@xLiQuIDx pls, gimme more, wout detailes on your setting (filters/codec/...) i can conclude only to where u've done (drop size) > ... compressibility check ... its around a 100% or over ... what prog did u use & what does this value mean xactly ? check effective bits/per pixel from your stats file. > ... low resolution ... loose quality ... don't think so ! higher resolution gives higher quality only if compressibility is ok. there are xxlenet resizers, u wont loose quality just because u used them. >if anyone has any really good guidelines on resizing resolution and rules of thumbs for perfect resizing it would be greatly appreciated here we go. i've got something like that (i kinda tweaker/optimization guide) i offer it time to time, but nobody ever has seemed to be interested. if anybody is interested, i can brush it up in some days. y