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« on: July 18, 2009, 09:03:09 PM » |
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Anyway I downloaded cs4 and was trying to resize an image and cant quite get it to keep the same quality.. ill post the pic that I was trying to use as either internal and external.. I think the internal screen would work but external seems to squished.. let me know here it is...
Im trying to figure out how to modify the image in photoshop cs4.. I tried messing with the content scaling and I just cant figure it out, a little help and or tell me what works best for internal external?
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 09:23:59 PM » |
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What I usually do is open the image in photoshop, make a new document with the proper size and resolution. Drag the image from the original document to my new one. Then I transform the image by hitting ctrl T. And drag one of the corners till its the proper size.(make sure you hold the shift key so you wont lose any quality). May seem like allot of work but you will get the best quality this way. Just changing the dimensions will just stretch and skew your image. Which you may not notice sometimes, but others its very noticeable.
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 09:29:09 PM » |
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you could just change the canvas size and then do the drag with shift instead of openeing a new document
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2009, 09:31:50 PM » |
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I like to start with a fresh document myself. Allot of times an image is just really big but in low resolution. So I like to set my own res and size from the start. But mmb27 is right either way will work for you. The big thing to learn from this is to always hold the shift key when you resize.
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2009, 10:57:41 AM » |
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Ill be honest, I usually only learn something once I need to for instance, I never learned cs4 and now I want to resize some images.. So if its easier for you just to pm me some more formal instructions I don't mind that, other wise if you don't mind.
This is what I did.
I opened the original photo in photoshop I then went to file>new
Im confused what you meant by proper size resolution? I set the proper size meaning 800x480 but what do I put for resolution? color mode?how many bits? any other little settings I need?
Anyway I put 800x480 and rgb and put resolution to like 360(guy on one website said thats highest quality? idk
I then copied the original and pasted it but it only showed this tiny bit of the plane?
jet 1 is mine and I wont post your jet but you can compare, from what I saw its very very close..
edit* I got the 800x480, but I cant figure out the 480x800, help? hehe
So I held shift and I dragged the corners, do you just play with it till you have the right shape you want? or is there an easier way.. btw I did do ctrl T what does the transform do???
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2009, 03:54:02 PM » |
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You answered your own question about the resolution. I wouldnt set it so high. I usually go about 120 150 tops. And its not very easy to take a horizontal picture and make it vertical. You will either lose some of the picture or stretch it out. You pretty much just have to play with it. And transform just make the layer/image your working with a box into what you can change the size or angle that its at. You will learn that there is 10 different ways to do something in photoshop, its pretty much whatever your comfortable with.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2009, 04:15:22 PM » |
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Another way you could go about it is grab the crop tool and set your size in the fields that show just below the menu items. You don't necessarily need any more than 72dpi for the resolution. If you have the proper dimensions in pixels than the resolution will only make the file size larger. The only time you need to go above 72 is when printing. Also you'll get a much better result if you do some sharpening after you resize it. You can access that in the filters menu under sharpen>unsharp mask. It's hard to give you the exact settings to use, it kind of depends on the image. Just look at the preview and play with the sliders.
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2009, 05:09:25 PM » |
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If you have a huge file that lets say is 3000 x 5000 and set it to 72dpi and 800x 480 you will loose allot of quality. There are times you need to have the res a bit higher. But for smaller files your right 72dpi will work just fine.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2009, 06:12:06 PM » |
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If you have a huge file that lets say is 3000 x 5000 and set it to 72dpi and 800x 480 you will loose allot of quality. There are times you need to have the res a bit higher. But for smaller files your right 72dpi will work just fine.
I'm not sure what you mean by "quality". Of course you will lose "quality" if you decrease the resolution. And when I say "resolution" I mean the pixel size. My point was, when resizing an image for a screen which has a resolution of 800x480 the dpi is essentially irrelevant. It can't display more than 72dpi so a 800px x 480px @ 120dpi won't look any better on the screen than an image 800px x 480px @ 72dpi. I must say Adobe should have changed the word "resolution" to "dpi" in the image size box years and years ago. I think its rather misleading. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2009, 10:01:40 PM » |
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 and  For the record. This is achieved by opening a new document @ 480x800 (72dpi is fine.) Drag the original picture into. That should create a new layer in your layer pallet (bottom right). Make sure the new layer is selected then go to EDIT>TRANSFORM>SCALE/RESIZE. Hold shift while dragging one of the corner squares inwards to the center. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2009, 10:21:46 PM » |
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What I usually do is open the image in photoshop, make a new document with the proper size and resolution. Drag the image from the original document to my new one. Then I transform the image by hitting ctrl T. And drag one of the corners till its the proper size.(make sure you hold the shift key so you wont lose any quality). May seem like allot of work but you will get the best quality this way. Just changing the dimensions will just stretch and skew your image. Which you may not notice sometimes, but others its very noticeable.
For the record. This is achieved by opening a new document @ 480x800 (72dpi is fine.) Drag the original picture into. That should create a new layer in your layer pallet (bottom right). Make sure the new layer is selected then go to EDIT>TRANSFORM>SCALE/RESIZE. Hold shift while dragging one of the corner squares inwards to the center.
Thats kinda what I already said in different words. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2010, 09:25:48 AM » |
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Is this the same as just using Bitpim to create a wallpaper?
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2010, 09:19:07 PM » |
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what do you mean?
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2010, 11:29:55 AM » |
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Instead of going through all these steps in photoshop, Isn't it the same by going into bitpim, and making a wallpaper?
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2010, 09:44:28 PM » |
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why would you use bitpim to make a wallpaper? bitpim is to access the filesystem and add things like wallpapers not to make them.
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