what should be happening, without you having to do anything. Can you post some screenshots or the PSD file itself?

Walter Soyka
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[Richard Garabedain]

is your comp size bigger or smaller than 1500×1800

[Len Wasson]

Walter –

I haven’t been saving any of these since I have been creating a new one each time hoping one of them would work.

It’s just a standard PSD file on a transparent background, first I saved as a tiff, as noted, then I created another one and saved as a psd file, hoping that would work.

also creating new AE project files even – discarding the other ones as I read that AE will import image files the same way once one comes in.

first I tried with a filled block in PS, because it was easier to see then went ahead and did some test text – no go – nothing. It’s coming in a different size. I’m completely flummoxed. I’ve imported tons of images before, never worried about resizing them afterwards as they are usually oversize but I’ve not created my own before like this.

[Len Wasson]

Dave,

nothing unconventional at all – this is within the title/safe parameters – I’m simply making the text on a transparent background image to be used w/some motion grfx – usually I do the text in AE, trying something different this time.

as for the pixels – I assume these are square pixels – why wouldn’t they be? I haven’t changed anything.

I checked my preferences and don’t even see a place to change them.

[Len Wasson]

1920 x 1080

but that is completely irrelevant – and if you’d read my post it was pretty clearly stated the size of the image needed to be within title safe parameters which means it’s going to be smaller than the comp –

the point is when one drags an image onto a comp, it should be the size it was imported as – I’ve resized a zillion images to fit comps before that were oversized.

[Len Wasson]

that’s actually my next step but of course, I wanted to know if there was something else I should be doing.

I also just upgraded my os to el capo and ran all the ae updates but this is actually the first time I’ve started a project since then. I only finished the upgrade last week.

sigh…

[Richard Garabedain]

Have you checked your dpi? when you import are you importing as footage, composition or retain layer sizes..what version of photoshop and after effects are you using.

[Walter Soyka]

[Richard Garabedain] “Have you checked your dpi? when you import are you importing as footage, composition or retain layer sizes..what version of photoshop and after effects are you using.”

DPI shouldn’t matter. If you are importing as a composition with layer sizes retained as Richard suggests, then your text layer will be sized to its bounding box instead of the PSD dimensions. However, it will be positioned correctly in the comp that Ae creates.

Really, screen shots or files will help us help you!

Also, there are safety guides in Ae that you can use to do your layout work right there. Press the apostrophe key (‘) to toggle them.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Len Wasson]

I tried all various import options, nothing mattered, as noted.

[Len Wasson]

yes, you have to run the updates after upgrading else it won’t open