: How Do I Resize An Image Without Ruining Text? I just finished a Photoshop project at 1600x3200 that involves several images and multiple lines of text. Upon saving the image as a .tif, I

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I just finished a Photoshop project at 1600x3200 that involves several images and multiple lines of text. Upon saving the image as a .tif, I uploaded the image to Imgur. Once uploaded, I went into Imgur's editor and noticed that I liked the editor's default display of the image at a lower resolution (950x1900 to be exact) more than the full size (1600x3200) version of the same image. It looked crisp, legible and exactly what I wanted out of the project. Note, I didn't do anything in the editor, all I did was look at the image.

Upon this discovery, I decided to go back into photoshop and resize the image myself to 950x1900. This resulted in a far inferior version of the image than how the original file was displayed at 950x1900. The text is nearly as legible and there artifacts all over the place. For the past few hours I've been trying to find a solution to the problem - eventually coming across a few questions on this website - but nothing has worked. I would just save the high resolution 950x1900 image from the Imgur editor but that's apparently impossible.

Here are screenshots from a section of each image that demonstrate the difference in quality. Sadly, I'm on a MacBook with Retina Display so my screenshot settings are a little goofy but these do accurately represent what I'm talking about:


Original Image in Imgur Editor: i.imgur.com/SYqzhZw.png Resized Image: i.imgur.com/Odhosmr.png

I have no idea how to properly word my question because I'm a newbie at graphic design, so here are a few that should cover all my bases of confusion.


How can I resize my image to 950x1900 so that it looks like the original version of the image displayed at 950x1900 in the Imgur editor?
Assuming a worst case scenario where I have to redo this whole project from scratch, what are some precautions I can take in the future to avoid this problem?
Why does an image of a higher dimensions displayed at a lower dimensions look so sharp? I've noticed it in video editing software when taking a 1080p video and putting it into 720p settings. Is this some sort of trick my mind is playing on me?

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