Help please. :) Think I'd know how to get a decent result by now, but I have an image I'm trying to resize down that has a strong diagonal line in it. I've tried various layering\blend methods, slight blurring, etc...without a good result.
Any tips on resizing and keeping the jaggies at bay? Please?
What software and what re-sampling method(s) have you tried?
What if any sharpening has been done so far, and are you cropping or resizing the whole frame? Has it been rotated at all?
What software and what re-sampling method(s) have you tried?
Paint Shop Pro X and just a straight resize, nothing incremented.
:) :) :)
I need a lightbulb icon here! Your question Brad reminded me I have a software program that I've used for upsizing...haven't tried it to downsize. Let me give that a shot.
Quality is an odd thing when resizing. We believe sharper is better, yet often a softer image looks clearer. I've had occasion that in order to get a decent smaller version of an image, I've upsized 1 increment (5% for instance) bicubic smoother, then downsized in 2 steps, bicubic sharper. Repeated until I got to the target size.
If in a challenge that allows spot editing, sharpening halos, either from sharpening or re-sampling (aliasing), can be cloned out using the darker mode. (see my comments on Jon's image here)
Usually when you downsize, you use the Bicubic Sharper. However, when there are strong diagnols, Bicubic Sharper gives a very bad case of the jaggies. I have found that using Bicubic Smoother during the downsize with diagnols gives a very nice line. If the rules are not basic, I also take a very small diameter blur tool and run it along the diagnol line and/or right next to it.
Ok. The ResizeIT plugin worked just fine for the downsizing (no jaggies). Funny, I hadn't thought of using that tool for anything but upsizing prior to today. :P
Hooray! Another "I learned something new" moment on DPC! :D
