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Downsampling for print - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Downsampling for print
In this exercise, I am going to show you how to downsample an image for print, which may sound crazy. After all this time spent with me telling you that you want to capture the image at the highest resolution afforded by your digital camera or scanner and keep those pixels in as good shape as possible, why would you downsample the image and throw a bunch of pixels away? Well, there's a few reasons to do it. One is that you're emailing the image to somebody else and you want them to see it on their screen. Well this is too big to email for one thing. Typically, you can't email things that are bigger than 10 megabytes and this is a very huge file, I think it's like 150 or something. Also, if you were to somehow successfully get it to them, then they are going to look at that image on their screen probably not in Photoshop, they probably don't own it and even if they did they don't really know how to use it let's say. So they're opening the image in some other program and most programs…
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Contents
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Welcome to Photoshop CS5 One-on-One1m 45s
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Making Photoshop your default image editor7m 43s
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Installing the DekeKeys keyboard shortcuts8m 10s
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Remapping Mac OS shortcuts7m 37s
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Installing the Best Workflow color settings4m 31s
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The color settings explained6m 54s
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Loading the CS5 color settings in Bridge3m 8s
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There is nothing you can't do2m 1s
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The power of Photoshop4m 43s
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Duplicating a layer4m 45s
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Liquifying an image4m 43s
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Adding a layer mask5m 54s
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Loading an alpha channel7m 42s
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Selecting with Color Range4m 10s
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Making a Hue/Saturation layer2m 53s
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Luminance blending7m 21s
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Mask density5m 9s
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Making a knockout layer4m 11s
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The best way to work41s
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Setting General preferences5m 33s
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Changing the pasteboard color5m 41s
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File handling, performance, and units7m 25s
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Touring the Photoshop interface11m 5s
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Creating and saving a workspace7m 16s
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Changing settings and updating the workspace6m 4s
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Resetting the preferences7m 33s
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The amazing Adobe Bridge1m 17s
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Making a new image5m 10s
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Opening an image7m 7s
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Opening and closing multiple images5m 24s
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Opening a problem image4m 23s
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Adding file information8m 37s
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Introducing Adobe Bridge7m 36s
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A whirlwind tour of Bridge7m 21s
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Adjusting the interface and thumbnails8m 18s
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Using the full-screen preview8m 5s
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Rotating images on their sides5m 38s
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Assigning star ratings and labels8m 40s
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Filtering thumbnails in the Contents panel9m 12s
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Moving, copying, and deleting files6m 34s
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Creating and assigning keywords6m 38s
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Searches and collections7m 2s
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Batch-exporting JPEG files8m 57s
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Batch-renaming7m 15s
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String substitution and regular expressions8m 50s
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Grouping images into stacks7m 20s
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Comparing images in Review mode5m 58s
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Playing images in a slideshow4m 49s
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Customizing and saving the workspace7m 17s
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Using Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS58m 36s
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Learning to swim inside an image37s
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The tabbed-window interface5m 19s
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Arranging image windows4m 26s
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Common ways to zoom5m 31s
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New zoom tricks in Photoshop CS54m 24s
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Hidden old-school zoom tricks4m 34s
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Scrolling and panning images4m 8s
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Viewing the image at print size6m 42s
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The Navigator and "bird's-eye" scrolling2m 55s
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Nudging the screen from the keyboard2m 39s
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Scroll wheel tricks3m 41s
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The Rotate View tool3m 36s
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Cycling between screen modes6m 17s
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Using the numerical zoom value6m 14s
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Imaging fundamentals58s
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What is image size?7m 45s
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The Image Size command5m 59s
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Selecting an interpolation option4m 56s
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Upsampling versus "real" pixels5m 22s
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The penalty of pixels5m 35s
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Print size and resolution7m 26s
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Downsampling for print6m 39s
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Downsampling for email7m 28s
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Options for upsampling8m 13s
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Better ways to make a big image6m 1s
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Making drab colors look better1m 20s
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Brightness and contrast4m 10s
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Adjusting numerical values4m 26s
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Introducing adjustment layers5m 17s
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Editing adjustment layers2m 51s
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Saving adjustment layers4m 35s
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Adding a quick layer mask4m 23s
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Introducing the Histogram4m 34s
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Working with the Histogram panel6m 27s
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Using Color Balance7m 18s
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Introducing the Variations command4m 50s
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Luminance and saturation controls3m 54s
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Fading a static adjustment3m 21s
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How hue and saturation work4m 28s
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Rotating hues and adjusting saturation6m 4s
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Creating a quick and dirty sepia tone4m 41s
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Adjusting hues selectively5m 32s
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The Target Adjustment tool4m 24s
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Photoshop CS5 Target Adjustment enhancements53s
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Adjusting the color of clothing8m 44s
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Enhancing a low-saturation image4m 23s
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Refining saturation with Vibrance5m 1s
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Photoshop versus the real world1m 21s
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Meet the selection tools10m 26s
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Marking the center of an image4m 9s
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Drawing a geometric selection outline4m 45s
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Blurring a selection outline with Feather6m 8s
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Copy and paste versus drag and drop5m 31s
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Creating a graduated selection4m 29s
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Aligning one image with another4m 45s
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Accessing the Move tool on the fly3m 34s
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Invert and Match Colors5m 4s
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Matching colors selectively3m 52s
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Feathering and filling a selection5m 14s
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Dressing up a composition with effects5m 34s
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The incredible image rotation trick2m 18s
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The Magic Wand tool4m 12s
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Tolerance and other options7m 7s
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Grow, Similar, and Inverse5m 39s
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Quick selection and the Magnetic Lasso7m 27s
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Evaluating a selection in Quick Mask8m 52s
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Saving and loading selections6m 14s
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Placing an image with a layer mask3m 22s
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Eliminating edge fringing7m 43s
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Brushing to correct56s
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How brushing works4m 52s
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Working with spacing7m 32s
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Changing size and hardness7m 45s
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The heads-up Color Picker7m 17s
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Flipping a mirror image3m 33s
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Setting the source for the History brush3m 42s
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Brightening details with the Dodge tool7m 49s
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Darkening details with the Burn tool3m 5s
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The Sponge tool4m 29s
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Backing off edits8m 4s
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Patching eye bags8m 57s
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Evening out flesh tones7m 23s
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Smoothing away whiskers7m 41s
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Reducing shadow noise7m
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How healing works4m 40s
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The enhanced Spot Healing brush4m 52s
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Using the better Healing brush4m 23s
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Introducing the Clone Source panel3m 49s
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Cloning from one layer to another5m 30s
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Working with multiple sources4m 44s
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The layered composition1m
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Making a new background layer6m 58s
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Working with "big layers"6m 24s
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Move, Duplicate, and Scale4m 11s
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Transforming a copy and repeat5m 15s
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Stacking order and eyedropping a layer5m 15s
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Adjusting multiple layers at once4m 22s
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Switching between layers4m 56s
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Making a digital star field5m 9s
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Blend mode and clipping mask4m 50s
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Dragging and dropping from your desktop4m 38s
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Black + Lens Flare = glow6m 16s
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Locking transparency5m 42s
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Adding gradient layers8m 12s
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Stacking an adjustment layer4m 12s
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Adding shadow and stroke6m 9s
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Outputting from Photoshop and Bridge1m 32s
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Printing an RGB composite5m 31s
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Customizing the subjective print file3m 15s
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Gauging print size5m 35s
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Scale, position, and page orientation5m 6s
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Three important printing curiosities4m 41s
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Introducing the Output options5m 34s
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Establishing a bleed5m 52s
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Using the Color Management options7m 21s
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Generating a PDF contact sheet6m 18s
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Creating a contact sheet template6m 8s
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Saving and opening a PDF contact sheet4m 18s
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Introducing the Web Gallery7m 53s
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Exporting and editing an HTML site3m 58s
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The Airtight Photocard site4m 56s
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Rules of the web1m 1s
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Introducing web graphics6m 59s
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A first look at Save for Web5m 47s
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Scaling a layered image versus a flat one7m 30s
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Incremental downsampling3m 1s
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Adding text, bar, and stroke4m 24s
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Assigning copyright and metadata6m 21s
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Comparing GIF, JPEG, and PNG4m 59s
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Determining the perfect JPEG settings6m 31s
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Saving metadata3m 52s
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Working with an unprofiled RGB image4m 35s
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Downsampling graphic art4m 49s
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Saving a GIF graphic6m 1s
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Antiquated GIF versus the better PNG4m 6s
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