Can i resize pic but keep clarity?

I took alot of pics in large quality only now i want to send some in email and possibly get 4x6s printed but when the pic is small it looks distorted and the straight lines are very jagged. U can tell theres too much detail for the pic to be that small. When u enlarge it, it looks fine. So, is thre a way to change the file size and make it smaller but keep the clarity? Heres an example. When u go there, notice the whiskers. then click the pic and it will make it bigger and notice them then. Its alot more clear. How do i fix this? Can i fix this? Help lol.



http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd227Can i resize pic but keep clarity?
Yes there is a way to keep the clarity. It's always good to have pictures with that much resolution, the more information the better.

What needs to be done depends on the software and photoediting programs that you will be using.

In photoshop, for example, open the photo, open the image size menu, make sure you have the keep in proportion option checked. Check on 6 for the h eight and the width should get close to 4. Now drop the resolution down to 177 and close that menu and choose the save as under file and save the photo to a different folder and give a name. The reason f or doing is to keep the original just in case you want to make a larger version of the photo. From the size that it's being saved to you would never be able to enlarge to a decent size without getting distortion so that's why you want to save as and give the photo a different name or simply save as a copy.



HOpe tha thelps.Can i resize pic but keep clarity?
I'll bet if you print various crops of this image, as long as they are all SMALLER than the original, they will all be very sharp. What I see as I zoom in and out os a conflict between the resolution of your image and my monitor. If you step this up and down one percent at the time, the %26quot;fuzziness%26quot; in the whiskers changes position with every step, but the very tip of each whisker remains rather sharp.



Experiment and see what magnifications work best. For instance, 50% is pretty sharp, but 51% is horrible.



When I try various crops of your image (4x6, 5x7, etc.) they are ALL just as sharp when viewed at 100%, even though the ppi are all over the place.



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Yeah. Suppose you crop it to 7.111 x 4.743. It LOOKS the same on your screen, but the resolution jumps from 72 ppi to 144 ppi. If you crop it to 3.556 x 2.372, it LOOKS the same on your screen, but the resolution jumps from 144 ppi to 288 ppi.Can i resize pic but keep clarity?
Try opening the image in ms paint and save that in another name. Just by doing this MS paint will compress it by around 70 %. if you like the look of the newly made photo then you can post it. For even smaller file you have to resize the image.



You may think it as absurd but try it and let us know what the sizes became