How Can I Improve Photo Manipulation Skill ?

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When it comes to working with an image, think of pixels as the raw material of the medium. They are like the tubes of paint for a portrait artist or bolts of fabric for a seamstress.

 Any craftsman of their field will tell you that it’s a mistake to skimp on the raw materials.

 Photo manipulation is no different. Pixels tend to get stretched, squashed, skewed and otherwise abused. The more there are to work with, the easier the task will be and the better the end result.

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So how much do you need? A good work will be when you work at 150-200% the size of the final piece.

And then resample the finished image down. The risk of not using high enough resolution images is that the final piece can appear distorted, pixelated or blurry. Print media requires much more resolution than screen displays do. This problem is compounded when using photos from several different sources. Always try to make sure the images you choose for your photo manipulation project are all of similar resolution. Otherwise, start with the lowest resolution image and bring the other images down to it.