Hello, I was wondering how can we take camera pictures with equal size, if not possible how can we make them equal after taken with camera and not affecting the quality of the images. I've seen tons of people take their own images but somehow is able to stay at the max quality with equal length and width, and I don't think its possible or can't find a way to take pictures with equal length and width so I'm guessing its taken uneven and photoshop somehow can fix this.
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Photo equal length and width
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sprucemagoo1
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You just crop the photo to make it square.
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I'm guessing it would all depend on the camera, and whether or not it has a 4:3 picture setting. Otherwise like the post above said, put it on your computer, and crop out a square area of the photo. I mean you could force the photo into a 4:3 aspect ratio but it would look funky lol
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Perhaps what inspired your question is that you noticed that some digital cameras offer a square format option.
This is exactly the same as cropping it after the fact in an image editing program (ie, as per spruce's suggestion).
I'm not sure why James specifically brought up the 4:3 aspect ratio, but squishing the long dimension of any non-square format to match the short dimension while retaining all the pixels is always going to result in either unusually fat or skinny objects. There is one exception to this, but it's so unusual as to not be worth discussing.
Tom M
This is exactly the same as cropping it after the fact in an image editing program (ie, as per spruce's suggestion).
I'm not sure why James specifically brought up the 4:3 aspect ratio, but squishing the long dimension of any non-square format to match the short dimension while retaining all the pixels is always going to result in either unusually fat or skinny objects. There is one exception to this, but it's so unusual as to not be worth discussing.
Tom M
Hello, Yes I've tried both way before. About making it square then cropping it in, it would just make one side with an whole load of empty spce while the other one is sized to the max. I see that other people is able to make both length and width sized to the max, and with even size.
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Can you show me the steps in paint? so I get how to do this.
Tom Mann
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I haven't looked at Paint in probably ten or more years, but prompted by your question, I did, and, much to my surprise, found that I doesn't seem to have a cropping tool.
Paint is not designed nor promoted to edit photos. I suggest that instead of using Paint, you download a real photo editing program and learn to use it.
There are hundreds of free and low cost photo editors available for download, but just so we are on the same page, why don't you go to: http://www.xnview.com and download XnView. The cropping tool is circled in red in the attached screen grab.
It also has a decent user's guide: http://www.xnview.com/wiki/index.php/XnView_(Windows)_User_Guide
HTH,
Tom
Paint is not designed nor promoted to edit photos. I suggest that instead of using Paint, you download a real photo editing program and learn to use it.
There are hundreds of free and low cost photo editors available for download, but just so we are on the same page, why don't you go to: http://www.xnview.com and download XnView. The cropping tool is circled in red in the attached screen grab.
It also has a decent user's guide: http://www.xnview.com/wiki/index.php/XnView_(Windows)_User_Guide
HTH,
Tom
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I have to correct myself: I just couldn't believe that even a program as simple as Paint was supplied without a crop tool, so I went back and took a 2nd look. It has one.
You simply use the selection tool to select the region of the image you want to retain, then go to the Image menu and click on "crop". Then, save the cropped image with a new name (so that you don't destroy your original).
If you want your final image to be square, you make your selection a square.
T
PS - Even though Paint has the ability to crop a phot, I still *strongly* recommend you not use it for photo editing, and instead, move up to XnView, Picasa, or any of the hundred of other free/low-cost photo editors available. If you want recommendations, there is an old thread on that topic here in PSG.com
You simply use the selection tool to select the region of the image you want to retain, then go to the Image menu and click on "crop". Then, save the cropped image with a new name (so that you don't destroy your original).
If you want your final image to be square, you make your selection a square.
T
PS - Even though Paint has the ability to crop a phot, I still *strongly* recommend you not use it for photo editing, and instead, move up to XnView, Picasa, or any of the hundred of other free/low-cost photo editors available. If you want recommendations, there is an old thread on that topic here in PSG.com
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Hello,
I was finally able to get photoshop but I notice a problem. Let say if my original image was 1000x1500 and my product cover about 900, and I want to crop my image to size 700x700 once clicked the crop button, delete current width and height and put 700 px on both, once use the mouse to drag, it can drag and crop a maximum of 700 because of the value I put, but in this case I can't get the whole product image since its 900 pixel
I was finally able to get photoshop but I notice a problem. Let say if my original image was 1000x1500 and my product cover about 900, and I want to crop my image to size 700x700 once clicked the crop button, delete current width and height and put 700 px on both, once use the mouse to drag, it can drag and crop a maximum of 700 because of the value I put, but in this case I can't get the whole product image since its 900 pixel
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I don't get what you're saying...
but size down the original to the size you need without distorting it....
In your product image document, ZOOM OUT so when you drag in the 1000x1500 image and use CTRL+T, you can see the entire sizing handles.
Hold down CTRL+ALT when you select a corner point so you make it smaller evenly.
When resized to the look you want, click OK
Press CTRL+A to select the document space and hit CROP.
but size down the original to the size you need without distorting it....
In your product image document, ZOOM OUT so when you drag in the 1000x1500 image and use CTRL+T, you can see the entire sizing handles.
Hold down CTRL+ALT when you select a corner point so you make it smaller evenly.
When resized to the look you want, click OK
Press CTRL+A to select the document space and hit CROP.
Hello,
Oh, I am going to try that very early in the morning tomorrow to see if it comes out the way how we wanted it tomorrow. Just a quick question, as you mentioned here "In your product image document, ZOOM OUT so when you drag in the 1000x1500 image and use CTRL+T, you can see the entire sizing handles." - Once drag my 1000x1500 pixel image into photoshop, I can already see the whole image document in every corner, would I still need to zoom out? and use CTRL+T? or should I just pass that and move on to the rest of the steps that you mentioned.
Just final notes, this process can make my 1000x15000 pixel image reduce to sizes like 700x700 even pixels or 850x900 uneven pixels without making the picture look weird, funky once done to that right? because I've done resizing before and it always make the image looks weird If I change from uneven pixels to even or even from uneven to an even unevener pixels (not dropping the same pixels).
Oh, I am going to try that very early in the morning tomorrow to see if it comes out the way how we wanted it tomorrow. Just a quick question, as you mentioned here "In your product image document, ZOOM OUT so when you drag in the 1000x1500 image and use CTRL+T, you can see the entire sizing handles." - Once drag my 1000x1500 pixel image into photoshop, I can already see the whole image document in every corner, would I still need to zoom out? and use CTRL+T? or should I just pass that and move on to the rest of the steps that you mentioned.
Just final notes, this process can make my 1000x15000 pixel image reduce to sizes like 700x700 even pixels or 850x900 uneven pixels without making the picture look weird, funky once done to that right? because I've done resizing before and it always make the image looks weird If I change from uneven pixels to even or even from uneven to an even unevener pixels (not dropping the same pixels).
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no need to zoom out view the larger image. Open the 2 documents in Photoshop and use the PRODUCT COVER image to zoom out.... go through the steps I outlined.
It's better to transform down as it has very minimum, noticeable effect on the image. Enlarging will cause image degradation.
And don't zoom up to an image as you will see fuzziness or jaggedness. View it at normal, print size......
Hello I just tried I this morning.
Used CTRL+T no effect, so I moved on to CRL+ALT when select a corner, although I don't see no ok button anywhere, I do see a check at the center top, I clicked that and it will my current image to the size I select, then when I press CTRL+A afterwards, it will only select the image by highlighting the border with dotted lines, when I right click I have the ability to de-select, but that's the only effect of CTRL+A I see, I can't seem to select the document space. Also I still don't get in which process can I make the image to 800x800 frm 1000x15000. Like you sad, CTRL+ALT will make the image smaller evenly from the original size, so if my original size is 1000x1500 then this would never even it down to 800x800 base on CTRL+ALT.
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OK.. I get it.
You were working with the big image and not another image document which was going to receive the resized image.
Then CTRL + click the layer icon of the resized image to select the image on the layer. After which you crop it.
You were working with the big image and not another image document which was going to receive the resized image.
Then CTRL + click the layer icon of the resized image to select the image on the layer. After which you crop it.
Hello,
Basically it is 1 image document the whole time, and that size is 1000x1500 pixels. I need it resize down to 600x600 pixels without or slightly affecting its quality, then maybe slightly cropping by centering the image more, but my main concern is to resizing it. I'm sorry for the confusion.
Basically it is 1 image document the whole time, and that size is 1000x1500 pixels. I need it resize down to 600x600 pixels without or slightly affecting its quality, then maybe slightly cropping by centering the image more, but my main concern is to resizing it. I'm sorry for the confusion.
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OK... now we're getting somewhere.... lol.
I hope you can understand this........
Open your image.
In MENU>IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE .... resize your IMAGE HEIGHT to 600 pixels. Make sure to select pixels setting in drop down box.
Double click the layer icon in order to make the flattened layer (if its a flattened image) into an editable layer.
In MENU>IMAGE>CANVAS SIZE...... resize the CANVAS WIDTH to 600 pixels. You will get the message that the new canvas size is smaller than the current canvas size some clipping will occur .... just click Proceed. This will not crop out the rest of the image. It's still there but not in the canvas view.
with the pointer tool, click and move the image side by side to get the look you want.
When satisfied, CTRL+A to select the canvas and use CROP..... this will crop out the rest of the image leaving you with the resized image. Flatten and save or don't flatten but save as psd for future use.
Or you may not even even need to crop out the image. Save as PSD. You have the entire complete image on a canvas for future use.
As I mentioned earlier, its better to size down an image rather than to size up an image.
I hope you can understand this........
Open your image.
In MENU>IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE .... resize your IMAGE HEIGHT to 600 pixels. Make sure to select pixels setting in drop down box.
Double click the layer icon in order to make the flattened layer (if its a flattened image) into an editable layer.
In MENU>IMAGE>CANVAS SIZE...... resize the CANVAS WIDTH to 600 pixels. You will get the message that the new canvas size is smaller than the current canvas size some clipping will occur .... just click Proceed. This will not crop out the rest of the image. It's still there but not in the canvas view.
with the pointer tool, click and move the image side by side to get the look you want.
When satisfied, CTRL+A to select the canvas and use CROP..... this will crop out the rest of the image leaving you with the resized image. Flatten and save or don't flatten but save as psd for future use.
Or you may not even even need to crop out the image. Save as PSD. You have the entire complete image on a canvas for future use.
As I mentioned earlier, its better to size down an image rather than to size up an image.