Resize Photos

[teched4u]

I'm shooting with a Nikon D-70 with the following image settings- Fine, Large

When I pulling the image into PS-CS2 and want the image in say 8x10 I loose much of the photo. Is there a way to keep all the photo and resize the image?

 

[jmgalvin]

Bring it in at its full size. Then go to Image menu/Image Size and change the document size. Make sure that Constrain is checked so that both vertical and horizontal sizes are changed. Then use the crop tool to get rid of any extraneous parts of the pic on teh edges.

Make sure that the resolution on teh Image Size window is correct.



Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[kiddpete]

I'm not following. Photoshop always brings in the full image. How are you changing it to 8x10? Are you cropping it?

 

[nicksims]

kidpete,

No cropping necessary. The Image/Image Size control box (same for the pc) lets you resize your original photograph to whatever size you like (via pixels or document size- inches, mm, etc.)

Nick

 

[kiddpete]

Nick,

Yes, I know that. What I don't understand is what teched4u is talking about, and jmgalvin's response. Teched4u says he is losing most of his photo, and jmgalvin is telling him to read in the entire photo. Both posts are questionable in terms of their meaning.

 

[Design1]

LOL

 

[teched4u]

There seems to be a bit of confusion over my post...let's try this again.

I have the image size on the camera set to Fine / Large...then when I capture the photo into photoshop it's size is 3,008 x 2,000. -- So when I need the photo to be 5x7 or 8x10 and crop the photo to that size I loose parts of the photo. I have tried to use the Image resize but I can't figure out how to make it be 5x7 or 8x10 without distorting the photos.

When I resize the image I get some strange size like 10 x 6.649, I realize this is caused from the "Constrain Proportions"...but I need an effective way to get stardard sizes for the images.

Thanks for the help.

 

[jimoblak]

Your camera (any camera) does not shoot standard sizes like 5x7 or 8x10. A 5x7 has different proportions to an 8x10. If you scaled a 5x7 close to an 8x10, you would really get 7.14x10.

Crop as best you can.

 

[nicksims]

Kidpete,

Yeah, I now see the bigger issues. Cropping may very well be necessary. I'm used to bringing in the photo, changing the image and cropping, but I don't normally have the need to make something an exact size as desired here. Hopefully teched4u can sacrifice a bit of the image when cropped.

Nick

 

[blueark]

Try this:

Select the crop tool, and in the options bar, put in the size you want (for example, 8 in and 10 in for width and height), and possibly the resolution too. Now when you crop the image, you'll have complete control over what portion will be used.

As jimoblak says, the proportions your camera uses don't scale to standard sizes, so your only three options are (1) to distort the image, (2) crop the image, or (3) leave a border on some of the edges.

 

[kiddpete]

Teched4u,

You shouldn't lose most of your photo. When I need to do what you are doing, I simply resize, without resampling, so that one of my dimensions is the desired size. 10 inches high for example. You will have to resize the dimension that, when sized correctly, will force the other dimension to be too large. At that point, you haven't yet thrown any pixels away. Then, crop to get the desired size.

Of course, in many cases, I can crop out areas of the photo that aren't important as an aid to reaching my goal.

 

[Kjonnnn]

Let me ask this. Are you talking about losing information in the PRINT. Thats what it sounds like 5x7, and 8x10 are NOT traditional IMAGE sizes, although they are normal picture FRAME sizes. Its the whole # of hotdogs vs # of hot dog bun debacle. 4x6, 8x12 (With the ratio of 2:3) are considered full frame.