Need advice regarding resizing of a stock photo please

Hello, regarding resizing a stock photo is there a way that i can stop the image from looking squashed or too stretched (in photoshop) and of 2 different stock photo sizes to be resized to 900px by 230px what image size would be better to purchase:

900 x 675

or

1600 x 1200

Is it better to always size down from a larger image or is the 900 x 675 close enough?

Thanks

 

It is always better to size down from a larger image

 

Thanks for the advice Digital_Designer, il go for the larger image.

 

get 1600 x 1200 size

 

Hmmm The problem is you can't make a square peg fit perfectly into a rectangular hole no matter what size it is... It's gonna screw up the image. But What you could do... Go For the bigger image, Scale it down to the larger of the two final sizes, then crop your image to fit. You will lose some of the picture but it might be just enough of what you need. Hope that helps a little

 

Get the larger one and crop a 900x200 piece of the large image.

If you take the large image and squash the whole thing down to such a small height it will always look off balance.

 

get the highes size and size it down on the size you need ( but keep the aspect ratio)

 

Try it in adobe lightroom.

 

Thanks Maksa i went for that size.

Thanks BadXAsh, see this is the problem that ive had where the image looks good in its original size and then when i resize it, its rather squashed, so i need to use crop for this, thanks, i dont mind losing some of the image as two images where i have faced this both can accomodate a bit of the image being cut off, so i will probably redo the image for each seperate site.

If it can look even just a bit less squashed and within proportion il be happy.

Thanks Newviewit, il definately do that, yeah thats what i have experienced so far and the image losing too much of what made it look good in the first place, if i crop as you say it should be much better.

Thanks Sensei.Design

Thanks trunion, il give it a try.