Resizing Images

[Mac McDougald]

You are probably expecting too much from 32x32 pixels.
Work at that size to begin with. Icon sized images must be quite simple.
It's a whole area of expertise to make something recognizable/attractive
with that few pixels.

Mac

[Syed Zeeshan Haider]

Hello Experts,
I have PS6 on Win98SE.

I have been creating 32x32 images with PS and converting them into *.ico
files with some icon creator. But there is a problem.
I actually create mostly a large image for an icon. I mostly use 300x300
(pixels). After completing the image, when I resize it to 32x32 (pixels), it
becomes blurry and loses that sharpness which we see in professional icons
(like that of Adobe products, Microsoft products etc.). How can I resize an
image without losing its sharpness?
(I already have some experience of PS and I use it without any hesitation,
however, I am not any expert.)
Thank you,
--
Syed Zeeshan Haider.


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"Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?"

[LenHewitt]

You should create the images at their final size, and NOT resize them. ICO
files are best created in an ICON editor rather than in Photoshop

[Michael B. Field]

You could also make the icons 128 x 128 which will make them easier once they are small if you have to work in 300x300. Hopefully whatever OS you use can handle 128 icons.

[Syed Zeeshan Haider]

"Mac McDougald" <doogleREMOVE_THIS@doogle.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.198335b731320d3b9896b8@www.adobeforums.co m...

> You are probably expecting too much from 32x32 pixels.

Because I have seen too much in such small sizes. :-)
Have you observed the Recycle Bin, My Computer, My Documents or Internet
Explorer icons in Windows? They contain too much image details.

> It's a whole area of expertise to make something recognizable/attractive
> with that few pixels.

That's the real thing that I seem to lack.

Thanks,
--
Syed Zeeshan Haider.


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"Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?"

[LenHewitt]

Syed,

Your Sig file is inappropriate in an Intenational, Professional and multi-cultural forum

[Helen Polson]

I suggest reading this article-->
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/winxpicons.asp>

[DrAspen]

I want to have the graphics enlarge when needed due to resolution settings. For example...the menu bar graphics extending acrossed the top of the screen. I know how to do this with a plain cell but there has to be a way to do it with graphics? create a small slice? I have also seen this done in a text area with a background text?

[darrel]

> I want to have the graphics enlarge when needed due to resolution
settings. For example...the menu bar graphics extending acrossed the top of
the screen. I know how to do this with a plain cell but there has to be a
way to do it with graphics? create a small slice? I have also seen this
done in a text area with a background text?

You asked this in the other forum, but, to answer your question, you can't
make images resizable easily. you CAN make images tile, though.

So, for a header, you want to get creative and make an image that can tile
horizontally. Here's a sample I've been working on lately:

[url]http://www.digitalarray.com/herdpro[/url]

The top header consists of two images and one tiled background image.

-Darrel