Inside Photoshop® CS

Summary

We've covered a lot of ground in this chapter, and we hope that your process of assimilating all this stuff hasn't led to a sustained headache or anything. Suggestion? Mark this chapter with a fluorescent sticky note; it's a good reference chapter when you get stuck with output and grayscale images and things.

The most important point you should take away from this chapter is this:

Everything is conditional.

The only hard-and-fast answers you can get to your questions must be derived from a little math and a little science. This is why I can't tell you, Mr. Buster Ogilvy (official Photoshop user), what the optimal resolution for your scanner is. You need to think about what device you're outputting to before you scan. Similarly, you cannot ...