problems with size!!

[Phoenix]

Ive got this problem cough cough... I cannt get the size right to suit Daves demands. :wink: :oops: How can you resize an image you have found on the net so that you can use it as a vatar. Or if I load up an image onto the photo section of the site can I use it?

Phoenix

[samwise]

Through either a program like Paintshop Pro or Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com) (Irfanview is a free download image manipulation program).

If you have Windows XP, then you can right-click on the image and choose re-size - click on the <Advanced> button, choose custom and set the required size. It will then create a new image resized appropriate to the maximum dimension you entered. Then you can upload this image to be your avatar in the normal fashion.

Make sense? If you're still confused, you can email me the pic and I'll resize it for you. :thumbup:

[icenian]

Time for my periodic plug for GIMP: http://www.gimp.org/

Free, and exceedingly capable.

[Cie]

Agreed Icenian!

Could I be pushy and ask you to consider writing a small how-to? How to re-size images with GIMP, that'd be incredibly useful.

[McVicar]

Got my avatar sorted easily. emailed it to Dave and said Pleeeeeeeeeeeease!

[icenian]

Agreed Icenian!

Could I be pushy and ask you to consider writing a small how-to? How to re-size images with GIMP, that'd be incredibly useful.

OK, not sure where it goes though?

This is for GIMP v2, but GIMP v1 is very similar if not identical.

Load your image.

In main GIMP window (the one with the buttons for all the tools that opens when you start GIMP), select the File menu, and click on Open. This will open the usual dialog for selecting a file - varies according to your OS, but sure you know how this bit works.

Your image will appear in a separate window. Be aware that GIMP will "zoom out" if necessary to make the image fit on your screen. There is a zoom control at the bottom on the window containing your image; or you can change the zoom with the View menu, Zoom option.

Optionally, crop the image.

This lets you change the aspect ratio (shape) and get rid of dull bits at the top/bottom/sides. In the main GIMP menu select the Select rectangular regions tool. The icon is a rectangle with a dotted border, it should be top left, and may well be selected by default when you started GIMP.

Click on your image where you would like a corner (any corner) to be, and hold the mouse button down; mouse the mouse and you will see a rectangle appears that you can drag across the image. Arrange this rectange so that it marks the portion of the image you wish to keep; when done, release the mouse button.

If if goes wrong, click anywhere outside the rectangle and it will vanish, so you can start again.

When you have the rectangle around the portion of the image you want, select the Select menu and click Invert (you probably won't notice anything happen at this stage). Then select the Edit menu and click Cut (the unwanted part of the image will be replaced with a blank border). Lastly, select the Image menu and click Autocrop image (the blank border will be removed from the image).

If it's all gone horribly wrong at this stage, select the Edit menu and click Undo..

Scale your image.

In the new window containing your image, select the Image menu, click on Scale image.

In the Scale Image dialog, you can change the heigh and width of the image. Changing either one of these will automatically alter the other, preserving the aspect ratio (shape) of the image. Don't worry about the other options. If you make a mess of it click the Reset button (botton, left of centre).

When done, click the Scale button (bottom right). The dialog disappears and the image changes size. If it's all gone horribly wrong at this stage, select the Edit menu and click Undo.

Save the new image

Select the File menu and click Save as. This will open the usual dialog for saving a file - varies according to your OS, but sure you know how this bit works.

[Cie]

Thanks for that.. now we'll decide where to put it, somewhere where others can edit it as well, and add to the content... like a wiki ;)