downsizing question

[ano...@hotmail.com]

Hi there, I'm sure your all sick of answering this one
when I downsize a pic ....am i actually making the pic sharper ? ie:
maping the pixels in the pic smaller?
thanks ...phill

[Tesselator]

<ano...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3f0aa7a4...@news.ozemail.com.au...

You're actually reducing detail. But since the number of
pixels that is used to express a slightly fuzzy line for
example, is reduced it may often /seem/ as if the "apparent"
sharpness was increased. But all you've really done is
reduce the amount of information used to express (represent)
the fuzz [as well as the line itself].