resizing photos

[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.