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Post by blackmutt on Jul 9, 2020 1:05:52 GMT
What is the best (easiest) way to resize a photo? I don't want to lose any of the photo just take it from it normal aspect ratio and say make it a 10x10 I know it's simple but when I try it never seems to work. I unlock the width/height and try to put in what I want and it makes a mess of the photo and distorts it. I hope this make sense. Thanks!!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 9, 2020 3:39:38 GMT
Judy, If I understand correctly ... 1) You can use the crop tool with the dimension set as you wish .. and rez set to 72, 240 or 300 or whatever. You might have to click a couple of times as the crop tool will stop at a border, but then you can select one of the corner anchors and drag it larger. OR 2) You can change the canvas size. Clive Using canvas size ...  |
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Post by Sepiana on Jul 9, 2020 4:06:27 GMT
Judy, As you posted this thread in the Other Software board, I'm assuming you are using Photoshop. I'm not sure this will help you but, when I have to do this kind of image resizing in Photoshop, I favor using the Content-Aware Scale tool. In this way, I don't have to worry about distortion, stretching, etc. This video explains how this tool works. How To Resize an Image WITHOUT Stretching It |
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Post by blackmutt on Jul 9, 2020 10:17:00 GMT
Thank you both I will tide these suggestions and post back. I knew it was simple and I was just being dumb. Thanks again!
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Post by hmca on Jul 9, 2020 14:00:49 GMT
Great video you shared Sepiana......look forward to trying that! |
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Post by Sepiana on Jul 9, 2020 14:07:14 GMT
Thank you both I will tide these suggestions and post back. I knew it was simple and I was just being dumb. Thanks again! Judy, you are most welcome! Keep us posted! And, no, you are not dumb. Image resizing can be quite complex. I myself struggle with it. |
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Post by blackmutt on Jul 9, 2020 16:51:59 GMT
Guess I miss spoke - the image size needs to be reduced from dimensions not square to square. It gets all scrunched up when I just change the dimensions from say 16x20 to 10x10. Sorry, don't know what I am talking about or doing.
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Post by blackmutt on Jul 9, 2020 16:58:17 GMT
I think I can work with cropping it and selecting 1:1 square in this case. I am not losing much of the photo but am curious how one would change the image size not by cropping. Must be too hot for my brain to work.....
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 10, 2020 5:08:22 GMT
Judy,
Post a sample pix and describe your intended outcome.
Thanks,
Clive
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Post by fotofrank on Jul 10, 2020 13:48:02 GMT
I think a few terms/items are being confused in this thread. Cropping and resizing are similar, but are very different. Straight out of the camera you can print 4x6, 8x12, 12x18, 16x24 and 20x30 - a 2 to 3 Aspect Ratio of Pixels or inches - take your choice. As soon as you change the aspect ratio from 2x3 to anything else you will lose part of the image. If you decide to change the size by stretching the image to a different aspect ratio the image may go from edge to edge but it will be distorted. Resizing an Image really changes the Pixel Per Inch in an image as I think Clive mention. Cropping will allow you to keep your original Aspect Ratio or change it to whatever you select. To get a different size images, you will need to change the aspect ratio and crop the image to the size requested. Here is an image showing it in different Aspect Ratios.  I hope this helps. |
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Post by hmca on Jul 10, 2020 14:45:56 GMT
Frank, accompanied by the examples, this is an excellent explanation. I would like to see us add this post to the Goodies Board. This is not the first time this question has come up.
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Post by cats4jan on Jul 10, 2020 17:07:07 GMT
It's the old 'square peg round hole' conundrum. You cannot make a square photo from a rectangular photo without losing part of your photo or having some extra space around your photo. In Option 1, I have my whole photo, but there is blank space around the photo - so I chose to fill that space with a coordinating color. In Option 2, I used the crop tool to reshape my rectangular photo into a square photo - losing some of the photo as a result. There are no other options. photo: pixabay
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Post by Sepiana on Jul 10, 2020 17:15:23 GMT
Cropping will allow you to keep your original Aspect Ratio or change it to whatever you select. To get a different size images, you will need to change the aspect ratio and crop the image to the size requested. , Frank nailed it. Changing aspect ratio + cropping should do what you want. |
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Post by blackmutt on Jul 10, 2020 20:19:08 GMT
Ok, I think I understand. I will have to give up part of the image when I take a normal photo and square it. Just the nature of the beast as they say. Thank you all!!
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