May 25th, 2007

Add IAB Ad Sizes to Photoshop CS3 Defaults

Filed under Design on May 25th, 2007 by Chris Harrison
  1. Go to: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Required
  2. Open: Default New Doc Sizes.txt
  3. Add the following somewhere in the file:You can also do this in CS3. A few IAB ad sizes are actually included by default:
    ; Interactive Marketing Unit (IMU) ad formats, defined by the
; Interactive Advertising Bureau, <http://www.iab.net/>

"Medium Rectangle, 300 x 250"	300	 250	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Rectangle, 180 x 50"		180	  50	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Leaderboard, 728 x 90"		728	  90	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Wide Skyscraper, 160 x 600"	160	 600	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0

    You can replace those entries with this to get all of the default IAB ad sizes into Photoshop CS3:

    ; Interactive Marketing Unit (IMU) ad formats, defined by the
; Interactive Advertising Bureau, <http://www.iab.net/>

"Button 1, 120 x 90"		120	  90	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Button 2, 120 x 60"		120	  60	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Full Banner, 468 x 68"		468	  68	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Half Banner, 234 x 60"		234	  60	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Half Page Ad, 300 x 600"	300	 600	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Large Rectangle, 336 x 280"	336	 280	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Leaderboard, 728 x 90"		28	  90	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Medium Rectangle, 300 x 250"	300	 250	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Micro Bar, 88 x 31"		88	  31	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Rectangle, 180 x 150"		180	 150	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Skyscraper, 120 x 600"		120	 600	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Square Button, 125 x 125"	125	 125	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Square Pop-Up, 250 x 250"	250	 250	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Vertical Banner, 120 x 240"	120	 240	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Vertical Rectangle, 240 x 400"	240	 400	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"Wide Skyscraper, 160 x 600"	160	 600	pixels	screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
  4. Restart Photoshop CS3.
  5. The new IAB ad sizes will be available when you create a new document, and choose the Web preset.
October 2nd, 2006

Add IAB Ad Sizes to Photoshop CS2 Defaults

Filed under Design on October 2nd, 2006 by Chris Harrison

I’ve been working on banner ads for a client for several weeks now and found the following modification to Photoshop CS2 to be a HUGE timesaver. You can use this tip to create any sort of page size defaults, if you wish!Obviously, this tip is for the Windows version of Photoshop…

  1. Go to: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Required
  2. Open: Default New Doc Sizes.txt
  3. Add the following somewhere in the file:
    ; Standard IAB web banner sizes"Button 1"			120	90	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Button 2"			120	60	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Full Banner"			468	68	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Half Banner"			234	60	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Half Page Ad"			300	600	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Large Rectangle"		336	280	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Leaderboard"			728	90	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Medium Rectangle"		300	250	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Micro Bar"			88	31	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Rectangle"			180	150	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Skyscraper"			120	600	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Square Button"			125	125	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Square Pop-Up"			250	250	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Vertical Banner"		120	240	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Vertical Rectangle"		240	400	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"Wide Skyscraper"		160	600	pixels		screen dpi RGB 8 1.0"separator"
  4. Restart Photoshop CS2.

Now, when you want to create a new document, you’ll have all of the IAB standard sizes at your disposal.