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1. Re: Is it best to flatten large PS files prior to resizing or printing?
Jeff Schewe Mar 26, 2011 11:09 PM (in response to *Rich*)*Rich* wrote:
My concern is with how accurate my final composite image would be if I let the resizing or printing process calculate final image rendering, versus saving a separate flattened image first and letting the "Save-As" file-saving process render the final image file. Does anyone know if either way produces better quality output than the other? Thanks.
Literally 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other...Resizing or printing should produce the EXACT same result regardless of whether or not you keep layers or flatten. So, it's prolly wise to keep the layers. Note, in terms of printing, Photoshop does a flatten prior to printing. It just does so in a temp file so you really won't get any bennies from doing the flatten yourself.


