Re: Re: Resizing a large landscape type photo to a smaller size help

["carol irvin" <carolkirvin@xxxxxxxxx>]

ok, in both gimp and photoshop you can resize with pixels, percentages or
some other methods.  the only
problem you will have though is if the larger image is not in the same ratio
as this mandatory dimension you must use for the smaller.  photoshop makes
it harder for you to distort something because you have to check off certain
functions so that it does not keep resizing in proportion.  gimp will not
automatically do that for you except for the percentages (or such is my
experience).  i assume that you also want to keep your dpi figure at 72
since these small images are for the web only.

There is a much more complex way of achieving what you want. Photoshop does
it but i don't know yet if Gimp does it.  You can use transform tools and
canvas sizing tools and thereby stretch and bend the image to whatever you
want.  However,  you have to have a very good eye to keep this all
undistorted because it is all done freehand by eye by you.  the program is
not computing it for you.  i'm an artist, not a photographer so i like that
method but a photographer might hate the improvisational nature of it.
you'd have to watch someone do this probably in order to do it yourself as
it is complex.

I did Google searches that helped me find instructional materials.
The results follow.  There
is a book that is free.  I downloaded it from the web.  It is called
Grooking the GIMP.  I have not had a chance to read it yet.  go here to the
1st link for it (can also be read online):

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

http://truehacker.blogspot.com/2006/12/gimp-complete-tutorials.html

http://www.gimptalk.com/

At all of these concentrate on finding* image resizing or scaling while
keeping the ratio in proportion*.

carol


On 1/7/07, James (BRM) <bodyrockinmodels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The reason I need those dimensions are because those are the maximum
> image sizes my designers setup for photo's I need to upload into the
> places on my site home page they need to go and not screw up how the
> page formats or looks.
>
> All photo's on my site are submitted by the models we approve and they
> don't all send the same size photo's, so I have to work with whatever
> size photo's they send, so I won't get the same size original from any
> two girls..if you go to my site home page you will see the cover model
> lead photo, the Model of the Day, the Celebrity feature, the Body Zone
> VIP feature and the Photographer of the Month, all have set maximum
> size photo's I need to re-size to fit in each repective spot.
>
> The Model of the Day and Celebrity Model photo's is where the image
> size max is 242 by 118.
>
> My site is for those over 18 so you may see some nudity on some models
> pages..but not on the home page or for the photo's I need to re-size
> in those positions. Link is on my profile, not sure I can post to you
> to help on the board.
>
> Friend of mine fixed the MOD & Celeb photo for me yesterday, but he
> used PhotoShop and said all he did was enter the height and width for
> both those photo's at 242 x 118 and they came out okay for him. I have
> never used PhotoShop so I don't have a clue how that works as for
> peocedure compared to Gimp 2.2.
>
> James
>
> --- In gimpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gimpi%40yahoogroups.com>, "rey_m21"
> <rey_m21@...> wrote:
> >
> > That really happens, given the fact that your original image is set to
> > 1000x667. Toggling the chain button (to unconnected) will lead you to
> > forcing GIMP to scale the image according to the inputs you've made.
> > While leaving the chain button as is (connected)you can scale your
> > image smaller (and nearer) to your desired size, but that will leave
> > you to a size of 242x161 (242px width and 161px height) without
> > noticing any "stretched" effect to your scaled image. This is a rule
> > in upscaling/downscaling. You can tweak that though by inputting
> > smaller values so as not to make the image look "stretched", but there
> > will still be.
> >
> > I hope I helped.
> >
> > Good luck. =)
> >