resizing photos

[Shawnee123]

See, I always assume everyone has Office. Carry on.

[Cloud]

I found the concept of resizing digital photos an extremely hard concept to get at first, and I'm still not sure I really get it.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I found the concept of resizing digital photos an extremely hard concept to get at first, and I'm still not sure I really get it.

Pixels are another measurement of dimension, like inches. This is why bigger monitors (in inches) are designed to run at higher pixels (#### by ####). A bigger screen fits more pixels. Likewise, a higher pixel camera produces, literally, bigger pictures. When viewed at native resolution, digital photos will often be much, much larger (in inches, and pixels) than your standard monitor (you can't hang a 48 inch painting in a 24 inch frame).

I like the resizing tool in IrfanView because it shows you the dimensions in either pixels, centimeters, inches, or as percentages. Also, when you go to "save as" a jpeg, it gives you a quality slider you can use to further reduce the file size without changing the dimensions.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Flint

Pixels are another measurement of dimension, like inches. This is why bigger monitors (in inches) are designed to run at higher pixels (#### by ####). A bigger screen fits more pixels. Likewise, a higher pixel camera produces, literally, bigger pictures. When viewed at native resolution, digital photos will often be much, much larger (in inches, and pixels) than your standard monitor (you can't hang a 48 inch painting in a 24 inch frame).

I like the resizing tool in IrfanView because it shows you the dimensions in either pixels, centimeters, inches, or as percentages. Also, when you go to "save as" a jpeg, it gives you a quality slider you can use to further reduce the file size without changing the dimensions.

That second window, the "save as" window, has an option that I haven't tried yet, because I never downloaded the plugin, but it looks like it has potential. I'm talking about the "set file size" option where you tell the program how many kb you want the final file to be and it compresses it just enough to fit that file size.

Also, you have different options showing in your resize/resample window. Mine shows standard sizes and I just check the box I want.

[lumberjim]

fyi.... 600 x 800 or thereabouts pixels and 75-90 dpi usually fits the cellar pretty well

[DanaC]

*sticks out tongue*

[Madman]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

What software do you use to resize photos?

Whatever I happen to click on. Usually I use the Windows OS software (whatever it's called).

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I found the concept of resizing digital photos an extremely hard concept to get at first, and I'm still not sure I really get it.

Originally Posted by Flint

*A bunch of nerdy stuff that is not going to help Cloud*

Cloud, think of it like this: every digital picture has a "real" size. If that real size happens to be huge, a lot of programs are smart enough to zoom out so that it can fit on your screen. So you could be previewing the picture on your computer, and not know the picture is actually giant, because your program has zoomed out to make it fit on your screen. If you want to find out the real size of a file, open it in MS Paint, which will never resize your photos. What you see is what it is. (And if you make it smaller, and save it, that's a permanent change--you can never stretch it bigger again without making the image blurry.)

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Cloud, think of it like this: every digital picture has a "real" size. If that real size happens to be huge, a lot of programs are smart enough to zoom out so that it can fit on your screen. So you could be previewing the picture on your computer, and not know the picture is actually giant, because your program has zoomed out to make it fit on your screen. If you want to find out the real size of a file, open it in MS Paint, which will never resize your photos. What you see is what it is. (And if you make it smaller, and save it, that's a permanent change--you can never stretch it bigger again without making the image blurry.)

Oh my God--was that was that the explanation?! I couldn't even make my brain do that!

[squirell nutkin]

Originally Posted by Flint

Oh my God--was that was that the explanation?! I couldn't even make my brain do that!

Clodfobble's brain is much more agile and vigorous than everyone else's brains, not to mention bigger and smarter. Just accept it as one of those things like the sky being blue. You can't do anything about it, and knowing why the sky is blue doesn't change the fact the sky is blue.

You should just bask in its majesty.

[Gravdigr]

Basking.

[squirell nutkin]

Don't forget the sunblock!

[Flint]

Remember suntan lotion? Not sunblock, but stuff that actually is supposed to enhance the damage caused by the sun's radiation? What if I put some of that on some bacon and then basked it in the danger zone near Clodfobble's brain? . . . I'm thinking Nobel Prize. Cover of Time.

Co-host of the Oscars, at least. Although I would settle for being the guy that yanks people off the Apollo stage.

[glatt]

How can Clodfobble's brain be so big, but she still needs to get glasses from the kid's section?

[squirell nutkin]

It's like a black hole. It's so big and massive that it is already beginning to condense. It has its own magnetic and gravitational fields.
She's actually restricted from taking certain books out of her library and Powell's, Amazon, B&N, and Alibris all limit her purchases.