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This is the series where we show you simple, but effective tips, tutorials, and tricks related to designer tools. Today is time for a short tip where we will show you how to resize your images, and maintain sharpness at the same time in Photoshop. It is very simple and quick one, so anyone can do it, and what is actually needed is one simple selection change. Okay, enough with the talk, and lets dig into the process.
So, you have one big picture, which you want to resize and make it smaller, and at the same time, you want to maintain its sharpness. Whether you do it manually, or you do it by going through Image -> Image Size menu options, one thing will probably be missed. That one little thing actually makes a huge difference when image resizing is at question.
Quick Tool Tip #2 - Our Big Picture Is Actually A Palm Tree
So, what is it? It is just another option in Image Resize dialog called Resample Image, and it is usually set to Bicubic by default. Bicubic is, as it is probably labeled already, best for smooth gradients. Well, we don’t need that here, and what we need instead is Bicubic Sharper setting, which is already labeled as best for reduction. Check that instead and you should see the difference we are talking about.
Quick Tool Tip #2 - We Can See The Difference Between The Two
There you have it. A quick way to maintain sharpness while resizing is only a simple selection away. Also, some people tend to make multiple attempts while resizing one image in order to fit the size. That’s not good, because image quality will degrade over each iteration. Try to do it in only once, and the result will be much better. Thanks for stopping by, and stay tuned for more good stuff in the future.
