Considerations when scaling images down for use on web (confused only about image quality - I understand file size concerns)

[Grum999]

I use it I think 80% of time, but it’s more a matter of taste and according to artwork.
This algorithm for example will provide sharper edges than bicubic or bspline.

You can do tests on your side, or take a look to this post where I provide examples of difference between algorithm:

JPEG Export

lol I’m already working on another plugin for something like that, and I can tell you that’s it’s not “simple” from a developer point of view. And I’m even not sure that it could be useful for other (even if I try to do something that can be used by others) Here, post-resizing processing of arbitrary number of actions is something I can’t implement quickly and easily… Most of my plugins are built to let me be able to do things quickly, easily and in the way I’m thinking …

(click on 4:1 image to get it full size and really see differences)

Grum999