I render all my work at 1280x1024 and save as bmp. I then post work in PhotoPaint and resave as LZW tiff (for my wallpaper use). I then resample (w/anti-aliaing) to 1024x819 and crop to 1024x768. I always apply a 50 to 85% unsharp filter to compensate for any induced blur. I export as a jpeg at about 15-20% (inv proportional to PS) with 4:4 sampling and optimum settings. Not sure what the Optimum means but I do see the difference in image qual between it and regular. I always adjust the compression valueb checking the on the fly preview/original viewer. Aldaron- In PP if you check the "keep image the same" size box in the resample popup all you do is alter the dpi ratio in the image file header with no adittion or deletion of data. If you leave this box unchecked, you will add or remove pixel data to alter the image size.

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