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How To Properly Resize Your Images For The Web With Photoshop CC

One of the most extraordinary abilities that a good photographer need is editing. Photographs might not always turn out to be perfect. Sometimes they’re not even great. However, this should never be a good enough reason, just to discard them, as these can be resized and edited to improve their quality. Essential functions that you should know

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Those looking to modify a photo in order to post it on the internet should, however, know their way around Photoshop. There are a few basic functions that anyone can use to (or "intending to") resize a photograph so that it can be used for various online purposes:

1. Ctrl+Alt+I

This is the dedicated shortcut for the Photoshop image resize command. Simply load up the photo and hit the shortcut. You will then be presented with a menu that will allow you to set the image size.

2. Know your measurements

After hitting the shortcut and selecting the image resize command, you will be presented with a screen where you will be able to input Width, Height, and Resolution. The first two refer to the actual dimensions of the output photograph, while Resolutions relates to a number of pixels per inch. Mostly, it refers to how accurate it will be.

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3.Reducing the size of the image

While effects such as Imagenomic Portraiture Plugin effect may add a bit to the size of a file, the primary element that you should pay attention to if you have a particular MB limit is Resolution. While you can reduce the file size of an image by resizing it (cutting or cropping), you can also make it occupy less storage space by reducing its resolution.

Keep in mind that this will also reduce its clarity. This course of action is usually best to use when working with high-resolution photographs.

4. Other retouches and more advanced functions

Photoshop, Lightroom, and Aperture are amazing tools for photos everywhere, having become quite indispensable to all those who make a living out of this. However, the underlying functionality of the applications is sometimes not enough. This is where plugins come in.

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5.Better portraits with Imagenomic Portraiture

This is an incredible useful masking tool that can enable selective smoothing. With its help, photographers can work with the skin tone, without affecting anything else. The best part is that the selection is done automatically. Simply load up the photo and select one of the predefined settings, or even manually fine tune the effect.

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