Photoshop CS5 Wrongly Shrinks Image Size on Place

Question

At work we use Photoshop CS5. Old, I know, but that's what I have to work with. I'm on Windows 10.

Recently, when I place certain images Photoshop is automatically shrinking the image dimensions to around 1-2 inches. What on earth is going on?

I don't want this, and this behavior is undesirable. This article is the only relevant thing I've found in my search to solve this prior to posting:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/Photoshop/Wrong-image-size-when-placing/td-p/4487627

Here is an example of source image:

Now the result after placing:

After placing, the image has been automatically resized to around 1x2"

For comparison, below we can clearly see by dragging into InDesign that the original image width is almost 7 inches!

I tried the suggested

Edit > Preferences and uncheck "Resize Image During Place" and "Place or Drag Raster Images as Smart Objects". To no avail.

I don't think his issue is the same as mine, but it is close. But following the instructions (mentioned immediately above) that worked for him did not work for me.

Also, it may be useful to note that I keep getting this window popping up every time I place a jpg:

I did set this up (popping up the window) following instructions in a post about a month or so ago. The reason was because a certain jpeg files would throw an error and wouldn't open at all. I don't actually remember what settings I changed, but I'm wondering if that could have something to with this current issue? I don't see any sizing options here.

MY QUESTION:

What is the cause of this issue, why can't I find anyone online who's experienced the same thing, and what is the best solution to prevent Photoshop CS5 from auto-resizing/scaling my images?

Answer 1

I think what happens is that your Photoshop is configured to always open JPEG files in Camera Raw. Your Camera Raw is apparently configured to change the resolution of images to 240 ppi, so when you hit Open the resolution of your image changes from whatever it was to 240 ppi.

The image itself hasn't changed. It's still the exact same pixels, but since the resolution is set to a larger number, the assumed physical size will be lower than expected.

If you later place your images in a layout application and scale them to your desired size, having a wrong resolution shouldn't have any effect on image quality - it's just a setting.

To change this behavior:

• Press Ctrl / Cmd + K to enter Preferences.
• Under File handling, click the button called Camera Raw Preferences.

• Again choose File Handling and make sure that JPEG and TIFF Handling is set up to only open files with Camera raw which have Camera Raw settings associated, like this:

  

  I suspect that your JPEG setting was set up to Automatically Open All Supported JPEGs.

  If this doesn't help, try to avoid opening images with Camera Raw at all, like this:

  

Answer 2

Documents which vary in resolution (PPI) will show variations in sizes when moving things between them.

Ensure both documents are set to the same PPI.

In addition, you will want to uncheck Resize Images During Place in the Preferences (General).