Resizing to small -Bad print quality – help!

Why not just untick ‘resample image’ when you resize it? This will increase the dpi sent to the printer and actually increase the quality of the image.

"LJ" wrote in message

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be

applied

to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I am applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

follow pixel pirates advise….it’ll work….just wanted to second his/her opinion 🙂

Why not just untick ‘resample image’ when you resize it? This will increase the dpi sent to the printer and actually increase the quality of the image.

"LJ" wrote in message

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be

applied

to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I am applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

I agree that this will give better results for the intended purpose, but I disagree that the image quality will change at all. All this does is change then number of pixels per inch. The total number of pixels stays the same so quality also remains the same. The quality will be better than the reduced size image the OP had originally used, but no better than the same image before resizing.

Peadge 🙂

"Pixel Pirate" wrote in message

Why not just untick ‘resample image’ when you resize it? This will increase the dpi sent to the printer and actually increase the quality of the image.

"LJ" wrote in message

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be

applied

to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I am applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

LJ wrote:

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be applied to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I am applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

I suggest setting the camera to 2 Mpixels, that’s enough to make small prints
and no need to resample!!

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Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Le num

well…yes peadge…i agree with you…but the orig poster didnt say anything about "improving" the image quality…but rather keeping the image quality.

The simple step should really be all that they need.

just my 2 pesos 🙂

"Peadge" wrote in message

I agree that this will give better results for the intended purpose, but I disagree that the image quality will change at all. All this does is

change

then number of pixels per inch. The total number of pixels stays the same

so

quality also remains the same. The quality will be better than the

reduced

size image the OP had originally used, but no better than the same image before resizing.

Peadge 🙂

"Pixel Pirate" wrote in message

Why not just untick ‘resample image’ when you resize it? This will increase the dpi sent to the printer and actually increase the quality of the image.

"LJ" wrote in message

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be

applied

to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I

am

applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance),

And something else…
..90 and .50 what?
are you speaking in metric system?
Inches?
yards?
For we don’t where you come from
sure we can’t guess..

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Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Alexander Graham Bell/he knew darn well/ That he can find the only way/ to talk across the USA"
Sweet "Alexander Graham Bell"

Good reasoning here, but I would caution against taking lower quality originals unless capacity is a major issue or the images will ONLY be used for small output sizes. It’s always better to begin with a larger starting filesize (higher resolution on original image). It provides you with greater flexibility.

"Marsupilami" wrote in message

LJ wrote:

Hi,
I am using photoshop CS to print out photos on transfer paper to be applied to plastic license plates, dog tags, etc., using a heat press. I have to resize the photos so the print out will overlap the item I am applying it to.
When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance), the quality is really poor, as compared to the original size. I’m using a 4 megapixel camera set at the highest jpg setting. Thanks for any help.
LJ

I suggest setting the camera to 2 Mpixels, that’s enough to make small prints
and no need to resample!!

—
+++++++++++
Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Le num

When I "right click" to resize, the default setting is inches. So, I just resize to where the printed image will slightly overlap the item I will be making the transfer to.
The camera person asks the subject what item they would like their photo applied to, then takes the appropriate photo. I would be a time buster to re-adjust the resolution each time.
Keeping image quality is what I am looking for.
I just can’t understand why the quality of the printed image gets worse – shouldn’t it get better?
I just want it to at least stay the same.
Thanks for any help again.
LJ
"Marsupilami" wrote in message

When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance),

And something else…
.90 and .50 what?
are you speaking in metric system?
Inches?
yards?
For we don’t where you come from
sure we can’t guess..

—
+++++++++++
Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Alexander Graham Bell/he knew darn well/ That he can find the only way/ to talk across the USA"
Sweet "Alexander Graham Bell"

I didn’t see the "unticking" suggestion in my newsreader – only when I did a search of my topic in google.
Thanks for the suggestion – I will try it next time my company sends my out on a photo job.
LJ

"Marsupilami" wrote in message

When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance),

And something else…
.90 and .50 what?
are you speaking in metric system?
Inches?
yards?
For we don’t where you come from
sure we can’t guess..

—
+++++++++++
Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Alexander Graham Bell/he knew darn well/ That he can find the only way/ to talk across the USA"
Sweet "Alexander Graham Bell"

I was making the change in the "document size" box. Should I make it in the "pixel dimision" box instead? When I make the change in the "document size" box, and uncheck the "resample image" box, the image doesn’t change in size.
LJ
"Marsupilami" wrote in message

When I resize the photos to small sizes (.90 x .50 for instance),

And something else…
.90 and .50 what?
are you speaking in metric system?
Inches?
yards?
For we don’t where you come from
sure we can’t guess..

—
+++++++++++
Houba houba.
Marsu.
"Alexander Graham Bell/he knew darn well/ That he can find the only way/ to talk across the USA"
Sweet "Alexander Graham Bell"