Creating new documents for screen and web
In the previous chapter, we looked at the challenges involved in managing print projects. Whilst we don’t have to furnish our web projects with bleed, trim, and other print characteristics, we are required to manage a sizable number of images, each with specific sizes for a multitude of platforms. The challenge here is the impact of repetition. The same artwork you use for Twitter, recently rebranded as ‘X’, will need to be adapted for LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook, and so on. What might seem like a minor text edit in a single file for print now becomes a time-consuming ripple effect across dozens of graphics. This calls for an organized approach and smart workflows.
Historically, Photoshop was only capable of producing a single page of artwork in each document, limited by its canvas. But with the release of CC2015, Adobe introduced artboards, allowing for multiple pages. Initially, artboards were intended to address...
