I'm not sure if i'm just starting with images that are too big or if its how i'm resizing them but just about everything i try to make into an icon turns into a blurry mess when i resize it down to icon size. i am making sure the proportions stay the same its just the detail degenerates too far when i resize. are there programs that handle it better than others(i'm using gimp), or anything at all i can do to keep more detail when i resize? i realize its unavoidable to an extent because of the change in pixel count but i was hoping there were programs or tricks that helped reduce the image degradation.

 

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I don't know much about gimp, but as you said, it is going to happen. I will usually resize large images by hand and not have the program change it. Higher DPI should allow the image to be a little less blurry.

 

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