Paka wrote: > * The Real Bev <[email protected]> [07-21-09 22:28]: >> >> I crop out a section, which I want to enlarge -- perhaps to a specific size. >> I >> export it at 40% quality in (a) original size; (b) resize to 1600 (the max); >> (c) resize to 2400 (edited 1600 to 2400 by hand) and (d) resize to 2400 @ >> 100% >> quality. >> >> All are exactly the same physical size, but the last one has a much larger >> filesize. I can reduce the physical size (reduce to 600...) but not >> increase it. >> >> Am I missing something? > > yes, mis-leading terms. Physical file size is an indicator of but does > not define viewing size or quality! > > imnsho, you should crop at 100% quality, then resample the crop at > 10-15% levels increasing the output each time. But you will have to > use a different program to administer the effect as it is really beyond > picasa. I would suggest the gimp using Lanczos3 interpolation and > successive steps of 10-15%.
xv does it just fine -- and easily, just tap the period key until you're happy -- but it destroys the exif information. Maybe I'm too anal about saving that, it's not like I don't already have it on the original,which bears the same filename... -- Cheers, Bev =================================================================== Giving advice likely to kill the stupid is called passive eugenics. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
