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Criticalistic
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July 9, 2022
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Blurry Image Resizing

  • July 9, 2022
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When I am resizing an image, there is a preview render of the image prior to verifying the resize. I am currently using photoshop for the purpose of small scale textures (16x16, 32x32, 8x8 pixels). However, every time I finish/confirm my resizing Photoshop retouches the image and makes it useless to me. I would much prefer the uneditted/unaliased image from the preview. How can I do this?
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Correct answer Chris 486

Hi default,

 

When you are using your transform option (Ctrl + T) try changing your interpolation to "nearest neighbor" in the toolbar.

 

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Chris 486
Chris 486Correct answer
Community Expert
July 11, 2022

Hi default,

 

When you are using your transform option (Ctrl + T) try changing your interpolation to "nearest neighbor" in the toolbar.

 

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    CriticalisticAuthor
    New Participant
    July 15, 2022

    Hi Chris, thank you for your response.
    I did this and rescaled my image to find that it preserved most if not all of the details I needed for my image. Thank you!

    c.pfaffenbichler
    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    May 2, 2024

    Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible in Photoshop and one of the image in the browser? 

    Jumpenjax
    Jumpenjax
    Community Expert
    July 11, 2022

    I would check the ppi and make it as high as you can, but when you reduce a picture to such a small size and then increase it, it will be blurry. 

    Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer
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      CriticalisticAuthor
      New Participant
      July 15, 2022

      Hi Lee, thank you for your response

      I see, I did what you said and you were right. I was able to produce smoother results when upscaling however as you said it lacked detail. It worked quite well for downscaling the size of the image though, so I will definitely experiment with using this.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      July 10, 2022

      Your terminology seems problematic, Photoshop does not »retouch« the images, it resamples them with the method you either chose or never changed from the default settings … 

       

      Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible? 

      What is the Resample Method you apply (Photoshop > Preferences > General > Image Interpolation)? 

      Which ones have you tested yet? 

       

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      CriticalisticAuthor
      New Participant
      July 15, 2022

      Hi, thank you for your response.

      Please excuse my poor use of language and terminology, I am not familiar with photo-editting and english is not my first language. I also apologize for my response time, I was off at work and was not able to view your response.

       

      I haven't found time to adjust any settings or preferences within Phtotoshop, so I was using the default resampling interpolation, Bicubic.

      As stated previously, I haven't changed any setitings so I have only used bicubic (which yielded the results causing my issues). What should I change to adjust the resampling to result in a sharper/more detailed image?

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