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Bernie
Feb 7, 2006
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ok,
here’s a couple of questions that came to mind today that I know you guys can help me out with.

1) If I use the marquee tool in PS to select a simple boxed area. Then, after letting go of the mouse, I want to make that box bigger…..how do I do this without creating a new selection? (in windows)

2) If my scanner can do 4800×6900 DPI scans..and my printer can print up to 5760×1440 DPI prints….then is it true that if I scan an image at it’s maximum DPI settings that I’m just wasting hard drive space? since the printer can’t print at the same DPI as my scanner?

Thanks for any help
Skenz
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Kamal Krishna
Feb 7, 2006
hi,
1) after u select you can use expand selection for it. i.e. after using the marquee to make a box, go to Select Menu –> Modify –> Expand and enter the pixel value for the selection to increase.

2) I u will not be using any other printer, then its true u will be wasting hard drive space.

I hope my answers helped u.
MH
Mike Hyndman
Feb 7, 2006
"Kamal Krishna" wrote in message
hi,
1) after u select you can use expand selection for it. i.e. after using the marquee to make a box, go to Select Menu –> Modify –> Expand and enter the pixel value for the selection to increase.

2) I u will not be using any other printer, then its true u will be wasting hard drive space.

I hope my answers helped u.

1, You can also use the Free transform tool (Ctrl+T) or Edit>Transform to resize the selection
2. Scanner DPI (more correctly spi (scans per inch) or even ppi) is not the the same as printer DPI (dots per inch) see
http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html

MH
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Bernie
Feb 7, 2006
Thank you

On 6 Feb 2006 21:32:50 -0800, "Kamal Krishna" wrote:

hi,
1) after u select you can use expand selection for it. i.e. after using the marquee to make a box, go to Select Menu –> Modify –> Expand and enter the pixel value for the selection to increase.

2) I u will not be using any other printer, then its true u will be wasting hard drive space.

I hope my answers helped u.
B
Bernie
Feb 7, 2006
Excellent! Thanks for the help with the marquee tool and for the great website.
B

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 10:55:31 -0000, "Mike Hyndman" wrote:

"Kamal Krishna" wrote in message
hi,
1) after u select you can use expand selection for it. i.e. after using the marquee to make a box, go to Select Menu –> Modify –> Expand and enter the pixel value for the selection to increase.

2) I u will not be using any other printer, then its true u will be wasting hard drive space.

I hope my answers helped u.

1, You can also use the Free transform tool (Ctrl+T) or Edit>Transform to resize the selection
2. Scanner DPI (more correctly spi (scans per inch) or even ppi) is not the the same as printer DPI (dots per inch) see
http://www.scantips.com/basics01.html

MH
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Mike Hyndman
Feb 7, 2006
B,

Glad to help.

Regards

Mike H
KK
Kamal Krishna
Feb 8, 2006
u r welcome!

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