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Photoshop Class #3: Creating a New Document: Size, Resolution, and Social Media Presets

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Photoshop tutorial: creating a new document, Instagram size, resolution 72 and 300 ppi, Place Embedded. Episode 3 of the Complete Adobe Photoshop Series.

Software: Adobe Photoshop
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 5 min · 102 videos
Published: October 26, 2026

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Introduction

This is the final result of this episode, an Instagram post canvas of 1080x1080px, with a cream background, featuring a latte photocopy placed as a smart object. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe Photoshop series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. This time, we are learning how to create a new document from scratch. We will understand the meaning of width, height, and resolution, use social media presets, and then insert a photo into this canvas.

Step 1: New Document Dialog

Press Ctrl N or select File then New. The New Document window is divided into categories above, such as photo, print, web, and mobile, preset boxes in the middle, and preset details on the right side. Name, width, height, resolution, and background color.

Step 2: Selecting the Instagram Post preset

Click the Instagram Post preset. Its size is 1080x1080px, with a 1:1 aspect ratio, which is the safest for fit. For screen designs such as social media and web, pixel units and a resolution of 72 are sufficient. Click Create.

Step 3: Understanding resolution

Resolution, in pixels per inch, only affects when printed. For printing photos or brochures, use 300 pixels per inch, so A4 paper requires about 2480x3500 pixels. For screens, what determines is only the number of pixels in width and height.

Step 4: Filling the background color

A white background feels too plain, so let's give it a cream color. Click the foreground color box below the toolbar, type the Hexa code F3-E9DC in the color field, then OK. Make sure the background layer is selected, then press Alt Backspace to fill the entire canvas with the foreground color.

Step 5: Place Embedded copy photo

Now insert the photo. Select File, Place Embedded, then choose Foto Copy Latte. The photo enters as a new layer of type Smart Object, marked by a small icon in the corner of the thumbnail. Smart Objects can be resized multiple times without losing quality. The photo still fills the canvas.

Step 6: Adjusting the photo size

Press Ctrl T for Free Transform, then drag the corner handles inward until the photo is about 80%. Since Photoshop version 2020, the aspect ratio is automatically locked, so the photo won't be distorted. Drag a little up, then press Enter.

Step 7: Saving the document

Save as a PSD file to keep the layers intact. Press Shift + Ctrl + S, name it 'post copy', select Photoshop format, then save. Leave 'Maximize Compatibility' checked so the file can be opened in other applications.

Done!

Done. We've used the New Document dialog. Selecting the Instagram Post preset, understanding screen resolution and print resolution, filling in the background color, placing the photo as a Smart Object, and saving as a PSD. In the next episode, we'll discuss the difference between image size and canvas size. Need to edit product photos for marketplaces, retouch photos, design posters, or create social media content? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides photo editing and graphic design services, as well as Photoshop courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 102 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, source images, and layered PSD files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at 69,000 rupiah per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once 999,000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:38Step 1: New Document Dialog

0:58Step 2: Selecting the Instagram Post preset

1:20Step 3: Understanding resolution

1:43Step 4: Filling the background color

2:04Step 5: Place Embedded copy photo

2:26Step 6: Adjusting the photo size

2:45Step 7: Saving the document

3:02Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:38Step 1: New Document Dialog

0:58Step 2: Selecting the Instagram Post preset

1:20Step 3: Understanding resolution

1:43Step 4: Filling the background color

2:04Step 5: Place Embedded copy photo

2:26Step 6: Adjusting the photo size

2:45Step 7: Saving the document

3:02Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: New Document Dialog

Step 2: Selecting the Instagram Post preset

Step 3: Understanding resolution

Step 4: Filling the background color

Step 5: Place Embedded copy photo

Step 6: Adjusting the photo size

Step 7: Saving the document

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: New Document Dialog

Step 2: Selecting the Instagram Post preset

Step 3: Understanding resolution

Step 4: Filling the background color

Step 5: Place Embedded copy photo

Step 6: Adjusting the photo size

Step 7: Saving the document

Done!