: With Photoshop CS5, how do you retain original size of an image dropped as a file into an open document? If I'm working on a document in Photoshop and I want to drop in an image by dragging

@Pope1402555

To resolve this issue, I did the following:
Edit> image size
Select "Resample": Preserve Details

change "Resolution:" to 72 for both images ( I used 72, but as long as both images are the same here it should be fine)

hope this can help

...also, under view, I select "print size" to see the actual onscreen size
(for this to work, make sure Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers has the correct Screen Resolution for your screen (PPI based on horizontal pixels, vertical pixels and diagonal size of your screen...lookup Display PPI Calculator to figure it out)

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@Voss6371140

I think I found an answer to

"How can I drop in an image file into an open Photoshop document without it inserting it into the document at the incorrect size?"

Turn the following options OFF:



I recognize that this question is a couple years old, but if anyone else found that this worked for them, let me know (I did a few tweaks but I think this is the one that made it work for me)

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@Michele215

This is because of the difference in PPI between the image you are placing and the PPI of your document.

Here I've placed a 350 PPI image on a 72 PPI document:



But if I place the same image on a 350 PPI document (same pixel dimensions, compare the rulers of each document):



How you can fix this:

You can edit the PPI of your image. This is stored in the EXIF data. You can use a program like IrfanView (under Resolution in the Image Properties)



This method is probably more of a pain than it would be to open up the image in Photoshop then copy and paste it into your document, but I was not able to find a way to prevent Photoshop from behaving this way (perhaps someone else will prove me wrong!)



Image Credit: Jens Wilmer

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