Sharpen Images After You Downsample

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After downsampling (scaling down) an image, it tends blur and lose detail. To bring some sharpness back, use the Unsharp Mask filter (Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask).

Unsharp Mask filter dialog used to restore sharpness after scaling an image down in Photoshop

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