Creating a new document in Photoshop
You can make your Photoshop document whatever size you want. I recommend these settings:
Height: 4000px, Width: 4000px (px is pixels)
Resolution: 300dpi or ppi (dpi is dots per inch and ppi is pixels per inch)
The above settings are still very high quality/resolution. If you make your document as large as mine (41in x 41in), you will have slow processing and saving times, but the choice is yours.
- Open Photoshop by going to your Applications folder or to the Launchpad - look for the PS blue icon.
- Once Photoshop has opened, go to File, New to create a new document. A pop-up box will appear and prompt you to select settings for your new document.
- Name your document 'Snow White'.
- Select Custom for the Document Type and change both the height and width.
- Do not worry about changing the other advanced settings. If you wish, you can save these measurements as a preset.
- Click OK.
- Once your blank document has opened, make sure to save it by going to File, Save As.
- Remember to save your work periodically throughout this course by going to File, Save or by using Cmd S (Mac) or Ctrl S (Windows).
Note for users using Photoshop CC 2018:
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