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Week 10

1. Read Ch#13: Production Essentials

2. Assignment:
Resolution Grayscale

What is Resolution?
As it is used in desktop publishing, resolution refers to the dots of ink or electronic pixels that make up a picture whether it is printed on paper or displayed on-screen.

Resolution, scanning, and graphics size is a vast and often confusing topic, even for experienced designers. For those new to desktop publishing it can be overwhelming. Before you panic at the thought of what you don't know about resolution, focus on what you do know and some basic, easy to understand facts.

Eight Minute Guide to Image Resolution
THE best explanation of resolution I have seen!

 

Photoshop and Raster Images

 

 

 

 

 

How to Learn Photoshop Today!

Note: For this class, we will ONLY be using the few options listed below in Photoshop. Work through these tutorials before you attempt to work in Photoshop.

Photoshop Basic Tutorials
Read through and practice
Lesson 1: Navigating the Workspace
Lesson 2: Working with Documents
* Navigator Palette & Hand Tool
* New View & Duplicate
* Image Size & Resolution
* Image Size Dialog Box
* Resizing Practice [V5.x] [V6.x]
* Canvas Size
* Crop Tool
* Crop Tool Practice

Resizing Images in Photoshp CS6

Resizing Images vs Resampling Image in Photoshop CS6

 

Photoshop CS 6 Image Resizing and Resolution

 

Resizing Images