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Is is possible.....

to make the icon png's larger without distorting them?

Posted by smfh25 on Aug 01, 2007 in Blab | 13 comments

bkendall on Aug 01, 2007

not an official answer but I would say no unless they are the vector icons. Any flat png will distort with resizing at least in my exp.

KatieK on Aug 01, 2007

Not really, since they're not vector graphics. However, I recently learned a little Photoshop trick that might help...

First increase the size of the image to 10 times what you want the resulting size to be. Then shrink them down to the actual size you want.

I've had some luck doubling the size of some of the icons this way.

iqon on Aug 01, 2007

Avast KatieK that be brilliant!
'Cuse me while me kicks me monkey for not thinkin' of this trick.

louiemctool on Aug 01, 2007

well, i use Paint.NET. if i resize a PNG image, i have the option of increasing or decreasing the resolution (dpi, or dots per square inch), which will help.

you will get some degradation, no matter what, since most compression/decompression algorithms are lossy to some degree or another (from what i've studied. feel free to correct me if i'm wrong).

good luck!

:)

smfh25 on Aug 01, 2007

Thank you all for your responses.

KatieK on Aug 01, 2007

@iqon - Thanks! The 'make giant, then shrink' trick seems to enact some kind of Photoshop smoothing voodoo.
Don't beat your monkey too badly. I happen to live with a Photoshop support-guy. It's handy, except when he walks by and announces that I'm doing something the stupid way. ;)

louiemctool on Aug 01, 2007

Don't beat your monkey too badly.

must... stop... laughing... can't... breathe...

:p

JBVisions on Aug 01, 2007

Gasp! Obviously means something different in the US. :o∫

KatieK on Aug 01, 2007

Yeah, both "beat" and "monkey" can have a variety of meanings, some less naughty than others.
We're separated by a common language, eh?

iqon on Aug 02, 2007

Me monkey is very puzzled. Fortunately me monkey rarely understands such phrase that make humans laugh when taken out of context.

Arrrrrrr, now me monkey is singin' Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

ehooton on Aug 02, 2007

That is a very awesome trick! Thanks to you and the support-guy!

danielsemper on Aug 02, 2007

Great trick KatieK !!!

Writing it down.

tamashii on Aug 02, 2007

i am jealous of your scaling