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How to Use Bitmap Mode in Photoshop

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Of all the image modes in Photoshop, perhaps the least used today is Bitmap mode. It’s the “true” black-and-white mode, unlike Grayscale, which is what a “black-and-white” photograph really is.

And Bitmap actually has a couple of advantages, though making proper use of the mode does take a little understanding.

A color picture first has to be changed to Grayscale mode to drop color out, and then one can convert to Bitmap.

(If the user knows the image is going to be put in Bitmap, it’s advisable to keep it fairly high-resolution; since Bitmap only has two colors—black and white—compensating with more pixels helps keep the image from looking too grainy.) There are a couple of other things one can do to make a grayscale image better, but that’s another story.

When Bitmap mode comes up, another dialog box asks a couple of questions.

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One is about resolution—usually we should not change this. If the image already has adequate detail, we leave it alone. Increasing the resolution should happen beforehand, if at all.

The other i

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