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Please help me scale down images and keep sharpness!!

narcisf85450815
Community Beginner ,
Apr 10, 2020 Apr 10, 2020

I have a really big problem with PS that i don t know how to figure it out.My problem is that my DSLR takes photos in 5184x2714 px and when i want to change the size for instagram for 1080x556 it's always blurry.I've tried all the ways:smart object,bars,everything and the picture in 1080x556 is awful.

Please help me!

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JJMack Community Expert
Community Expert , Apr 11, 2020 Apr 11, 2020

Your Canon 700D camera has a 3:2 aspect ratio and captures an image 5184px x 3456px  can also output a 16:9 Crop image 5184px x 2912px.   You should use the 3:2  image  5184px nx 3456px and do your own cropping for the aspect ratio images you want.  First think about your post image content and its aspect ratio.  Do not be concerned at first about the number of pixels you want to post. What should be you first concern is the content you want to post. The composition of the images you are going t

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PECourtejoie Community Expert
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Apr 11, 2020 Apr 11, 2020
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Hello, did yyou protect areas that you don't want to see scaled? see: https://helpx.adobe.com/be_en/photoshop/using/content-aware-scaling.html#specify_content_to_protect_...

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PECourtejoie Community Expert
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Or in this tutorial  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7quTryYs-GI

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