Pixel aspect ratio

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MargaretSmith
Nov 7, 2008
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I’m running Photoshop CS2 (9) on XP pro. I have a bunch of tiffs made from scans of 36" x 48" documents. They all are coming in with a strange distortion. A box pops up: "Pixel aspect ration correction is for preview purposes only. Turn it off for maximum image quality." I know how to turn it off, but I cannot afford the time to save 144 huge files. Can this default be reset? To reset this default to "square", I have tried everything short of deleting pixel aspect ratios. I never want anything but "square". What will it hurt to delete pixel aspect ratios? Is there a way to turn this off for good?
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Chris_Cox
Nov 7, 2008
Sounds like your scanning software saved the images with a FAX setting for 1:2 aspect ratio, even though they don’t have that aspect.
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MargaretSmith
Nov 10, 2008
Thank you for your reply. Would the image be 1:2 even though the image reverts to normal when I uncheck "pixel aspect ratio correction" in the view menu? How would I check this? The computer I’m using doesn’t seem to have Paint installed.
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Chris_Cox
Nov 11, 2008
Again, your scanning software says it is 1:2 even though the data is normal.

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