On: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 Shangara Singh wrote:-

> Resizing, as opposed to changing the output resolution without resampling,
> is an art that some people have mastered (it involves black magic figures
> like 66% or 66.67% and throwing salt over your shoulder). You can probably
> find the fruits of their knowledge in the Archives. Talking of resizing, I
> know you have retired Photoshop CS but, unfortunately, it does have better
> algorithms for resizing images.

Nah, not black magic - just math. That Photoshop CS has better algorithms
means better math. You can only get better math by a better understanding of
what the math describes. Call it the science of optical illusion.

For those interested, check out this excellent website which gives an
invaluable guide to the physchology of visual perception and colour theory.

http://www.handprint.com/start.html

I willingly digress.

William Curwen http://www.william.ws 

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