Portrait Photography

(Darren Dugan) #1

imageisallthatisrequired.Thiscanbedoneintheimage
size dialogue box in Photoshop; first check that the
resample box is ticked, then resizethe image using the
document sizes to create the intended size.


Ifthesizeistobeincreased,dependingontheoriginalsize
ofthesensorthattook theimage therewillbea certain
amountofinterpolationofpixeldatathatPhotoshopwill
needtoaddtotheimage.Photoshopwillthuschangeand
re-rendertheamountofpixelinformationwithintheframe
to accommodatethechange insize.Some imagequality
canbelostiftheimageispushedtoanunrealisticsize,and
care should be taken when doing so.


Ifdownscalinganimage,thequalitywillnotbelostifthe
image is constrained to the ratio that it was initially
intended and the proportions and DPI are kept constant.


With all of the methods of display explained here the
photographershouldmakethemostsuitablechoiceforthe
representationof theimageintended. Fundamentallythis
decisionisbasedonhowthesubjectwillviewthisimage,
and how the photographer envisioned their work to be
displayed.Intheenditisimportantbecauseselectingpoor
quality orinappropriatemethodsof exhibitingworkwill
lessen the final impact of the image.

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