resizing photos

[Cloud]

I found the concept of resizing digital photos an extremely hard concept to get at first, and I'm still not sure I really get it.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I found the concept of resizing digital photos an extremely hard concept to get at first, and I'm still not sure I really get it.

Pixels are another measurement of dimension, like inches. This is why bigger monitors (in inches) are designed to run at higher pixels (#### by ####). A bigger screen fits more pixels. Likewise, a higher pixel camera produces, literally, bigger pictures. When viewed at native resolution, digital photos will often be much, much larger (in inches, and pixels) than your standard monitor (you can't hang a 48 inch painting in a 24 inch frame).

I like the resizing tool in IrfanView because it shows you the dimensions in either pixels, centimeters, inches, or as percentages. Also, when you go to "save as" a jpeg, it gives you a quality slider you can use to further reduce the file size without changing the dimensions.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Flint

Pixels are another measurement of dimension, like inches. This is why bigger monitors (in inches) are designed to run at higher pixels (#### by ####). A bigger screen fits more pixels. Likewise, a higher pixel camera produces, literally, bigger pictures. When viewed at native resolution, digital photos will often be much, much larger (in inches, and pixels) than your standard monitor (you can't hang a 48 inch painting in a 24 inch frame).

I like the resizing tool in IrfanView because it shows you the dimensions in either pixels, centimeters, inches, or as percentages. Also, when you go to "save as" a jpeg, it gives you a quality slider you can use to further reduce the file size without changing the dimensions.

That second window, the "save as" window, has an option that I haven't tried yet, because I never downloaded the plugin, but it looks like it has potential. I'm talking about the "set file size" option where you tell the program how many kb you want the final file to be and it compresses it just enough to fit that file size.

Also, you have different options showing in your resize/resample window. Mine shows standard sizes and I just check the box I want.