100% view in Bridge and 100% in DPP ---?

[canoli]

Hi Guys!


I have a feeling I'm about to be embarrassed, but...


When I look at an image in Bridge (cs4) at 100%, it looks about twice as big as the same image at 100% in DPP.


Same monitor, same image...DPP's 100% view is about 1/2 the size of Bridge's 100% view.


For example - a pic of a duck in a pond - side view, so you see the left side of the duck as he's swimming across pond. The "Fit to Window" view is the same in both apps.


Now I go to 100% view and in Bridge the duck fills the screen, beak to tail - there's no pond visible on either side. But at 100% in DPP, the duck only fills half the monitor - plenty of pond on both sides.


Actually the 200% view in DPP is the same as the 100% view in Bridge. (or nearly the same)


Am I having a brain cramp here? Is this is a silly question or is something weird going on?


Thank you for taking the time to respond - I appreciate any thoughts you share.


-Richard (canoli)

[Madison]

Could be a difference in dpi treatment between programs? I'm just guessing here.

[Daniel Browning]

When I look at an image in Bridge (cs4) at 100%, it looks about twice as big as the same image at 100% in DPP.


I have Bridge CS4, and I've never really used it, but I will try to help. How exactly are you viewing the image? In the "content" or "preview" pane? Full screen preview? Review mode? Something else? And how are you selecting "100%"? Right click on full screen preview? Left click on the preview pane? Another method? Are you using the same monitor for both programs (if you have more than one monitor)?

[canoli]

Thanks Madison - for the suggestion. The only rez I see in DPP refers to its "Output Resolution," which I have set for printing. In Bridge I don't see anywhere to change it.


Daniel - the way I'm getting to 100% in Bridge is in the Essentials workspace, viewing content as Thumbnails. When you click a thumbnail and press the space bar you get a Fit to Screen preview, then you can click anywhere and get a 100% view. If the thumbnail hasn't been cached you'll get a little popup saying "loading 100% view."


I have 2 monitors, and the same thing happens on both. One is a 15" laptop, the other is a 24". so yes, same monitor for both previews. They're running at different resolutions - 1680x1050 and 1920x1200 - but of course that shouldn't matter (same image, same monitor).


I think maybe Madison must be on to something...though I can't believe
I'd somehow set one program to half the rez of the other.


Do you know how/where to set PPI in Bridge?


I'm on a Windows XP Pro machine btw.

[canoli]

doing a little more investigating...


it only seems to happen with the Bridge 100% Preview. In Bridge's Camera Raw or Photoshop's Camera Raw, the images appear identical to DPP.


So what the heck is going on with Bridge's Preview?

[canoli]

yes - it's definitely just the Bridge Preview. I'm getting a 200% preview when I click the Fit to Window - instead of a 100% view like it says...


weird. Naturally I'd like to fix it if possible.

[Daniel Browning]

Daniel - the way I'm getting to 100% in Bridge is in the Essentials workspace, viewing content as Thumbnails. When you click a thumbnail and press the space bar you get a Fit to Screen preview, then you can click anywhere and get a 100% view. If the thumbnail hasn't been cached you'll get a little popup saying "loading 100% view."


Thanks. I found the problem. When you click, Bridge does not go to "100%" every time. That is just the default, and you change the default any time you change the loupe magnification. Use the scroll wheel to change the loupe magnification.

[canoli]

Oh man - I can't believe it. How often have I wanted a closer view when I'm previewing in Bridge. Not a big fan of the loupe, can't remember the last time I used it. But I never thought to just scroll the mouse wheel!


Thank you Daniel.


As much as I love learning new things, this means I've been looking at 200% previews since...since I don't know when. ay caramba!


But that's greast functionality, something I will use every day. Awesome to know about it -


Thanks again!

[Daniel Browning]

You're welcome! It was my pleasure to help.