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Manipulating an Image
There are many different software solutions that allow you to manipulate images, Photoshop, Photopaint, etc. Here we are using PaintShop Pro v10.
If you want to manipulate an image to ensure that it is in the correct proportion and size, do the following:
Remember are normal setting is a landscape image that is 150mm wide, 100 mm tall, with a 300 dpi.
- Open the image. This sample image is a portrait image, we will change to our landscape.
- Select the crop tool.
- Enter the Width and Height, make sure you have
set the scale to Centimetres. You may
find that the software actually enters 9.9999, but that’s OK.
- Grab any corner and resize the Crop box to show
the part of the image you want. You can
also move the box around by pressing your left mouse button anywhere on the
lighter area. You should find that the box will stay in the same proportion.
- When you are happy, double click inside the crop
box, i.e. the lighter part of the image. You should now only be able to see the part of the image that you want.
- You can now set the DPI, chose Image, Resize
from the menu and this dialog box appears. Set the resolution to 300 if it is not already 300. Then click on OK.
- Finally, click on File, Save As, and make sure
that you select JPGs and that the file ends JPG, not JPEG. Also on the options tab ensure you use only
“Standard Encoding”. That’s it, your
done.
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