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Resizing and exporting Smart Objects


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I've been trying to take quality original imgs - 3003px x 2184 and sizing them down to: 500px, 400px - thumbnails. They are smart objects & transparent. The text on the product box gets somewhat blurry but everything else is ok. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you so much!
 
Can you provide example initial image and final thumbnail image both in PNG format that has not gone through a JPEG compression?
The extra info might help forum members provide better recommendations.
Just a suggestion
John Wheeler
 
thebestcpu said:
Can you provide example initial image and final thumbnail image both in PNG format that has not gone through a JPEG compression?
The extra info might help forum members provide better recommendations.
Just a suggestion
John Wheeler
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Thank you so much for your reply but I haven't revealed my product to anyone as yet.
 
Here are some thoughts yet not sure what flexibility you have in your images since you cannot share. I am assuming that you want to make the text less blurry and more readable.

- Sometimes size reduction from an actual text Layer instead of from a rasterized Layer has better results.
- A different text font can make a difference
- Bold version of font may look better
- If you seeing pixelated edges on the text actually adding a bit more blur and help readability
- Having higher contrast between the text and background makes a difference so choice of text color and tone can make a difference.
- Another option is to stroke the text in Layer Styles as a way to increase the contrast
- Staying away from lossy compression formats is helpful until the very last step (that may not be an option for you if you are starting with a JPEG)
- If you do have control over the JPEG, choosing the highest quality compression setting helps

I know these are general suggestions yet without a target to aim at, its hard to provide more specific recommendations
Hope this is of some help
John Wheeler
 
Thank you so much for your time and information! I will try to use it. I managed to get some pretty good results with information I found on online but thought there was a straightforward simpler solution.
 
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