What's new
By:
Photoshop Gurus Forum

Welcome to Photoshop Gurus forum. Register a free account today to become a member! It's completely free. Once signed in, you'll enjoy an ad-free experience and be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Reducing using Image Size


W

websquad

Active Member
Messages
25
Likes
0
A long time ago (in Internet years) I read somewhere that in Photoshop you should reduce images in steps, but never in one big step. For example, if you had an original 3200 pixels wide, you should first reduce it to 3100 pixels wide, then 3000, then 2900, and so on, down to about 2000; then, if your target is 800 pixels, you may increase the interval.

Does this rule of thumb still hold true in CS4? I've tried one-step reductions, and these tired old eyes could not tell the difference ...

PS: After I first posted this, I stumbled across this video:

http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1584v1008

Learned some stuff from it. I'll look at the others in the series.
 
Last edited:
Yeah I'm learning from Deke Mcclelland too and he's great. As for reducing the images in steps, never heard of it from Deke.
 
I usually just reduce the image size in one step. If you fear that you might lose detail, you can increase the resolution before you reduce the image size.
 
Well, 98% of what I do is for the web, and resolution is fixed by the user's monitor. It is the pixels that count.
 
Back
Top