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Maintaining Sharpness When Resizing Images 

When you resize a large, sharp photo to a smaller size you may find that the new image has lost its sharpness. This is a common problem with changing the size of large, clear images. The blurry look can detract from the quality of the image.
This is a fairly common issue when resizing images, but with Photoshop there's a solution.
This method will only work in Photoshop CS and CS2. These versions are more powerful in a lot of ways, so if you don't have them I'd recommend that you invest in a copy as you may find that you will need the more advanced features.
To reduce the size of an image go to Image> Image Size. Select Resample Image and then select Bicubic Sharper from the menu. This is the optimal setting for reducing the blurring of the image when you resize it.
If you want to enlarge a photograph without losing too much resolution select the Bicubic Smoother.
This tool is so useful for resizing that you may want to select it as the default so that it is automatically selected when you start your Adobe Photoshop up. To do this go to Preferences> General where you can select Image Interpolation. Here you just choose Bicubic Sharper from among the selection and it should be set as your new default.
Remember that performing more than one resize on an image will give it more blur. To experiment with the size that you want, use a duplicate image as multiple resizing will ruin the original image. Once you've found the size you want, you can apply the dimensions to the original image.

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