How do you sharp/resize for web?

[hombredelmar]

Hello everyone!

What is the best way to sharp and resize a picture for the web using either PS cc or LR?

Thank you in advance

 

[Judobreaker]

Resizing and sharpening for web is probably the easiest of all.

When working for prints you've got to take things like print size, ppi, viewing distance and print method into consideration.
Web is much easier... Everything is displayed on a screen so what you see is what you get.
Resize to a resolution you think is appropriate for web and then sharpen as much as you think is needed. Just look at the image while sharpening to see if it's enough, there's nothing more to it.

 

[The_Traveler]

In ps you must resize, resharpening, and save for web.
in LR, sharpening and resizing are done using the Export screen where you pick variables

 

[CameraClicker]

I use Unsharp Mask in Photoshop to sharpen, and Save As to save the file. Save to Web strips EXIF data.

 

[KmH]

There is no 1 best way to sharpen, and sharpening is a book length topic. (see below)

There are several sharpening techniques and which technique is most appropriate depends on image content, your artistic goals, and the image file type.

Digital photo editing experts recommend sharpening as a 3 step process:
Step 1 - Capture Sharpening. In ACR (LR Develop module and Photoshop Camera Raw) capture sharpening is done with the Sharpening panel as a global edit (Global = to the entire photo)
Step 2 - Local or artistic sharpening. This is where the appropriate one of the several sharpening techniques would be used. (Local = to selected portions of a photo)
Step 3 - Output sharpening. In general photos destined for print can be sharpened more than photos destined for electronic display.

A key factor is edge frequency.
More edges in a scene generally limit the amount of sharpening that can be applied. Edge frequency can also affect sharpening technique settings like the Unsharp Mask settings of Radius and Threshold.

This 2 books were written by one of the guys that wrote the software that is ACR's Sharpening panel.
Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom (2nd Edition)
The Digital Negative: Raw Image Processing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop

As far as resizing for the web I use Photoshop's Image Size dialog.
The max resolution of today's commonly used desktop computer displays is around 2000 px. Some go up to about 2500 px.
There is not much point in having web images any larger than that.
As it is most web sites are going to limit the displayed size automatically to about 1000 px on the long side.