GCC&DIS 2008-2009 Season



GCC&DIS 2009-2010 Season

Resizing Images for Digital Imaging Competitions

Introduction

There are several ways to resize pictures all of which are suitable for images which will be entered into camera club competitions.

Method 1

The easiest method is to pass the full size image through one of the free programmes designed to re-size pictures. The advantage is it is simple and quick. Try this one



The disadvantage is that you don’t have the option to crop so it’s the full image which becomes the right size for a club entry. Now that’s fine if the height to width ratio is right but if it is not then there will be a black border on the top and bottom or on the left and right hand sides.

The second easiest way is to use Photoshop, and this is the method that we will describe here.

Method 2

Go to Image>Image Size (or Alt+Ctrl+I) make sure that Constrain Proportions and Scale Style are unchecked and that Resample Image is checked. Then in the Pixel Dimensions box at the top type in 1024 as the width and 768 as the height (for a horizontal image) come down to the resolution and type in 72 pixels/inch and left click OK.

Method 3

1. The more accurate way is also very simple and easy to set up. Open the image in Photoshop. Click on the crop tool (or press C). Along the top in the Tool Option Bar type 1024 px as the width and 768 px as the height and 72 pixels per inch as the Resolution. This will constrain the crop tool to the size and resolution that you require so simply crop the image as you wish and when you press Enter. The result will be an image in the correct size, proportion and resolution for landscape images in our competitions.

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For upright or portrait images it’s a little more complicated because the picture must be set within the same dimensions as the horizontal (1024 px wide by 768px high). The best way to do this is

1. First of all, make sure that the background colour is set to black.

2. Then go to File>New

3. Then in the box which appears, type 1024 px as the width and 768 px as the height and 72 pixels/inch as the resolution.

4. Set the Background contents to background colour (which we previously made black).

5. Click OK. This will open a window which is the right size but has a black background fill.

Open your upright image alongside the black image then drag the upright over the black image. Depending on the size, the picture will be huge on top of the black

so press Ctrl T (or go to Edit>Free Transform) then press Ctrl 0 this will give you a bounding box with node points over (probably) a tiny picture box. Hold down the shift key and with the left mouse button click-and-hold on one of the corner node points dragging it inwards to reduce the size of the bounding box to the height of the picture box. Press Ctrl 0 and everything will regain the full screen size. Adjust the image by again holding down the shift key and dragging the corner node point so that the picture fills top to bottom (there will be black on either side) and the image is in the centre of the screen. Press return to accept the transformation. You will see that there are two layers in the layer pallet, if you save as a jpeg file these layers will become one but you can also merge both layers into one as follows.

Saving the Image (Portrait or Landscape)

Merge any layers together (Layer> Merge Visible)

Then go to File>File Info and in Document Name type in the slide name and in Author type your name. This will stay with the image and automatically appear in the right place in the club’s competition software.

Save the image as a .jpeg file giving it a file name DPI 1(to3) (depending on which leg of the competition) < and when you get to the jpeg options box look at the size box at the bottom and move the slider to achieve a file size of no greater than 900Kb. Click OK.

for the first image called ‘the white swan’ entered by Ron Henry (member 16) in the first leg of the Digital Projected Image competition the title should look like this

DPI1 RH 16 The White Swan 01

Typing your name and the image title in the file information panel is vital for the use of our software. You can also bring up the file information panel by right clicking on the picture in Windows, and then at the bottom of the list which opens, left click on properties which will open a box. At the top of this box click on the ‘summary’ tab then type in the information as before.

Getting the images to the Competition Secretary

The completed files, usually three per competition except for knockout competitions where more entries will be accepted, can either be burned to a CD, transferred to a USB memory key, an SD Card or a Compact Flash Card, all of which will be returned ASAP. They must be placed in an envelope with your name and club number written on the outside and that must be handed to the Competition Secretary on or before the entry date.

In addition, you can e-mail your images to the Competition Secretary Cliff Sheardown at rumbull@blueyonder.co.uk but these entries must be sent one week before the closing date of the competition so that Cliff can personally confirm on the night of the entry date that he has received your entry.

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