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Hello, my names Shanti and I just began using Photoshop CS5. I would like to learn to use it to do some graphic design stuff-So far I'm almost finished with a label for a line of shampoo that I am re-launching with my dad (he's a hairstylist) that he originally started in the early 90's.

I don't have much experience with Photoshop other than this label I'm working on, and although Google and You Tube have been awesome, I figured joining a forum may be a good idea as well :)

Any and all help is appreciated by this newbie!

Thank You!
Shanti
 
Hi shanti, welcome to the forum.

I replied to your other thread, but I have a question? What resolution are you using and why do you need to make the initial size in PS? You can always downsize in stages after you make the original document. But you might find that you need a higher resolution image for some purpose, so I advise that you use a larger doc to begin with.
 
Hi ibclare,

Thanks for responding!! I have tiny sample size bottles of shampoo that I need tiny lables for..so I just open a new document, then change the size to exactly what I need-1.75 inches x 1.25 inches for the sample size bottle, then zoom in so I can see better, then add a border, text etc. I just figured that this would be logical? I'll try it with a larger doc to begin with though and see how that goes :) The resolution is 72 pixels per inch. When I printed out my tiny label, it was a little blurry, especially the tiny font I used, so maybe starting with a larger document to begin with would fix that..
 
If you are not doing this for the web, but for actual bottles, make the resolution 200 and the size as you want, small. That will get rid of the blurriness. If you are making it for the web, start with something like 200, then bring image size down gradually. For example, take it to 150, then 96. Don't go less than 96 since most monitors noew have the higher resolution.

You might do ok making the res 150, then just resizing it when you're finished, not changing resolution. This is not an area of my expertise. Try a search of the forum. This topic has been discussed numerous times. In the meantime, another member may come by with better advice. Experiment and see how different approaches work.
 
Thank you so much, I'll try the 200 resolution since I finally was able to upload the label design onto an Avery template (I broke down and bugged my graphic designer friend) but it looks really "pixelated" and I'd really like to get it clearer. I'll search the forum as well! Thanks again I'm already glad I joined this forum!
 
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