Archiving help please

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William_Jay
Apr 8, 2007
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I appreciate all the advice, it really helps us newbies. My question is, what is the best or normal way to archive an image after all my processing is done, as far as size wise is concerned. I mean I always flatten finished images and save in TIFF, but my question is what is the best size to save as when I plan on printing several copies of the image of different sizes, for example I might pring 4×6 8×10 and 16×20, I always crop to the size when working on an image, so is it best to save at the largest size then downsample when printing to the smaller sizes in the future, or is there a better way?? thanks.
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chrisjbirchall
Apr 8, 2007
is it best to save at the largest size then downsample when printing to the smaller sizes in the future

It is good practise to keep an image at its generic size right through the workflow. Resizing involves interpolating the original pixels, effectively replacing them with new ones. Do it once and you shouldn’t notice any image degradation. Do it several times and your image quality will suffer.

The edited "master" file should be saved unflattened, and ideally with the background layer in its original state. (The first thing I ever do in the editing process is to duplicate the background layer). Working this way you can always "undo" an edit should you change your mind some time in the future.

I make my master files "read-only". Different sized versions are saved flattened with the size appended to the file name (ie: filename_10x8.psd)

Also remember that sharpening should always be done at the finished size, so keep the master file unsharpened.

Hope this little Easter Egg has been useful.

Chris.

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