Category Archive: Fundamental Concepts

May
31
2011

Create Your Perfect Workspace

Click to view example workspace

Versions CS4 and later of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign all use a standardized user interface that allows users to customize the visibility and arrangement of panels. This panel arrangement is referred to as your workspace. These 3 products also allow you to save multiple workspaces for different purposes. A well organized workspace will help you …

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Apr
07
2011

Raster Image Size: Of Megapixels, Resolution, & Inches

CS Fundamentals: Resolution Excerpt 2

Another 8-week session of my Photoshop Tools class at PNCA started last week. As I taught the first session it occurred to me that many of my past and present students could benefit from an article on image size and resolution. The concepts of image size and resolution are often misunderstood. In order to even …

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