johnnytsunami
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Location: Oregon U.S.A.
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: Resizing using Smart Objects in CS3 |
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Hello-
I'm going through several books on CS3 and I find myself getting confused at times on when to exactly use some of the utilities they are describing. Topic now is Smart Objects & Resizing photo. For instance, the photo file I'm looking at now is described as a 15in by 10in file in the Info Panel. If I'm going to be printing to 4x6 photo paper should I use Smart Objects to downsize this image or does Photoshop print utility automatically do this without affecting the original file quality? If that's the case, then when exactly are Smart Objects even needed?
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Matt
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Hi johnnytsunami,
Before you downsize the 15x10 inch image for printing I'd suggest you make sure the file is at a good resolution. You can display resolution either by switching the option on to display it in the info palette (via the palette options from the wing menu) or by going to the image size dialogue box (Image > Image Size). You'll want a resolution of around 300ppi for printing a continuous tone photograph.
If you do have to downsample it then converting it to a smart object first is good working practice. I'd always amend the size of the image at the end of my workflow though, after applying all the colour and tone adjustments etc.
Even though changing the image size is a good use for smart objects, there's plenty of others. The application of non-destructive filters is a big one in CS3, as well as smart object duplication where you can have multiple instances of a single smart object in a document, giving you more efficient ways to edit the lot, should the need arise, by just editing the original smart object. You can also open other Adobe files in Photoshop as smart objects and retain the ability to edit them in their host application with the changes being updated dynamically inside the Photoshop file.
Hope this helps
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