Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/26

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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 06:20:42 +0100
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGIEOECPAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

Tim,

I do not consider myself an expert on these matters, but I think my 
method makes sense. I always scan at the scanner's maximum resolution, 
i.e. 2400 ppi. This means that a full-frame 35mm image is about 
3600x2400 pixels. After I have made the levels and sharpness and 
whatever other adjustments in Photoshop, I reduce the image to 750 
pixels in width (if I have not cropped anything, then the height will 
fall around 500 pixels) for a horizontal image or 600 pixels in height 
for a vertical image so as to fit it on most people's monitors. I do 
this using Photoshop's Image Size command with the "Resample Image" box 
checked. I then save the result as the JPG file that gets uploaded to my 
web site. 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.

Nathan

Tim Atherton wrote:

> Other experts out there - what the best way to get an image that looks
> really nice on a web page, and doesn't start to get artefacts when it's been
> downsized?
> 

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