Photoshop help resizing makes it pixelly Options

[mikazukix]

I have this image and it's in pretty good quality but everytime time i resize it it gets really pixelly anf blurry. Am i surpose to do sumthing to the image so it doesn't become like that. I'm trying to make sorta sumthing like a botton so the image is gonna be realy small.

[moorepocket]

when you make it small, it shouldn't be pixelly.

[*digital.fragrance*]

When you edit the image size, try editting the Pixels/Inch Resolution instead of the size. But that really isn't the best way to do things.

Best thing to do is start out with a small canvas at 72-300 Pixels/Inch and create it from there.

[mikazukix]

it's not working>.< Okay this is a screenshot of what it looks like before i resize it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/sle...Scrrenshot1.jpg

And this is a picture of what of i did to resize it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/sle...Scrrenshot2.jpg

Then this is what it becomes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/sle...Scrrenshot3.jpg

I dun get it.. I opened up an image that was that size and it didn't show up pixelly. I even uploaded it to see if it was just because i was looking at it from close up that made it look pixelly. it just looks like a blob though.

[Gigi]

Honey, there are two reasons why things aren't working out.

1) You're viewing the image at 80.7% for the "before" image; try percentages at 25, 50, 75 or 100 percent to make it look better as a preview.

2) You're resizing the image to 8 by 6 pixels. 8 by 6 pixels is absolutely MINISCULE. If I were to illustrate 8 by 6 pixels, it'd look like this: That's shorter that this line of text. You're viewing it at 644%, that's why it looks pixelly. To get an accurate representation of what your image actually looks like, view your images at 100%. (click the magnifying glass and click the box on the bottom toolbar that says "Actual Pixels")

I wouldn't try messing around with the DPI unless you really know what you're doing (and DPI is only usually useful for printwork, but since you look like you're mainly on the internet, it doesn't matter).

How large was your original image, and how large would you like your image to be resized to?