Sharpness while resizing (1 Viewer)

[coach guido]

I'm pretty happy with the quality of my photos, but when I resize them for the web they come out pretty blurry.
I'm still using ps 7, and my workflow is essentially crop, save as jpg and lessen the quality to 8 so it fits size parameters. Am I missing a step?

 

[Recurvirostra]

It nearly always pays to apply a little more sharpening (unsharp mask) after downsizing an image, even if the original was sharpened to the limit.

 

[RAH]

I agree with John - you have to sharpen after a resize/resample, to restore the image to its prior sharpness - i.e. resizing (especially decreasing the size) blurs the image.

 

[Avestom]

In most tutorials they say "sharpen after resizing" eg here:
http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SmartSharpening2/
Anyway I'm also not satisfied with PSElements sharpening tool (unsharp mask) and still search for perfect tool.

 

[greypoint]

I normally use Irfanview to resize finished pictures for the web - and usually apply the sharpen tool before the resize. Seems to work most of the time.

 

[Roy C]

I usually process (inc sharpening) and save a tiff file before resizing for the web and saving as a jpeg. the resized image almost always needs a bit more sharpening.