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Sep 3, 2005
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I am reducing the size of a picture from approx 600 x 800 to 90 x 100 Pixels, then printing for use in keyring fobs

I have them in jpeg format but find I am getting a loss of quality/clarity when they are reduced.

I would welcome any suggestions on how to reduce and maintain a higher quality, I use photoshop 6.0 but only a basic user.

thanks
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edjh
Sep 3, 2005
Scudo wrote:
I am reducing the size of a picture from approx 600 x 800 to 90 x 100 Pixels, then printing for use in keyring fobs

I have them in jpeg format but find I am getting a loss of quality/clarity when they are reduced.

I would welcome any suggestions on how to reduce and maintain a higher quality, I use photoshop 6.0 but only a basic user.

thanks
If you are going to throw out a massive amount of pixels you will reduce quality, by definition. Why are you reducing so drastically? What does the physical size of the print need to be? Go by that and keep resolution from 300-600 ppi, depending on the printer.

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Scudo
Sep 3, 2005
It needs to be 90 x 100 to fit the `insert` in a keyfob, my camera only goes down to a min of 600 x 800.

"edjh" wrote in message
Scudo wrote:
I am reducing the size of a picture from approx 600 x 800 to 90 x
100
Pixels, then printing for use in keyring fobs

I have them in jpeg format but find I am getting a loss of
quality/clarity
when they are reduced.

I would welcome any suggestions on how to reduce and maintain a higher quality, I use photoshop 6.0 but only a basic user.

thanks
If you are going to throw out a massive amount of pixels you will reduce quality, by definition. Why are you reducing so drastically? What does the physical size of the print need to be? Go by that and keep resolution from 300-600 ppi, depending on the printer.

Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html
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jeffc
Sep 3, 2005
On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:56:23 GMT, Scudo wrote:

I am reducing the size of a picture from approx 600 x 800 to 90 x 100 Pixels, then printing for use in keyring fobs

I have them in jpeg format but find I am getting a loss of quality/clarity when they are reduced.

I would welcome any suggestions on how to reduce and maintain a higher quality, I use photoshop 6.0 but only a basic user.

thanks

Large pixel dimensions don’t prevent you from printing in a small physical size. Simply tell the printing functions what physical size you want.
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edjh
Sep 3, 2005
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Scudo wrote:
It needs to be 90 x 100 to fit the `insert` in a keyfob, my camera only goes down to a min of 600 x 800.

NO! Printed objects are physical things and cannot be measured in pixels. Your key fob is not a certain number of pixels wide, is it? How tall are you in pixels?

Inches, centimeters, etc. are appropriate. Pixels are for the computer.

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Tacit
Sep 3, 2005
In article <XydSe.3028$>,
"Scudo" wrote:

I am reducing the size of a picture from approx 600 x 800 to 90 x 100 Pixels, then printing for use in keyring fobs

Do not reduce the number of pixels. Reduce the print size by using the Image Size command with "Resample Image" turned OFF.

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