how to achieve this look?
I've been doing unsuccessful attempts to create icons that end up looking like:


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teh_indy,
neversince,
teh_indy,
xoashwee,
dekolette,
misstress_tink
I resize my hi-res images to 100x100 but they don't look as clear as those icons. It's so frustrating! I've tried sharpening, but they don't look as nice--over sharpened images are ugly, yet the ones above (if sharpened) look waaaay better.
I use PS7.
Is there a specific way to achieve the same look when I resize images and make them look like those icons?
teh_indy,
misstress_tink,
dekolette (and another icon maker whose username I can't remember right now so I didn't provide a sample icon) do it so well! How to achieve the same clarity of images would be perfect.
If anyone can provide a tutorial or give some tips, please do so (for PS7)
Thank you :)


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I resize my hi-res images to 100x100 but they don't look as clear as those icons. It's so frustrating! I've tried sharpening, but they don't look as nice--over sharpened images are ugly, yet the ones above (if sharpened) look waaaay better.
I use PS7.
Is there a specific way to achieve the same look when I resize images and make them look like those icons?
If anyone can provide a tutorial or give some tips, please do so (for PS7)
Thank you :)
