Image Basics

It is sensible to start digital editing with some good work practices. Beginners often disregard any thought about image resolution until it bites them. For example, a beginner may have an image uploaded to a website and people have commented favorably about the image. One day the beginner decides to make a very large print of this image and hang it on a wall. They are horrified to see that the printed image is fuzzy. It is not good enough to hang on a wall. Why did this happen? The short answer is the only copy of the image was optimized for the Internet. We will guide you to avoid disasters like this.

Make a Copy of Your Image

Before you start editing an image, we recommend you work on a copy of your original image. There are a few reasons for this.