Comments on: Will I Lose Quality When Resizing Images?

By: David Peterson

David Peterson — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:18:20 +0000

Hi Peter,

That’s almost right. If you save a photo in most paint programs (CS included), it will overwrite the original. Something you don’t want. Also, even if you copy a layer with your original photo, it’s also changed when you resize or crop your changed layer.

To be absolutely sure, make a copy of the original file and only work on the copy.

David.

By: Peter Balacua

Peter Balacua — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:38:52 +0000

Hi David,

I have some comments regarding resizing an image. You said if you re- size an image you lost some of the pixels and you can’t never get them back to your original image.

Using adobe photoshop to edit your photos, you must have to doplicate your layer so that your original image is not affected. Nomatter you make your resize image bigger or smaller the original stays as it was.

Another thing is that if you use adobe lightroom, as soon as your images
are imported on the library module, you can edit your image into the
develop module. Here you can resize your image as well make it bigger
or smaller and you can always hit the reset botton to make another
adjustment on the size of your image without affecting the pixel of the
original image.

So Jennifer, just in case you find this comment try to experiment this
tip of mine. If you have adobe photoshop or adobe lightroom . As they
always say, don’t take my words for it.

Peter

By: Hasmukh

Hasmukh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:26:02 +0000

Hi,
To re size the photo I use Photoshop. Simply open your photo in to photoshop and click image followed by image size then simply enter the size you want in the size box and click enter then save in diferent folder. Please make sure you always keep your original photo somewhere safe because just in case if you want your original size back then it is always there for you. Hope this will help.

Hasmukh Gohil

By: Margaret Spence

Margaret Spence — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:31:15 +0000

Thanks for this subject I need help. A 10 mega pixel is so large should I save to c d then resize the ones on computer? if so HOW DO I DO IT. Thanks for all your fab advice.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:06:47 +0000

When I want to resize, I usually save the resized file as another file in another folder, that way I have my original and something smaller to send to family, friends and to post them on websites. I then might save both photos on a CD (along with most of my other photos, resized and not) so I have more space on my computer. If I need more space on a CD for my photos (because they do take up a lot of space) I just buy another CD, or buy a whole stack.

By: Ramesh Panicker

Ramesh Panicker — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:48:06 +0000

Can anybody tell me how to resize the image taken by 3.2 mega pixel camera to 4″x6″( size in inches) for developing prints.
which software to use and the method please without losing image quality

By: Gary Lucken

Gary Lucken — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:48:41 +0000

I’m a newcomer to digital photography so this is probably a really dumb question.

But here goes anyway.

When I look at the “properties” of a digital photo in Windows picture viewer it gives one figure, eg 2.2MB, but when opened in photoshop it gives a much much bigger figure.

Why is that?

Kind regards.

By: Murray Hunter

Murray Hunter — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:48:38 +0000

If I downsize picture & increase p.p.i then resize & decrease p.p.i back to original will the quality be the same ?
Murray

By: Mike Sulman

Mike Sulman — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:04:52 +0000

Blank CDs are cheap so why resize the photos to fit more on a CD?