> <hsyq8xg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
>> Hello !
>>
>> I do computer graphics as a hobby, and have produced quite a number of
>> stunning graphics. Often time though, when I shrink the graphic to put
>> them online, they become blurred !!
Lee,
Post a cropped sample of an original size and a reduced sample, and the
method you used. Maybe someone can do better (or not). In photoshop, the
bicubic sharper option in the pull-down ought to be a tad sharper.
>> I do all kinds of computer graphics, from fractals to virtual
>> landscape, to sci-fi rendering, using softwares ranging from photoshop
>> to terragen to povray.
>>
>> When I am satisfied with a certain creation, I often make a master
>> copy with the resolution of 8192 X 6144 pixel. Why that size? Because
>> that's the largest size my puny computer (dual-core 3GHz CPU running
>> XP with 4GB RAM) can produce within a reasonably timeframe. (Give or
>> take 8 hours for rendering).
>>
>> As the filesize for a JPG with 8192 X 6144 resolution may go up to 30+
>> MB, I often have to shrink them to a more reasonable 1024 X 768,
>> filesize about 800 KB or so.
>>
>> However, I found that when I do that, many interesting minute details
>> that were in the 8K X 6K pictures (even when I shrink fit it to my
>> 1024X768 desktop as wallpaper) are GONE. In the 1024 X 768 JPG files,
>> all those details become blurred. No matter it's a JPG ---> JPG
>> shrink, or BMP ---> JPG shrink, or TIFF ---> JPG shrink, all those
>> details are GONE !!
>>
>> I have experimented with many different graphic / photo softwares in
>> the shrinking process, all of them give me the same "blurring" effect.
>>
>> Now my questions to all you Gurus as below ---
>>
>> 1. Can you tell me of the best way to shrink a 8192X6144 size graphic
>> to
>> 1024X768 size graphic without losing the interesting details?
>>
>> 2. Which software do you recommend to carry out the shrinking
>> operation?
>>
>> Thank you all in advance !!!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Lee
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