# Simple Photoshop Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 16, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524 "2009-01-16T01:45:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/1 "2009-01-16T01:45:08Z")

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I’ve been trying to find an answer to this question for about an hour now and can’t come up with anything so I turn to you all. I created a custom size document in Photoshop for a project I’m working on and I ran out of space on the page so I need to make it wider. Would I be able to do this? I’m running Adobe CS3 on a Mac if that makes any difference.

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**Author:** ![IAmNotSpartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/2 "2009-01-16T01:52:16Z")

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Image -\> Canvas size ?

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/3 "2009-01-16T01:53:42Z")

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I’ve got CS2, but it should be at the top of your page “Image”, scroll down and “Image Size”. You could also create a new layer in the size you want. I’m sure someone will be along with a more specific answer.

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**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/4 "2009-01-16T01:55:00Z")

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Wow question answered, thanks a lot you guys.

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/5 "2009-01-16T01:56:49Z")

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::Blows smoke off tip of gun barrel:: 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/6 "2009-01-16T03:02:59Z")

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Or you could go to your background layer and re-crop it to the correct size.

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**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/7 "2009-01-16T09:19:30Z")

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“Image Size” will also enlarge whatever work you already have on the page. “Canvas Size” will enlarge the document leaving your work the same size.

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/8 "2009-01-16T10:25:02Z")

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> [@chacoguy420](#):
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> ::Blows smoke off tip of gun barrel:: 🙂

Except you got it wrong.

It’s Canvas size. Image size just changes the, err, image size.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/9 "2009-01-16T12:47:01Z")

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> [@flood](#):
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> . . . I ran out of space on the page so I need to make it wider.

You need to add width to the “canvas” size, not the “image” size.

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-photoshop-question/481524/10 "2009-01-16T18:18:27Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> Except you got it wrong.
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> It’s Canvas size. Image size just changes the, err, image size.

D’oh!:smack: