Resizing photos in Picture Manager

[Rita]

I work in a real estate office. I use Publisher & Picture Manager. Agents
give me high res photos (1200 x 2000) and expect me to "resize to 4x6" for
print houses.

How do I do this? What is the setting in Picture Manager so that I will get
a 4x6 image? Sooooo frustrating!

 

[Mary Sauer]

In the Getting Started task pane, Click export, click resize, tick Custom width x
height, input 600 width x 400 height, click return to export. You might want to
rename the image so as not to lose the original in case this is not the right size.
Uncheck Original file names, click rename. Return to export.
This will an approximate size, depending on the photo. You might have to do some
experimenting.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Rita,

Picture resizing in Picture manager is somewhat limited.

Picture sizing in Picture Manager is in pixels (px)
rather than inches or centimeters. The 'size' of
a graphic in pixels can depend on if (and if then what)
there is a pixel per inch setting stored within the
graphic.

A 1200px x 2000px, at 300 pixels per inch (PPI) would
result in a 4" x 6 2/3" graphic. You may want to
use a graphics app, that will give you more control
over the resizing/resampling you need.

Within Publisher you can insert a picture into a publication
then use Format=>Picture to resize it, then right click on
the picture and use 'save picture as' to save your picture
to disk if you need it to be a standalone rather than part
of your listing page/ad.

Separately, there may be a suitable graphic app that came with your camera
or scanner (check in Start=>Programs) or you may find this one
useful http://www.irfanview.com

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I work in a real estate office. I use Publisher & Picture Manager. Agents
give me high res photos (1200 x 2000) and expect me to "resize to 4x6" for
print houses.

How do I do this? What is the setting in Picture Manager so that I will get
a 4x6 image? Sooooo frustrating! >>
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Bob Buckland ?
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