Hello Guild. Just a quick thread here asking how you deal with sizes in PS.

First off, I'm not always sure about what size I want to work at and how that size will affect the final image. I've got somewhat of a process for determining size, but it's a bit odd. I'd love to hear how you guys approach resolution and scaling.

1. I decide what size I want to final map to be. Let's say the final map will be 800x1000.
2. I open that document and then increase the size (with constrain proportions) by something like 200% since obviously working at a larger res allows you to add more detail.

3. Here's the part I don't imagine everyone does. I use the 50% zoom (or another %) as what the final image will look like. So I zoom in closer, add details and then zoom out to see how it will look at 50%.
4. When I've finished the map I'll save the image, open it and then resize the jpeg by 50% and use bilinear so it looks the same as the 50% zoom. (Bicubic automatic often results in a sharper image, bilinear looks almost identicle)

So basically I choose (depending on the size) either 25%, 33.33% or 50% zoom as the final size and work on that. It's a bit sketchy though as some zooms aren't a clear representation of what you're working on. (jaggy edges and so on)

Sometimes it just seems somewhat tricky determine how the scaled image will look.

Thanks for any responses.