I generally resize for the web only after sharpening my 16-bit, 144 meg file and saving it as an 8-bit 72 meg tiff. I consider the web images insignificant. and I don't worry about them very much. Once in a while, I add a little bit of extra USM to aweb image after resizing (with bicubic sharper) to 72 dpi at 13 inches on the long side. That's a tiny file. So I frequently don't bother. Sometimes I don't even look at them at 100%. I think at the sizes we're talking about for the web, it doesn't really make much difference when you sharpen. The only thing that anyone might notice is a great deal of oversharpening.
> I work on my photos in PS using 16-bit. When it comes time to sharpen, > after resizing and just before saving for the web, I convert the image to > 8-bit and then sharpen. I recently read that sharpening in 16-bit is > "better" and then converting to 8-bit just before saving the file. > > So, what's the best way to sharpen for this situation? > > > Shel > >
