Optimizing Your Screen Captures in PhotoShop
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Step 1Open PhotoShop by selecting Start - All Programs - Adobe Photoshop 7.0 |
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Step 2Open the file you want to resize and save for the web by selecting File - Open option. |
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Step 3Go to Help on the menu bar and choose Resize image... |
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Step 4Choose the Online option. Click on the Next button. |
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Step 5Adjust the size to your needs*. Note that if you anticipate that users will be printing out your web page, the widest setting is 535 pixels to capture the page correctly. Keep this in mind as you are sizing your graphic. Click on the Next button. Click on the Finish button. |
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Step 6If necessary, to increase clarity, select Filter - Sharpen - Unsharp Mask. When satisfied with the results, choose OK. |
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* Note: For best results never reduce your graphic by more than 50%. If you find that your graphic needs to be reduced more than 50 % your best option is to reduce it in steps. This means that you first reduce it by 50%, perform the Unsharp Mask function and save as a new graphic. Then reduce the modified graphic again by an additional percentage to get it down to the preferred size, re-apply the Unsharp Mask and re-save it. |







