Changing the size of your photograph

We are going forward with more photoshop tips.
One of the most common errors people do is in changing the size of a photograph. In photoshop you will see a heading at the top that says IMAGE. Under this is a heading, IMAGE SIZE. You could think that all you need to do to change the size of your photo from a 4 x 5 to an 8 x 10 is to write in the larger number. Or change the resolution from 72 to 300. Not true. The correct way to do this so your images maintain their clarity is to do the following: By the way always take your photos at the highest setting your camera will allow.

Here is how to enlarge a photo:
1. Go to IMAGE at the top of photoshop
2. Go to image size.
3. Note there are 2 headings. Pixel dimensions and Document size:
4. You want to change the Document size. First check the Resolution. For good printing this should be 300 DPI. However don’t do this without the following step.
5. Note the bar and link sign between width and height. Now check the box at the bottom that says. resample image. Now all three options are connected: width, height and resolution. Now you can change the resolution to 300. It will altar the width and height as well.
6. Now uncheck the box to seal the deal.
Did you see how the inches of your photograph changed when you put in 300 dpi? This is because there is a relationship to the size of the photograph to the resolution. If you were to just change the resolution the quality of the image would be affected. By linking them as you change the resolution your photo maintains it’s quality.

Now you can print a quality image.