Resizing a layout - loss of quality?

[andyapc]

I think most of my layouts were created at 300 resolution, but a couple of them might have been at 200.

If I take an 8x8 layout and resize it down to 7.75x7.75, will there be any loss of quality when it's printed?

What if I resize from a 12x12 or a 10x10 down to a 7.75x7.75?

Final option: what if I resize to a larger size - like say, for instance, from an 8x8 to a 10x10?

[elizabethlmccoy]

I know resizing down you don't have issue although I'd work from the format of your software...not a jpg version.

Also usually when resizing UP within photoshop to a larger size it does a good job of adding the pixels. becareful because you will have distortion of the proportions of objects if you go from 8x8 to 8x10 or 8x10 to 12x12.

What I've done in the past is adjust the canvas and rework a layout so that it looks good as the new size.

And you could always try it printed and undo it.

[valeri]

its all about the pixels. I scrap 12 x 12, 200 ppi is 2400 x 2400 pixels.

200 pixels per inch
x 12 inches
= 2400 pixels

If you resize to 7.75 x 7.75, you still have 2400 pixels, but now its roughly 310 ppi (8 x 8 would be 300 ppi exactly)

You aren't going to loose any quality going down, because your ppi becomes larger. going up on the other hand could cause some loss of quality because you will have less pixels per inch.

200 pixels per inch
x 8 inches
= 1600 pixels

by resizing to 12 x 12 you now have the same 1600 pixels, but more inches means fewer ppi, this would be appx 134 ppi.

this is the main reason why I scrap 12 x 12. I don't think I would ever have a need to go larger, but I might want to go smaller.

This is how I understand it, but maybe someone else can give a different POV

[Emma]

Another thing to try is to use the various resizing options under Image>Resize

When going larger try Bicubic Smoother to retain quality, and go up in steps, like 8x8 to 9x9 to 10x10 etc so it can do a better job of filling in the pixels smoothly at each step

When going smaller, usually the Bicubic is fine, but you could also again go in steps, and try Bicubic Sharper for one of them.

anyone have any more tips for resizing? I know in PSP and PSE I always flatten first and save as a copy since many styles in PSE or fonts in PSP don't look good to me at their new size.