Released on = March 9, 2007, 1:31 pm

Press Release Author = Arlene Wites/The Art Instittue of Fort Lauderdale

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Here are some tips from a Photoshop expert

Press Release Body = Fort Lauderdale, FL -- Want to scan a vacation picture and send
it to a friend, relative or use for your work? Looking for a professional way to
approach this situation? Here are some tips for just this purpose by The Art
Institute of Fort Lauderdale Photography Instructor Valan Evers.

A good photography scan is the start. Know how you want to use the image. This
determines file size. If it is only going to be onscreen, a small file is ok. Small
is relative. We are talking here about a picture 8 X 6 inches at 72 pixels per inch
(screen resolution) this equals 729 Kilobytes. It is a healthy size for onscreen
work. If you want to make a print, it should have at least twice as many pixels per
inch: a good size file to print is 8 X 6 inches at 144 pixels per inch, or a 2.85
Megabyte file. (There are little more than a thousand Kilobytes in a Megabyte.)

When you scan a photograph and use Photoshop, the total file size is the only number
that is important. It will be a number in the info tab. You can raise the number by
raising or lowering the resolution. (Usually there is a resolution tab with presets
to choose from) Be certain to capture enough pixels. You never want a file smaller
than 500 Kilobytes. If you want to make a print and send an email of the picture,
scan it at the print size and make a duplicate of it. Reduce the picture in
Photoshop by lowering the resolution to 72 pixels per inch.

Before you make any color corrections on the picture, make a duplicate of it first.
Always have a clean original! If you need to brighten or darken the image, do it in
Photoshop. It has much better options and previews than the scanner software.

Finally, always name your picture something descriptive. \"My cool picture\" is not as
good a name as \"Alaskan Sunset\".

Evers is an 18-year faculty member of The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and
author of "MetaCreations Painter 5.5," published by Prentice Hall. This is the only
structured Painter tutorial book of its type. Evers teaches electronic applications
in Photoshop and Advanced Photoshop, Digital Illustration, and Color Management. She
created the "MetaCreations Painter 5.5" book because, as she says, "there doesn't
exist any tutorial information for this program." She adds, "when a teacher can't
find the information she needs, she writes a book!"


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