Does anyone know about Jasc paint shop pro 8

[bigal40]

I need to resize an image to 4x6 inches but whenever I do that it looks bad bc it gets stretched. Is there anyway to resize it to 4x6 and just crop some of it so it is not stretched.
thanks

 

[KarenMarie]

are you resizing it thru the tools, or just stretching it?

 

[NTB]

what is the resolution of your original image? for 4x6 you shouldn't need anything much bigger than about 2MP (1600x1200).

Nate

 

[Pastore]

I don't know how to do it in PSP, but in photoshop I would show rulers, then crop the area I need.

 

[Ricochet]

Uh..couldn't you just create a new image at 4x6 and then copy and paste your desired image into it then move it as desired.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I don't know how to do it in PSP, but in photoshop I would show rulers, then crop the area I need.

I think he's trying to stretch a small picture, rather than trying to cram a big one into 4x6. I could be wrong though.

Nate

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: Beast1284
I don't know how to do it in PSP, but in photoshop I would show rulers, then crop the area I need.

I think he's trying to stretch a small picture, rather than trying to cram a big one into 4x6. I could be wrong though.

Nate

Yeah, I read it again and now I can't figure out what exactly he wants to do. Post the pic and maybe we can help.

 

[NTB]

if the image isn't big enough to crop to 4x6 and is not a 3:2 aspect ratio, you may be out of luck. Stretching a square image to fit a rectangle space is always going to distort it. If it *is* big enough to crop, figure out what you can cut out fo the picture without missing it, and do it.


Another question, while I'm thinking about it: are you going to print this yourself, or take it somewhere? (walmart, walgreens, a photography shop, etc.)? One thing you can do without distorting the picture is to change it's density rather than it's physical size. get into the resize dialogue box, uncheck the "resample" box, and play with the DPI settings. change it, click ok, then try to crop your 4x6 image out of it. use the crop tool's pre-set 4x6 vertical or horizontal selector to make sure you get the right size. I'm not sure what the exact limits would be but I try to stay around or above 250DPI. 300DPI is standard for printing, I think.
Nate

 

[bigal40]

NM i got it

 

[bigal40]

NM i got it