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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 Boost your image-editing skills using the latest tools and techniques in Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566996
Length 410 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1 Photoshop Elements Features Overview 2. Chapter 2 Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3 The Basics of Image Editing 4. Chapter 4 Easy Creative Projects 5. Chapter 5 Advanced Techniques - Layers and Masking 6. Chapter 6 Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text 7. Chapter 7 Additional Tools and Features 8. Chapter 8 Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques 9. Chapter 9 Exporting the Finished Work 10. Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 11. Chapter 11 Feature Appendix 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Resampling

As we mentioned in the Cropping section, resampling is the process of adding or subtracting pixels to any file to make it larger or smaller.

Now, you might think, if this is the case, then your dreams of producing very high-resolution files have just been answered. But there's a catch. Resampling is a mathematical algorithm that can be used to upsample or downsample files effectively, provided that the original is of the highest quality.

In practice this means that if you try to resample a 1 Mp file so it can be printed as a poster, it's not going to look very sharp. But if you start with a lot more image data – let's say, a 24 Mp file – this can be resampled to 30, 40, or 50 Mp with almost no loss of quality. It could go as high as 200 Mp before it really looks soft.

Further sharpening after the resampling process will help to reverse the softening that adding extra pixels might create. Also, bear in mind the viewing distance. We...

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