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To: kanda who wrote (4947)	8/7/1999 10:26:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110601

Do you want to make the photo smaller as in physical size or file size? A product like Photoshop can do almost anything you want to a photo. A bit pricey, there are other photo editing programs that work well too. If you ever decide to get into playing with graphics, get PhotoShop 5.0 or the new 5.5. Well worth the money!

To: kanda who wrote (4947)	8/8/1999 12:35:00 AM
From: wily	Respond to of 110601

kanda, In PhotoImpact: 1) To crop the image (select part of it): See on the left side of the screen the row of buttons. The top three are (you can see their titles if you hold the mouse pointer over them) home.rochester.rr.com Pick Tool Selection Tool Text Tool Now, the Selection Tool button has a little blue arrow or triangle in the bottom right corner of the button. If you press on that arrow it expands the button into four new buttons. The first of these new buttons is labelled "Standard Selection Tool". Choose that one. With that button selected, when you left-click and drag the pointer across your image you create a rectangular box which is outlined by a dotted line. That is your selection. Now go to Edit/Crop and the selected portion will appear as the new image. If you are satisfied with this save it. If you're not happy with it go to Edit/Undo Before and choose "Create New Selection" That puts you back to where you were before you outlined your selection and lets you try again or do something different. *****Note: I've found that sometimes the Selection Tool simply does not work. It seems to be a bug in the program (probably just the Trial Version). When this happens I uninstall/re-install and it works again. 2) To re-size the image (if you want to include the entire image but you want to make it either bigger or smaller) Go to Format/Dimensions home.rochester.rr.com In the Apply To section choose "Image & Objects" In the New Image section choose "User Defined" check: keep aspect ratio for "unit" choose pixel enter a number for either height or width. If you look at the title bar of the program it will show you the original size of the image in pixels. That is your reference point for choosing a new size. For the sake of perspective, if you have your screen resolution on your monitor set to 800 X 600, then an image with those dimensions (800 X 600) will just fit your screen. Those are the basics of cropping and re-sizing, and they are also the features I use most in this application. In fact, if you learn any more functions you will know more than me. As usual you have to play around with the buttons to see what's available and how it all works. Hope this makes sense. wily