Re: Resizing photos, quality

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Hello,

When resizing an image to be smaller, the resulting differences between
programs should be negligible, assuming that you save them with the same
compression ratio. Since jpeg is a lossy format, if you choose to save a
file with a high amount of compression there is the chance that artifcats
will be left behind and the image will not look as good.

You can change the compression in the Digital Image Suite Editor as
follows:

1) Click File
2) Click "Save As"
3) Select "JPEG Interchange Format" in the "Save as type" drop-down box
4) Click "Options"
5) In the dialog that appears you can move the slider to the right to
increase quality or left to decrease quality

Note that increasing quality will cause the file to take up more space
on your hard drive.

Thanks,
Rolf

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"Shawn Hirn" <srhi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:srhi-D8E7D4.09005526112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <1132885203.399908.264000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > If you simply resize jpgs to make them smaller, would you see a
> > difference in quality between using Paint and MS-Photo It, and
> > Photoshop?
>
> That depends on how you resize the photos. In PS, if you increase the
> image size without resampling, you should get a better printed image.
> That being said, if you start out with a poor quality image, you will
> end up with a poor quality image if all you do is resize it down.
> Resizing will not help improve an image if all you do is view it on your
> screen.


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