Reducing Image Size, Keeping Quality

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javashackgirl
Sep 4, 2003
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Ok, I know this is a dumb question. I’ve searched the forum, and not found the answer to it, so I’m asking it here…

I would like to reduce the size of the image, yet keep the quality. Here’s a link to what I’m doing:
<http://www.idahocountryproperties.net/deer.html>
The beginning image was 1040×756 @ 150 ppi, I reduced it to 72 ppi first, which got me to the larger size on the page there, 499×363. I then adjusted the size of the image to 100×73, which got me the smaller pic. (What I’m trying to create is thumbnails)

So, did I do it right? Is this the best hopes I can have for creating good thumbnails? Is there something I can be doing better?

Thanks!
Jessica
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Don McCahill
Sep 4, 2003
My only suggestion is that you ignore the resolution … it is irrelevant in making a web image. Next, scale by a multiple, in your case, make the image 104×76, which is 1% of the original size for the thumbnail.

Use save for web to get the best size/quality combination for the image.

Now, go back in history to the full image. You don’t want to be making a reduction of a reduction if you don’t need to.

This time I would try 520×378 for the half sized image. This should be very sharp, depending on which interpolation method is used.

Again, save for web.

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