Resizing smaller, distorts image, Why???

MA
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Michael_Azzarello
Jul 29, 2004
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I have a logo I am trying to add to some DVD menus.
I have it scanned in at 300dpi, 100dpi and 72dpi.

WHen I go to make the image smaller keeping the restraints the image becomes distorted, or I should say not as sharp as the original.

What I mean is that the lines are not sharp, they are wavy.

I have tried everything but can’t get the image to hold up when I shrink it. I thought the image only distorted when you enlarged it.

I am building it in Photoshop 7 on a 720X540 image.
I than place that file in DVD Studio Pro 3. I have done this before countless times with other logos. However this one doesn’t want to work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Mike
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progress
Jul 29, 2004
posting a pic may help

am i right in guessing the lines affected are not exactly horizontal or vertical? could be an antialiasing isssue…tried a different interpolation method?
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Buko
Jul 30, 2004
Bicubic Sharper
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Buko
Jul 30, 2004
Never mind you are using PS7
JS
John_Slate
Jul 30, 2004
Any type of resampling will have a softening effect, even down.

That’s why they came up with bicubic-sharper for PSCS.

Otherwise, you can apply a minimal amount of USM to regain the lost clarity.
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Ram
Jul 30, 2004
Michael,

The obvious solution is to re-scan the image at the exact size and resolution you need; but you don’t say whether you have the original or only the scans.
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Neil_Keller
Jul 31, 2004
Fewer image pixels = less image sharpness.

Neil
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Michael_Azzarello
Aug 9, 2004
Ok…I upgraded to Photoshop CS…same problem…I tried rescanning at the size I need and its the same problem…

I’m trying to figre out how to post the image…

Any other suggestions?

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