How to
resize your images
Images
taken straight from a high resolution digital camera or
scanner will take a long time to download from a website
therefore it is recommended that you resize your images
before sending them to Build Me A Website.
This
tutorial will show how to resize images using IrfanView.
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IrfanView is a very
fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE graphic viewer for
Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
For the sake of
this tutorial, please make a folder on your Desktop and name it:
pictures
Put the photo's you want to resize into the "pictures"
folder on your desktop.
To download
IrfanView click here.
After downloading
and installing IrfanView, double click the IrfanView icon on your
desktop to open the photo program.
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The icon
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STEP ONE
With your mouse,
left click on FILE on the menu bar, continue holding your left
button down and drag your cursor down to OPEN
STEP TWO
A window (as above)
will open. Go to your "pictures" folder on your desktop and
you should see the images you're going to resize. Left click on one
of them once to select it, then click the OPEN button.
STEP THREE
To determine the
size of your image, left click on IMAGE on the menu bar and drag
your mouse down to RESIZE/RESAMPLE
STEP FOUR
From the above it
can be seen that the width of this example picture is 600 pixels,
the height is 400 pixels and the DPI (dots per inch) is 72. Too
big!! That translates into 10 x 8 inches (there are 72 pixels per
inch). We need to reduce the physical size of the image. The 72 dpi
is fine. Make sure the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO box has a check mark in
it.
STEP FIVE
Click on the:-
enter 50 into the
width. Because you have the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO checked, the
Height will automatically change. Please note 72 dpi is FINE for
internet images.
STEP SIX
Now you need to
'save' your image with its new size. On the menu bar, left click on
FILE, drag your mouse down to SAVE AS. (If you simply click SAVE,
you will override your original image, which you might not want to
do. I always keep my original images.)
A window will open.
Make sure you're saving your new image in your 'pictures' folder on
your desktop so you don't lose it. Browse to your desktop/pictures
if it doesn't automatically come up in the LOOK IN: location bar at
the top of this window. Give your new image a new name, type the new
name in the FILE NAME: window. SAVE AS TYPE: drop menu down and drag
your mouse down to JPG - JPEG Files to select the .jpg option. Click
the SAVE button.
You now have a new
image, a much more manageable image size to upload.
If you'd like to
take this one step further, here are instructions for CROPPING your
image.
With your newly
resized image open, LEFT click on the image to determine the top
left corner of where you'd like to begin your cropping and holding
your left mouse button down, drag over your image to the right and
in a downward motion till you 'select' the area you'd like to KEEP.
If it doesn't work right the first time, left click on it again, and
drag again until you're happy with the area you'd like to save.
Now go to EDIT,
drag your mouse down to Crop selection and let go of your mouse
button.
You need to save it
again because you have made changes to the image since your last
save. So click on FILE then drag your mouse down to SAVE click SAVE.
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