[Gimp-user] ? about shrinking pics on GIMP 2....

[Rei Shinozuka]

shrinking images always involves some form of 
smoothing, and some amount of sharpening afterwards
is generally useful.  i usually do this:

[Image] -> [Scale Image...]

in the dialog set widths
Quality interpolation -> Cubic (Best)

i think the interpolation method (linear versus cubic) 
is probably not critical for shrinking an image, 
but don't select "none."

then once the image is scaled:

[Filters] -> [Enhance] -> [Unsharp Mask...]

then in Unsharp Mask:

Radius: 0.1
Amount: 0.50 to 1.00
Threshold: 0

use the Preview checkbox to compare before/after.
beware: excess Amounts sometimes make the image seen snappier
at first glance, but have a cheap videotape look to them
compared with the original.

i found this set of pages very helpful when i was
starting to work with scanners and such.

http://www.scantips.com/simple6.html

good luck.

-rei

On Feb24 15:46, Martin Nordholts wrote:
> Andrea Linville wrote:
> > I have been having a heck of a time trying to shrink
> > my screenshots to smaller pics without making them
> > look very VERY fuzzy and unfocused.  What can a rather
> > unexperienced user of GIMP do to help avoid this when
> > attempting to resize pictures?
> >
> > Thank you in advance...
> > Andrea
> > hexandrea1 at yahoo.com
> >
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> Hi
> 
> It is often enough to just Filter -> Enhance -> Sharpen... after scaling
> down to make the scaled down version look much better.
> 
> Martin Nordholts
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