To Size, or Not to size . . . that is the question
Posted: November 21st, 2007, 12:48 pm
Earlier today I was contacted about how to resize a picture so that it could be post on Jude 2. So for any that don't have a photo editing program and are using a Windows OS, I submit the following:
Step 1.) Open Paint, then under File select "Open," this will open a drop box for "My Pictures."
Select the picture you wish to resize, when you move your cursor over the picture a small box will tell you its size (i.e. 744x1123) write these numbers down. Click on Open.
Step 2.) Click on "Image" then click on "Stretch and Skew"
This will open another drop box.
You will have to change the numbers in the boxes that are circled. To post a picture as an attachment on Jude 2 they can be no larger than 470 pixels, so using a calculator divide 470 by the larger number that you wrote down, in this case it was 1123. That gives a result of .418521817, however we are only interested in the first two numbers to the right of the decimal point (.41), that means that our resized picture will be 41% the size of the original. Change the values in the two boxes to 41 (make sure that you change both boxes).
Click on "OK" Your picture is now resized.
Now here is a hint, save it as a JPEG and add the word "small" to the name, that way you will still have the original picture and you will have the resized picture to post.
TW
Step 1.) Open Paint, then under File select "Open," this will open a drop box for "My Pictures."
Select the picture you wish to resize, when you move your cursor over the picture a small box will tell you its size (i.e. 744x1123) write these numbers down. Click on Open.
Step 2.) Click on "Image" then click on "Stretch and Skew"
This will open another drop box.
You will have to change the numbers in the boxes that are circled. To post a picture as an attachment on Jude 2 they can be no larger than 470 pixels, so using a calculator divide 470 by the larger number that you wrote down, in this case it was 1123. That gives a result of .418521817, however we are only interested in the first two numbers to the right of the decimal point (.41), that means that our resized picture will be 41% the size of the original. Change the values in the two boxes to 41 (make sure that you change both boxes).
Click on "OK" Your picture is now resized.
Now here is a hint, save it as a JPEG and add the word "small" to the name, that way you will still have the original picture and you will have the resized picture to post.
TW
