I made a huge thumbnail pack ...

Ayespy

@D0J0P paint.net and xnview (to resize canvas when needed) should be all anyone would need. I have used a number of other image tools on my box just because I have them, but on the whole resizing or cropping (or both) the image/canvas should be all anyone needs.

In fact, now that I look at it, all you need is paint.net.

D0J0P

@Ayespy Is there a way I can drag from the corner of the image to resize photos in either of those programs like I can with Paint 3D? I just tried it with xnview, and like paint.net and everything else, I have to resize it by entering a pixel or percentage value instead of just selecting the picture and dragging it to shrink it down to a good size.

Also, when I resized pictures using paint.net, they seem to show up a little blurry compared to when resizing pictures using Paint 3D. Do you notice anything odd in the picture?
(Left: picture resized with Paint 3D | Right: picture resized with paint.net)
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I'm not sure why, but the one on the right, resized with paint.net, looks a little blurry to me, especially on the bottom of the letters. Maybe I'm using the wrong setting for resizing?

NSANE

My desktop and monitor resolution is 1080p@60Hz.

And yeah, please use paint.net or anything with layers (though Gimp is really, really bad). For resizing, you should use a software that has a lanczos filter which is better than bicubic resampling.

Ayespy

@D0J0P My display shows them exactly the opposite - the one on the left blurred, and the one on the right crisp.

ugly

I'm on Linux, so I don't have Paint.NET as an option (it's what I used on Windows).

For Linux, I've been trying out Krita. Looks like there is a Windows version as well: https://krita.org/en/

I found it a little difficult to use at first, probably just because I wasn't used to it. But it's been serviceable.

Bedoncity

Hello again @D0J0P, I have some more requests for you if you don't mind:

Thanks in advance, happy browsing with Vivaldi!

D0J0P

@NSANE Do you know of any software that has the lanczos filter for resizing images? I haven't seen one yet as far as I know.

D0J0P

@Ayespy Really? Darn, it looks so different from mine. What's your screen resolution? Mine is 1366 x 768 on a 15-inch laptop. Kind of a strange resolution, and it's definitely not 1080p, so I'm wondering if that's why.

Would you mind doing me a small favor? I've added both sd_netflix2(the original one on the left) and "netflixtest" in my thumbnail pack. Do you think you could download the 2, put them together on your SD page and tell me the difference you see between the two? That might me a more accurate way of spotting the difference.

If it's still the same result, I should probably consider really using paint.net and trying to resize all my SD thumbnails that way. It'll be a big task, but I'll do that if it means higher quality images.

mib2berlin

Hi, Gimp use Lanczos3 (Sinc), Kubic and linear.

Cheers, mib

tjukken

Just found your thumbnails. They are awesome! Thank you!

I would be delighted if you made some for these:

https://www.linode.com/
https://www.namecheap.com/
https://runbox.com/
https://www.fastmail.com/

tjukken

And perhaps also

https://news.google.com/news/

saudiqbal

@D0J0P said in I made a huge thumbnail pack ...:

@NSANE Do you know of any software that has the lanczos filter for resizing images? I haven't seen one yet as far as I know.

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/18689/online-vivaldi-speed-dial-thumbnail-maker

Just follow the direct link with embedded settings and upload your image and you are all set.

D0J0P

@mib2berlin NSANE says Gimp is really bad for resizing, especially when it comes to layers, but I tried it out with Gimp anyway, because I can't seem to find any other software that allows me to use the lanczos filter. Though I'll try Krita as well.

Here's a pic from left to right with the main sd_netflix resized with Paint 3D, the netflixtest picture resized with bicubic filter, and the very right has netflixtest 2 resized by Gimp with the lanczos filter. Anybody know which one looks the best and most crisp?
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I also have the filed in my thumbnail pack(sig below) with them. They are: sd_netflix, netflixtest and netflixtest2.

It feels like they've all got blurry spots and sharp spots in different places.

@Bedoncity and @tjukken I haven't forgotten about your requests. I will get back to you on them when I can. Sorry for the delay!

D0J0P

@saudiqbal The website is good for resizing for PNG, but it seems like I'm not able to resize both the canvas and the image. That would mean I would resize the entire image to 440 x 360, and then resize it again in a program and then resize the canvas back to 440 x 360.

Ayespy

@D0J0P Left one is the best on this display.

saudiqbal

@D0J0P I can resize jpg too, it does resize the canvas too, try clicking the direct link with embedded settings.

D0J0P

@Ayespy That's what I thought too. That's too bad, as it would pretty easy to resize things by percentage instead of dragging, even if that ends up taking longer. That means I'll be sticking with Paint 3D to resize as it was the thumbnail on the left.

D0J0P

@Bedoncity Alright Bedoncity, your thumbnails are finally done! Sorry for the delay! I'm going to try to get caught up on the rest of the requests.

Anyway, look for the following:

sd_pileofsecrets
sd_piriform
sd_leblogdunodeiuxconnard
sd_infostuces
sd_poleemploi
sd_chooseyourboss
sd_viadeo
sd_gamergen
sd_randomsteampicker
sd_wiwiwikiland
sd_nexusmods
sd_intel
sd_realtek
sd_chromium
sd_crowdin

I hope that they're okay! Some of them like the Wiwi Wikiland I had a bit of trouble with. Let me know what you think!

Check my signature for the thumbnail pack and look for your thumbs there.

The rest of those who requested thumbnails, they're coming!

Bedoncity

@D0J0P Thanks a lot, most of them are nice
Keep up the good work

D0J0P

@tjukken Done! Look for the following:

sd_linode
sd_namecheap
sd_runbox
sd_fastmail (done a while ago some pages ago in this thread)
sd_googlenews

Thank you so much for your patience. Now enjoy your thumbnails! The link can be found in my signature.