How to resize an image, page 2

Okay this is a test...
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[edit on 10-5-2005 by DaVirus]

Thanks this thread helped alot. Let me test it out.

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Oh cool.

How would you make it so an image would be able to fit in your avater though?

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[i mg=160x320]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/deltlaboy/sc3_wall_31_800.jpg[/img]



Thats avatar size, just remove the space after the i

Hi!

There's also a free tool to use online here, to resize your images.

It's very, very handy - specially if you're not pixelly-inclined. Like wot I'm not

As some one pointed out already, the best way to resize pictures is to have a resizing tool. You may notice that most of the pictures shown here that are "resized" are distorted. If you run XP get the Image Resizer here:

www.microsoft.com...

This is only part of the solution, also get the Power Calculator from the same site. It's much easier to work with.

Now you need a formula to help you resize pictures accurately to proportion. Try this:

(X/W)H=Y

Where:

X is the desired width
W is the original width
H is the original height
Y is the proportional height.

Let's say you have a picture to use an an avatar and it's too wide: 200x300. An avatar can be only 160 pixels, so you use this formula, as entered on the calculator:



Now you can enter those dimensions into the Image Resizer.




Here's an example where a picture is too narrow:





Apply the formula using the Power Calculator:

(160/150)206=219.733333333333333333333333333

Enter 160 and 219 (always round down) into the Image Resizer and voilà:





Notice that the Image Resizer has taken care of the rounding error for you.

You can use the same formula with some adjustments to correct for height, as well.

I hope this helps.


[edit on 2005/8/17 by GradyPhilpott]