Aquarium Photography basics.
Resizing Images 101: Xnview
By Jessica
We’ll be using a free program for this method. Go here to download it:
http://www.xnview.com/
Click on Download link on the left menu.
Then find your OS and Direct Download it.
This program is slightly larger at 3.3mb. However, it still is not
too long a download.
Another bonus to this is that it has a Mac version.
1. Run the program
- locate your image file
- double-click on it
2. Click on Image > Resize
4. Set the three slots. The two in the circle should be set to the
max. of 480 pixels for width and 640 pixels for length. Then where
the arrow is, make sure it says 72. I am not sure if it effects it
much in this program, but I always have it set thus when in Photoshop.
3. Sharpen - An excellent feature in this program
- Click on Filter > Misc > Sharpen
This will popup a scroll window. Make sure to select the box marked
Auto View. Now scroll it until it looks right to you. This is a much
better feature allowing a great control over how sharp you make the
image.
4. Click on Save > Save As
Make sure the Save as Type is JPG.
5. Click on Options at the bottom of the screen.
6. now go find the image,
- Right click on it
- Select Properties
the size should be about right . If it is too big, you will need to
scroll the Quality bar to a lower number. I have found if you post an
image that is a full 480x640, you have to take the quality to 15-20
many times. It depends on what colors are used an how much color variety
is in your picture.
Hope this helps.
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