[misterphotoshop]

Hello again. I was wondering if someone could please direct me to some good software for resizing images. All I need to do is make thumbnails for a website I am working. I tried photoshop but the images turned out a tad blurry when resized (resized down).

Thanks for your help

ps* I dont know if this is in the right section Im asuming it is because its called Software but I dont know.

[pgo]

misterphotoshop: I'd say Photoshop is your best bet. :P

Tell us the way you're doing it - you might be making a mistake somewhere. i.e. what size are you starting with and ending with. A good idea might be to take a large image, shrink it maybe 50%, crop out a square (or thumbnail shape) and shrink that. It can be difficult/impossible to get a large image down to thumbnail size accurately.

[misterphotoshop]

im starting off with 640x480 then what I did was divide it in half's (the dimensions). The final size is 120x95. Ive heard of some software that you can resize images with very little loss of the image quality but I dont know if it exists.

oh yeah the images are jpg format.

[pgo]

First, try resizing by equal ratios - and always by number of pixels, not inches or whatever you're using to get a 640x480 halved into a 120x95.

Hint: 120x95 is not half of 640x480.

640/120 = 5.333333333...

480/95 = 5.0526315789473684210526315789474

Try dropping it to 320x240 (1/2), then 160x120 (1/4). Keep the ratios as whole numbers and it should cause less...ugliness.

[elliot100]

Quickest way of improving would be to use Filter > Sharpen on the final image, it will be overkill on an image that small, but then use Edit > Fade Sharpen to back off the effect to a reasonable amount.

If you have a little more time, use a little Sharpen in between each step of resizing by increments as pgo suggests above.

[gray]

unsharp mask is better than sharpen

[tomson]

I take it the name misterphotoshop is ironic then?

[elliot100]

Yup, but a bit overkill for an image that small.

i should also have said that if you have a whole load of these to do you can automate it - as a single click "macro" operation (Window > Actions), and then you can run the Action on a whole load of files in one go (File>Automate>Batch)

[tomson]

resize from image/image size, you can then resample using Bicubic Sharper. No need to fanny about with sharpening then.

[Joewebber]

http://veerle.duoh.com/index.php?id=P335

[elliot100]

Originally Posted by tomson

resize from image/image size, you can then resample using Bicubic Sharper. No need to fanny about with sharpening then.

Sounds very useful - maybe I need to upgrade from Photoshop 6 though - what version do I need?

[misterphotoshop]

thanks for all your help guys

[pgo]

Originally Posted by Joewebber

http://veerle.duoh.com/index.php?id=P335

She always has some nice helpful little things doesn't she?