bpack14 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Why is resizing an image so difficult? I would really like this to be my photoshop replacement but not being able to achieve something so simple is a pain in the butt. I have an image that is 600 dpi that I'm trying to resize to 800 px, all I do is Document > Resize Document, type 800 px, hit tab and than resize and image turns out slightly blurry than the original Now when I do the same resize in Gimp, there is no loss of quality, I actually had to do all my images in Gimp cause I wasn't haven't any problems and Gimp is free, lol Am I doing something wrong? why is this so difficult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 17, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi bpack14, Welcome to the forums! DPI and pixel size are different beasts and should be treated as such. If you are not looking to print your document then dpi is irrelevant, I'd really recommend reading the following post on the forum as many users explain this better than I. Could you upload a full size image that you want to re-size and your image from GIMP that has been re-sized, so I can take a look into this for you? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpack14 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Here is the comparison, the left side resized in GIMP and the right side resized in Affinity, look at the cheeks, easy to tell, left side you can clearly see the lines, right side is blurry http://bobbypack.net/photos/comparision.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 That comparison may not be enough for Serif or other forum users to help you. Having the actual photos, as Dan requested, is often critical to resolving issues. If there's some reason you can't share the originals here then Serif can provide a secure upload link so that only they will have access. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 18, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 18, 2018 Here is the link for said files, I can see there is a difference between the Affinity and GIMP images but without the original reference there is not much I can recommend!https://www.dropbox.com/request/oWuIbrUm5i75HF3gP5AT Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 6:06 PM, bpack14 said: ... all I do is Document > Resize Document, type 800 px ... When you do this, which Resample method do you use? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpack14 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 16 hours ago, Dan C said: Here is the link for said files, I can see there is a difference between the Affinity and GIMP images but without the original reference there is not much I can recommend!https://www.dropbox.com/request/oWuIbrUm5i75HF3gP5AT Thanks, I uploaded the original file to that link, I also uploaded it myself for others here http://bobbypack.net/photos/jean_original.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpack14 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 16 hours ago, R C-R said: When you do this, which Resample method do you use? In Affinity I use Document > Resize Document Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 48 minutes ago, bpack14 said: In Affinity I use Document > Resize Document You mentioned that in your first post, but I asked which Resample method you are using. If you don't know what that means, open the Resize Document window & look for the 4th item from the top. It is a popup with several different choices. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Just use Export, set the width or height to 800px (you don't say which this is) Select Lanczos 3 (separable) and export. Done using the settings mentioned above (width resized to 800px) Dan C 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 hours ago, firstdefence said: set the width or height to 800px (you don't say which this is) Select Lanczos 3 (separable) The same can be done in the Resize Document panel for the same effect (albeit destructive, unlike firstdefence's method) The quality of the document after being resized all depends on the Resample method, and Lanczos 3 (separable) is the best option here for your work. I hope this helps! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpack14 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 10 hours ago, R C-R said: You mentioned that in your first post, but I asked which Resample method you are using. If you don't know what that means, open the Resize Document window & look for the 4th item from the top. It is a popup with several different choices. Sorry, "bilinear" is what I'm using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2018 Try changing this to Lanczos 3 (separable) and you'll see much better results Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosen Idea Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 7:06 PM, bpack14 said: Why is resizing an image so difficult? I would really like this to be my photoshop replacement but not being able to achieve something so simple is a pain in the butt. I have an image that is 600 dpi that I'm trying to resize to 800 px, all I do is Document > Resize Document, type 800 px, hit tab and than resize and image turns out slightly blurry than the original Now when I do the same resize in Gimp, there is no loss of quality, I actually had to do all my images in Gimp cause I wasn't haven't any problems and Gimp is free, lol Am I doing something wrong? why is this so difficult? You're not doing anything wrong. The "options" in the crop area are completely useless to someone in a production environment. This is my biggest beef with Affinity Photo, and the only reason I do not recommend it to other professionals. I've requested this be addressed, and I received a reply that it would be. All we want is a way to type in dimensions and a resolution desired, and to have Affinity constrain proportionally, and interpolate intelligently when we drag the handles of the crop tool and hit enter. "Just like Photoshop" is probably the bane of their developers existence lol. I crop loads of images every day with an old version of Photoshop, and my shiny new Affinity Photo gets almost zero usebecause of this simple oversight. Actually the only reason I've launched the app since I discovered the crop deficiency (the second time I ever launched it) was by accident. jboozybooz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2018 I'm sorry to hear you feel this way Chosen Idea. As confirmed by one of our devs Ben in this thread, we've reworked the crop tool for 1.7 and this will hopefully address some of your issues raised above when released. Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosen Idea Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 25 minutes ago, Dan C said: I'm sorry to hear you feel this way Chosen Idea. As confirmed by one of our devs Ben in this thread, we've reworked the crop tool for 1.7 and this will hopefully address some of your issues raised above when released. Thanks. Yes, I'm looking forward to it. Any idea when 1.7 will be out, and if that means an upgrade fee from the Affinity Photo I haven't even been able to use yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 19, 2018 Hi Chosen Idea, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no eta for 1.7 release yet. It should become available as a Customer Beta first. All minor updates (1.x) are free until version 2.0 (which is a paid upgrade). stokerg 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosen Idea Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi Chosen Idea, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no eta for 1.7 release yet. It should become available as a Customer Beta first. All minor updates (1.x) are free until version 2.0 (which is a paid upgrade). As usual, I appreciate the speed at which I receive a response from over there! It sounds good. I'm excited to break my Adobe bonds here lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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