Resizing Images for the Web

We all have those photos that we like to on the web to share with our friends. Or, we have some terrific images we've created.

Images for the web need to be both small in file size and in physical dimensions so that our viewers don't have to scroll right to see the whole picture.

In Paint Shop Pro 8 we can adjust our huge images to fit the web quite easily.

Go to Image>Resize

At the top of the Resize dialog you'll see the current image information. Details include width, height and resolution.

In the Pixel Dimensions we need to resize the image to fit our web page. My page will only hold an image 585 pixels wide or less so I'll change mine to that.

You'll see the print size change as you change the Pixel size. If you want to keep the print size you can check the box next to Maintain original print size. The will keep the original print size and reduce the resolution a little. Actually this image isn't good enough for print as you really need at least 300 resolution minimum for a good quality print.

For this particular image, if I check the Maintain print size box my resolution is reduced to 70 which is really bad for print quality. Lucky for me I only need this image for the web.

Also, when resizing images; if you size down you need to use Bilinear resampling and if you size up you need to use Bicubic resampling.

Below is the resized image.

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