Hands up: who's using the capture tool for submit thumbs

[GeorgeTH]

Originally posted by Ramster
The crop tool makes fuzzy thumbs!

I actually set its compression ratio rather generously at my site and the thumbs are o.k., but they can never be better than the original gallery image!

Whereas if you're preparing your own thumbs you can use the uncompressed content (as purchased - I hope at least that you bought it...), color-correct it if needed, enhance contrast, and I usually make thumbs a little lighter and run a gentle "Unsharp Mask" over them to compensate for their small size. Occasionally I even enhance the color of lips or eyes. Yum: nothing as seductive as some bright red lips curled around [insert object of desire]... Even mainstream advertising knows all about that!