Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/27

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Subject: Re: web sizing images (was RE: [Leica] Kodak Royal Gold 100)
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:29:09 +0100
References: <EBCA0DBE-E9B3-11D6-BB26-0003938ECA32@hvc.rr.com>

Gilbert,

Why is that? To me it makes intuitive sense to do all the manipulation 
(including unsharp masking) on the big, 16-bit image, rather than on the 
downsized version. Maybe there is a good reason, I am curious to hear it.

Nathan

J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote:
> Actually, I find that it's almost always a good idea to do some unsharp 
> masking (~ 85%,  0.4, 0) after resizing but   before saving it as a jpeg 
> (File/Save for Web... is the best route because it optimizes and shows a 
> preview). I do NOT sharpen the original photoshop file before resizing.
> 
> Gilbert
> 
> On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 01:20  AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> They key is that the initial scan and all subsequent Photoshop work is 
>> carried out at the highest resolution; the reduction to web size comes 
>> only after all that has been done.
> 
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