The Reality of Resizing

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QUOTE .... What's a pixel?

I won't bore you to tears with a dissertation on how the smallest picture element of any digital image is called a pixel and how images are displayed in tiny blocks (also referred to as dots) of color that together form an entire image (or maybe I just did).

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ok ok ok .. that was just a silly quote ... here's a better one



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Quote, fer reals this time ... The thing to remember is that as long as you uncheck the Resample Image box, you can tweak the resolution 'til the cows come home and you won't alter the image quality at all. Ever. If you leave the Resample Image box checked, you'll be practicing a dark magic called upsampling, wherein you're adding pixels (data) to the image that weren't originally there. It's usually a very bad idea; unless, of course, you're in a real pickle or you're going for that chunky look in your design.

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that's it folks ... and NO, we won't be discussing how I've been doing it all this time



... upsample me some chunky replies

Cool article.. I'll have to peek around in my Photo-Impact to see if there a "Resample Image" check box thingie. :o)

If you are resizing *down*, always always always uncheck the resample image box and the quality will not be affected at all.. and once you resize, your resolution will automatically go up to compensate. If you are, however, resizing *up*, you need the resample image box checked and then change the resample method from Bicubic to Bicubic Sharper and you will almost always get a better result. This info comes straight from the Photoshop God himself, Scott Kelby.