resize photo

• saber

  Member

  March 18, 2012 at 11:03 pm

  hi all can some one tell me how to resize a photo to 10×8 inches in elements 6 with out causing any distortion e.g. comperision of the image regards saber
  5faythe

  Participant

  March 19, 2012 at 9:31 am

  Hi sabre,

  I am assuming you have an image and you want to print it at 10” x 8”.

  This will involve cropping the image and setting a resolution for it.
  This is pretty straightforward with any version of Phototoshop or Elements.

  I was going to type out the steps but then I remembered that Digital Photo magazine had
  some pretty good video tutorials and I found this one which might be of help.
  The important tools will be very much the same with your version of PSE but some of the features, like
  saving a new crop setting, will not be available to you

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6813ppRd_9I” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

  I also found a nice, I think anyway, explanation of the difference between cropping and resizing here:
  http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2011/05/09/understanding-cropping-vs-resizing-in-photography/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

  Here is a quote from the blog:
  “Most digital photographers have to grapple with the difference between cropping and resizing at some point. I keep the two straight this way:

  Cropping is for when you need to recompose a picture (crop out something to get rid of it or change the focal point) or for when you need to make a picture fit a certain size paper.

  Resizing is for when you need to make the picture “weigh” less for uploading to the internet, or for making it fit a certain digital space (like a blog).

  It’s not uncommon to use both cropping and resizing on an image.”

  I hope this helps.
  If not just ask again.

  All the best,

  John.
  saber

  Member

  March 19, 2012 at 1:14 pm

  Hi John thanks for the help with the resize info .What i am trying to do is print a photo from the camera but at a size of width of 10x 8 inches without loosing any of the photo or having any distortion .regards pat
  5faythe

  Participant

  March 19, 2012 at 10:33 pm

  saber wrote:

  Hi John thanks for the help with the resize info .What i am trying to do is print a photo from the camera but at a size of width of 10x 8 inches without loosing any of the photo or having any distortion .regards pat

  Hi saber,

  From what I know you can either crop and lose some of the photo or do a resize to keep the whole photo and create distortion.

  Cheers,

  John.
  saber

  Member

  March 19, 2012 at 10:57 pm

  thanks John for your help, regards saber