GIMP users?

[green]

okay, I have a question about GIMP. I've never used it before, but I want to know how it handles resizing.

I use PSP and have for years and years. I have resisted moving to another program always. BUT the one thing I dislike about it is how it handles resizing and sharpening. It makes things blurry when you resize from big to small, and it oversharpens. a lot.

someone please tell me how GIMP handles these things? I really want to make icons again but I've gotten to where the moment I resize a picture, I want to throw my hands up in disgust. :(

Comments

[blueswan]

You want gimp_gate. I just crop and sometimes brighten or sharpen a bit to make icons. gimp_gate has many more knowledgeable users of gimp and they should be able to answer your questions.

[green]

Thanks, bb!

[sara]

I think the latest iterations of the GIMP resize pretty sharply. Depends on your source, a bit, but I do a lot with it and am basically content.

And I second the comm rec.

[green]

Thank you! :D

(pay no attention to random RP journals who answer you...)

[sara]

...I figured that had to be it, yes. It was either that or there was something Very, Very Improbable happening. *GRIN*

[trascendenza]

I find using a combination of unsharp+sharp tools will get me the results I want in Gimp. it's worse with grainier sources naturally, but all my recent batches of icons I've made have been with Gimp if that provides a frame of reference.