- Magnify the image to the 400 percent zoom ratio.
Press Ctrl+ (plus sign) (�- ) to zoom in on the
clipboard, as in the first example in Figure 2-34. The
words are no longer readable—no surprise given the
meager number of pixels assigned to them—but you
can tell they’re words. And if you scroll around the
image, you can still make out some interesting details,
such as the reflection of the photographer in the sun-
glasses (highlighted slightly in the second example).
You’d be hard-pressed to identity that the photogra-
pher is I, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make for
a smaller image. - Choose File→Save As. Or press Ctrl+Shift+S (�-Shift-S).
Then give the file a new name or save it to a different
location. I have you do this to emphasize the following
very important point.
PeaRl Of WISDOm
Avoid saving your downsampled version of the image over the
original. Always keep that original in a safe place. I don’t care
how much better you think the downsampled image looks; the
fact remains that it contains fewer pixels and therefore less
information. The high-resolution original may contain some bit of
detail that you’ll want to retrieve later—such as the more detailed
reflections in Figure 2-35—and that makes it worth preserving.Figure 2-34.
Figure 2-35.60 Lesson 2: Straighten, Crop, and Size