Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

CHAPTER 9 BASIC EDITING WITH PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS AND iPHOTO 119

Rescan or Resample a Photo

For photos that weren’t scanned in at the correct resolution, should you resample or

scan again? If you need the image to be larger that what you currently have, con-

sider scanning the image again at a higher resolution instead of resizing it (see

Figure 9.7). A rescanned image will have better quality than one you make larger by

resampling.

FIGURE 9.6
Downsampling
is usually fine.
Use Resample
Image to down-
sample when
necessary.

FIGURE 9.7
Rescan rather
than resample
if you need a
larger size.