resizing

[WarmingTheCurb]

I am trying to resize my digital photos to the normal 4x6 inches for printing, but when I enter the parameters to resize, either the width or height automatically changes and I can't get it to 4x6.

Help?

 

[sPECtre]

When you view a 4/3 program on a 16/9 TV, you either stretch it or add black lines at the edges... it is the "rule of 3": the proportions of your picture do not match 4X6 (Or 2x3) they are maybe in 5X7 ratio...

You'll need to CROP the picture to get 4X6... (I recommend working on a copy to have a "safety net" )

 

[Hatch]

Hi there, make sure you have "constrain proportions" unchecked if you do not want to resize both sides at the same time. If you took the picture with a 3:2 format...you should be able to resize with out problems. If not... you might have to crop the image to 4x6.

Hope this helps.

Hatch

 

[JoeD]

Hi there, make sure you have "constrain proportions" unchecked if you do not want to resize both sides at the same time.

Be careful because it does exactly what it says; not constrain proportions and the image will look stretched. Trained eyes will notice this. Best thing to do is what Spectre advised; crop it.

 

[WarmingTheCurb]

I just took off the constrain proportions and made it 4.5x6 instead and it turned out right.

What's the most accurate way to crop it to exactly 4x6?

 

[sPECtre]

[stuned] huh? get the crop tool [c] , put 4 in, 6in and 300dpi in the three boxes in the option bar...