Edit then resize or resize then edit ?

[ls3steve]

As im very new to all this photography stuff i have been playing around with my new D3100 entry level camera.
I have been resizing the photos then editing them in Picasa (free software, i will be getting Lightrooms soon enough)

Outcome is alright but obviously not the greatest.

Examples here :

[Gemm]

I always edit in the original size first, then resize. In this way, all the resized images (for different sizes of prints, for web, etc) will look identical.

[mcflurry]

Gemm said:

I always edit in the original size first, then resize. In this way, all the resized images (for different sizes of prints, for web, etc) will look identical.

+1

Also if you are a couple of pixels out with a selection, it will show more on a smaller source image

[AndWhyNot]

Gemm said:

I always edit in the original size first, then resize. In this way, all the resized images (for different sizes of prints, for web, etc) will look identical.

Yup.

Edit the biggest size you've got. Save it but don't overwrite the original. Resize the edited version for different uses but again don't overwrite the biggest size of the edited version. You might also like to resharpen your resized images to optimise them for screen viewing at that size.

[ls3steve]

Great, thanks for the tips guys.
No doubt i will be asking A LOT more questions in the future.


Cheers

[MartinP]

As you're getting Lightroom, this will be less of an issue anyway. In Lightroom the workflow is generally that you make your 'non destructive' edits to the original files and it's only at the end of the process when you're ready to output for web, prints etc that you'll generate an appropriate sized file.

[K12beano]

Edit ==> Size ==> Sharpen

Always in that order with possible exception of upscaling ( bit like mirror signal manoeuvre .... Except no one does that any more ... )

[Simpo Two]

K12beano said:

Edit ==> Size ==> Sharpen

The man has it.