Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:24 am Post subject: Question on Resolution...
Hi guys!
I've been wondering... Since resolution is such an important factor to whether a pic is sharp and clear, how is photoshop able to increase the resolution of the pic? From what I heard, the picture is broken down into more pixels when the resolution is increased. If so, how can it distort the pic?
I also have this senario which I'm facing now... Since it's rather confusing, I have broken it down into Steps...
Steps
1) Open picture A in photoshop
2) Transformed picture A smaller so that it is easier to work with (less lag)
3) I created some layers and merged all the layers together
4) Copy the merged layer into another Art piece in Photoshop
5) In the new Art piece, I transformed the merged layer back to the original size
As I transformed the merged layer back to the original size, will it become distorted? Or will the resolution remain around the same?
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject:
Hi there
This is a really big subject but just to make a few points that will help you.
If you're working with vector shapes then you can transform the size as much as you want without any kind of distortion.
If you're working with pixels (photographs, jpegs etc) then working the way you described will harm the clarity of your image.
Resolution is only important if you're printing a document, if you're not then just worry about the image size (amount of pixels). Always use and work with the highest resolution image you can lay your hands on, once finished you can downsample (decrease the amount of pixels in the image) to the correct size for your project. The more pixels you have to work with, the more effective the edits will be!
Hope this helps
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