Best Practices For File Management

Photoshop Training

OVERVIEW

• Color Mode

• Resolution

• Cropping

• Resizing

• Layers

01 Color Modes

All images should be CMYK

To change color modes from RGB to CMYK,

use the menu bar.

Image > Mode > select “CMYK Color”.

02 Resolution

Converting to 300 dpi

Step 1: Menu Bar > Image > Image Size

Step 2: Uncheck “Resample Image”

Step 3: ChangeResolution to 300

Example 1

03 Cropping

Command Click

on path

Example 2

If your creating a clipping path on

an image, crop the file down to actual

size to reduce file size

Step 1: “Command + Click” on path,

this will select the clipping path

Step 2: Menu Bar > Select> Inverse,

Then hit the “delete” key

Step 3: Menu Bar > Select> Inverse,

Step 4: Menu Bar > Image > Crop,

this will crop the image down to the

clipping path selection

04Resizing

Not every photo needs to be resized, just extreme files

Most Adpro downloads are ok, but check glamour and beauty shots.

39.1 MB 1.2 MB

Example 3

05 Layers

Example 4

Any unused layers should be deleted

to decrease file size, and resaved as

an eps file.

Don’t destroy the original psd file

06 Clipping Paths

Example 5

Step 1 – Click on Pop-up menu in the upper right

hand corner, make a “new path”

Step 2 – Select Pen tool, make path

Step 3 – Click on Pop-up menu in the upper right

hand corner, choose ”Clipping Path”

Step 4 – Crop (Under “image” in the menu bar)

Step 5 – Save as EPS

FlatnessThe lower the number the greater the number of

straight lines used to draw curves, and the more

accurate the curves will be.

Photoshop recommends 1-3 for 300 dpi art