I don't use shift/transform to resize stocks, but I'm still getting frustrated with the quality reduction when I reduce the size of the stock. Is there any way I can keep the quality of the stock but reduce the image size?


Right now I'm using Image--> Image Size... lmk, thanks!

This post was edited by Mezandria on Jul 7 2010 07:43pm

are you typing in what pixel size you want? because that'll probably warp the image.
use navigator to find the perfect size you want. zoom in and out until you find how big you want the stock as it appears on the screen.
image -> image size..
click on pixels and change it to percent.
type in the percent navigator showed you and the stock will be that actual size.

The way I've been doing it is clicking on 'scale styles', 'constrain proportions', resample image (bicubic sharper), and then typing the length or width of the pixel size that I need. I'm going to give your method a try and see if that makes a difference, thanks!

this way is best
but actualy use regular bicubic at first
reduce width by 1-2 inches until it gets close to the size u want
when ur close, change it to bicubic sharper
the more stages u take, the better photoshop can calculate each change in size

good advice, I'll try this out. Thanks!