[thelist] thumbnails and downsized images - quality - gimp & imagemagick

[Rick Alexander]

Bob Meetin wrote:
  > With gimp, and large clipart gifs, when downsized to 100x100 (even
> larger) the images tend to break up (less pixels).  Converting to jpgs 
> gets better quality, but lose transparency.  

Don't work with the images, downsizing, etc. using a limited palette. In 
order to downsize a gif, convert it to 24 bit true color, resize, then 
convert back to gif with 256 or less colors. Edges will stay much 
smoother and the "break up" will not be there.

I don't use either of the programs mentioned, so I can't give you 
specific steps.


--rick