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21. Choose View>Fit On Screen to fit the image into the document window.
You now have a file with four layers, but the composited images are simply stacked one
on top of another. You’ll fix this problem as you complete the rest of the project.

Note:
You might notice that the
parchment image doesn’t
fit into the background.
You’ll fix this problem
later.

22. Choose File>Save.
Because this is the first time you’ve saved the file after adding new layers, you should Note:
see the Photoshop Format Options dialog box, with the Maximize Compatibility check If you don’t see this
box already activated. It’s a good idea to leave this check box selected so your files will be dialog box, check the
compatible with other CC applications and other versions of Photoshop. File Handling pane of
the Preferences dialog
box. You can set the
Maximize PSD and PSB
File Compatibility menu
to Always, Never, or Ask.

23. Make sure the Maximize Compatibility check box is selected and click OK.
Continue to the next exercise.

Understanding Effective Resolution

You might have noticed that the bottle and quill images
PHOTOSHOP FOUNDATIONS the forefathers.psd file, however, they were nowhere near When the image is copied into a 300 dpi file, the bottle has
were physically very large — both over 26 inches wide —
but they are only 72 dpi. When you copied these images into

26 inches wide. This is because copied images adopt the
resolution of the file you paste them into. On the surface this
seems simple; but you should understand what is actually
happening behind the scenes, so you don’t accidentally lose
image quality.
If you open the Image Size dialog box (Image>Image Size)
for the bottle.jpg file, you can see that the file’s physical
are divided by 300 dpi, the pasted image is about 6.3 inches
dimensions, in pixels, are 1887 1 1917 at 72 dpi. In other
wide. This is why the bottle you pasted into the forefathers.
words, the bottle image has 1887 pixels in a horizontal row. the same 1887 pixels across. But when those 1887 pixels
psd file was so much smaller than it appeared in its own
If you divide 1887 pixels by 72 pixels/inch, you end up file window — the same number of pixels takes up a much
with the size in inches: the image is approximately 26.21 smaller space when more pixels fit into an inch. This is the
inches wide. principle of effective resolution.

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