Printing

What's the best way to resize an image in PS i.e. to make it smaller prior to print, to keep it at it's best resolution.

1: resize in Edit - Transform - Scale

2: Image - Image size

3: Print - Scale

Thanks

Image -> Image size is what I use. Doing that you get to choose your sampling algorithm, though the default bicubic's good. I don't print my own though, this is what I do before I send images to the lab.

As I'm happy with Bicubic (which I have set in preferences) I use the Crop Tool for most of my resizing.

Damien if you use your crop tool you are not resizing your image, you are cutting part of your image away.

what i want to do & know is keep the whole image but for example making an A4 image into A5 without loosing image quality.

i.e. does it make any difference which way you make it smaller.

If I have a value in the resolution field of the Options Bar for the Crop Tool, then yes, it does resize. Try it and see.

So i tried your method damien, never used the crop tool for resizing an image before, a little strange at first but yes it does work, but i still have no answer to if one way over another is better for image quality.

Locton wrote in post #7745131
What's the best way to resize an image in PS i.e. to make it smaller prior to print, to keep it at it's best resolution.

1: resize in Edit - Transform - Scale

2: Image - Image size

3: Print - Scale

I'm pretty sure (1) and (3), like the Crop Tool, will use the resampling method set in PS's preferences.

(2) gives you the option to choose. Apparently, "Bicubic Sharper" is for downsampling, and "Bicubic Smoother" is for upsampling. Never bothered with it myself.