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Resolution - Photoshop Tutorial

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Resolution

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Every print designer has to be familiar with image resolution because this is one of the most important limiting factors when it comes to deciding the size and the quality of a print and essentially what it means is that how much detail an image can hold. When we refer to higher resolution images it means that there is more detail in them compared to low resolution images and it's important to differentiate already in the beginning that when it comes to digital images we divide them into two main categories. Pixel or roster images and photographs will also fall in this category and vector graphics which most of the time would be illustration or type. Now generally in graphic design projects you would be using a combination of pixel images and vector graphics but the weakest link in terms of resolution and print quality will always be pixel, roster or sometimes also referred to as bitmap images. To better understand the difference between pixels and rosters here is a very close-up look…

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