So I have this .bmp image file. I open it and use FastCapture viewer to crop away most of the image and save the cropped image. I then use the Resize option to make the file and avatar and save it. The image blurs.
What, if anything, can I do to maintain a clearer image for avatars?
Resizing Causes Image to Blur
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- UraniumLounger
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Resizing Causes Image to Blur
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Re: Resizing Causes Image to Blur
How bad is the blurring? Resizing does reduce sharpness. I'm not familiar with 'FastCapture viewer' but within IrfanView the resize dialog includes a 'sharpen after resize' tick box.
Ken
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Re: Resizing Causes Image to Blur
Thanks, Ken.
I will have to experiment a bit and report results.
I will have to experiment a bit and report results.
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- gamma jay
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Re: Resizing Causes Image to Blur
What size is the original image? See if you can start out with a larger version of the image. If you can locate a bigger version of the image using Google image search, you can save that larger version, use your image editor to crop and resize, you should get a better quality.
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Re: Resizing Causes Image to Blur
You do need to start with an image that is suitable for resizing down to avatar size. If your image is too complex then it'll never produce a nice sharp avatar.
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