Super Ginormous

Day: May 25, 2007

  • Add IAB Ad Sizes to Photoshop CS3 Defaults

    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.

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