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I had a little Photoshop fun with this photo:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5199862 ... An attempt

at a light table look.

As an 8.5 X 11 (and 13 X 19 for that matter) print from Photoshop

CS2 on a Canon Pixma Pro9000, this is a very sharp, crisp image (in

fact all the images in my portfolio are, I wouldn't have chosen them

for upload if they weren't :-D ), as in the frames and wing tips

are "tack sharp", it's the same on the screen in Photoshop.

However, when I convert them to jpg and upload them here, they lose

a lot (as you can plainly see in the non-straight lines of the

frames), or at least they do on my monitors (certainly enough to get

quite a few 3/3s I'm sure).

I resized the image to 1280 pixels wide, then chose "save as", jpg,

and selected max quality. I tried "save for web", but there was no

difference ... I also tried 1024 pixels wide, but that was worse.

Any Photoshop CS2 tips on converting psd images to jpg for viewing

here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks ...

I have also got frustrated about losing sharpness in my pictures. From experience, I find that the pictures are always sharper when viewed larger. However, if you reduce the longest length to 800 pixels or less and then 'save for web', the picture should be viewable on screen without the larger button and be sharper than before ie, prior to viewing larger. See my recent picture of a gull which I was able to reduce on screen without the view larger button.

I think your idea is very original and compliments the flying geese.

Kind Regards Carl

Thanks Carl ... I'll give it a try.

Very interesting photo and effect. Good work.