alice0 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hello, I'm losing a lot of quality when resizing images (I'm using CTRL + R and Best quality resampling). The images I usually resize have approximately 900 x 900 pixels and they are basically text print screens. I resize them to 80%. Is there anything that I can do to get images with better quality? Thank you, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Try the different resampling methods, like Nearest Neighbor. Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Follow the resize operation with Effects > Photo > Sharpen @ Amount of 1 or 2. ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice0 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Try the different resampling methods, like Nearest Neighbor. Hi, I already tried that and the other resampling methods are even worse. But thanks. Follow the resize operation with Effects > Photo > Sharpen @ Amount of 1 or 2. I guess I'll have to use that, but the quality is still bad Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 If you can upload an example and post the link here we might be able to offer more suggestions. ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Have you tried not resizing them ... The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdnnoob Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Try resizing to exactly twice the size you want before resizing down. The unfortunate reality when resizing is that you will always lose some amount of quality. No, Paint.NET is not spyware...but, installing it is an IQ test. ~BoltBait Blend modes are like the filling in your sandwich. It's the filling that can change your experience of the sandwich. ~Ego Eram Reputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice0 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 If you can upload an example and post the link here we might be able to offer more suggestions. Before: After 80% resize: Try resizing to exactly twice the size you want before resizing down. The unfortunate reality when resizing is that you will always lose some amount of quality. Yeah, you're right, But the funny thing is I have friends using the same settings, same program, same everything and they get images with better quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 If the width is the critically important dimension - why not avoid the resize and instead move the right hand column closer to the text? It seems you have the space. Another option occurs from your screenshots. The resized image is a lot lighter. Why not darken it? Adjustments > Brightness & Contrast or Duplicate the layer. Select the top layer and change the blend mode to Multiply (Press F4 to find the blend mode options). ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice0 Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 If the width is the critically important dimension - why not avoid the resize and instead move the right hand column closer to the text? It seems you have the space. Another option occurs from your screenshots. The resized image is a lot lighter. Why not darken it? Adjustments > Brightness & Contrast or Duplicate the layer. Select the top layer and change the blend mode to Multiply (Press F4 to find the blend mode options). I can't edit the image, but I'll try to use the adjustments you suggested. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Stone Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 To lessen the reduction of image quality when reducing a picture, make sure you increase the resolution (pixels/inch or pixels per centimeter) before reducing the size. I had a 9.6mb 22"x22" photo that I needed to reduce to 2" x 2" for a passport. If I only changed the size to 2 x 2 at 72 pixels per inch, the resulting picture became 81Kb which was not be good enough for the government because of the poor resolution. However, if I set the resolution to 500 pixels/inch before reducing the size to 2x2, the resulting picture was 3.8Mb and the resolution was very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 No, that won't work. That's bad advice. You're just making the image larger in pixels if you do that. Also this thread is 6 years old. Everyone's moved on. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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