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Basic Software Design Programs and Tools
PHOTOSHOP
Adobe Photoshop creates allows you to create and edit
bitmap
graphics
made up of tiny dots called
pixels
.
Bitmap
images
describe graphics according to a grid of pixels or printed dots generated by the computer torepresent type and images. These images CANNOT be scaled to any size because of their
resolution(or dpi).
Pixels
(short for picture element) are the smallest unit that makes up an image. Each pixel can represent anumber of different shades or colours.
dpi
(short for
dots per inch)
is a printing term that describes the number of dots (or pixels) per inch that areused to create an image.- web images require
72 dots per inch
- print images require
150 - 300
dots per inch
WEB
72 dots fillsthis square
PRINT
150-300 dotsfills this squareNotice the square is the same size, butthe NUMBER of dots in the squarechange depending on what you aregoing to do with your graphic.
LINKS FOR TUTORIALSHandout
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/photoshop7/handout.pdf
Cool Effects
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/10/adobe-photoshop-tutorials-best-of/http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/12/hand-picked-photoshop-tutorials/
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