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Understanding document size - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: The Basics
Understanding document size
- [Instructor] In Photoshop it's always good to know how your image is going to be displayed, because if you know this, then you'll know the dimensions of the document that you need to work with. In this video we're going to discuss the four most common ways to display your images: on screen, with half-tone printing, inkjet printing, and continuous tone. Then we'll be able to calculate the correct document size needed for each type of output. First let's talk about the dimensions of the document that will be displayed on a screen such as a monitor or a phone. What's most important in this scenario is the width and height of your document in pixels. All screens have a specific number of pixels so your document needs to have enough pixels to fill the portion of the screen where the image is going to be displayed. The resolution of the file doesn't matter because the device is going to map a single pixel in the document to…
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Understanding file formats8m 4s
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Color modes and bit depth8m 39s
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Understanding color space6m 55s
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Understanding document size6m 13s
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Using Image Size to change document dimensions5m 39s
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Multiple Undo and the History Panel4m 4s
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Saving documents5m 47s
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