Resize Photos

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Resize Photos With Gimp!

• Photo editing with Gimp

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• Transfer your camera photos to your flash drive
• Hold the camera as you would if taking a photo
• Look at the right side of the camera
• Slide the small lever labeled CARD/BATT. OPEN
• The door will pop open
• Locate the SD card and push the SD card down
• It will pop up for removal
• Put the SD card into your card reader
• Plug it into a USB port

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Open up the folder labeled DCIM Look for the
100CANON folder
Drag it into your Flash Drive
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Go to the Start menu Go to All Programs and open
Gimp 2 Gimp is an open source download that is
about as powerful as Photoshop Elements but its
FREE!!
Gimp Download Page
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After you transfer your photos to your hard drive
or flash drive choose one to open
Check the number of pixels and the percentage of
the picture that you are viewing
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Go to the Image Menu and choose Scale Image
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In the Scale Image window Choose inches instead
of pixels for Width
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As you see, a picture 3264 pixels wide is 45
inches wide! That isnt usable for web or print
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A web page or paper page is only about 8
wide Change the Width to 8 As long as the
links are connected, it will keep its aspect
ratio
72 is the perfect resolution for your web page or
printed material unless you are producing a
professional brochure
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Do not panic when your image scales down! You see
now the new number of pixels
But look at percentage of the picture you are
viewing You are still seeing the low
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Go to View and choose Zoom Then choose Fit Image
in Window
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It will depend how large your window is but you
see that you still have a good sized photo after
resizing!
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When you look at the details of each file you see
how much memory you use up with each picture.
In order to use your photos properly on the web
or in printed documents, you really need to do
this resizing. If you dont do this you will be
using up far more memory than necessary.
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You can add extra space to your photo for a
special text effect. Go to Image and choose
Canvas Size
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Unlink the chain to change just one
dimension Change pixels to inches so you have
a good idea what size the photo is
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Press Enter after you change the dimension
Move the picture to the side away from where you
want more space.
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Create a New Layer and move the original
Background layer above it. Fill with the dominant
Background color.
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Go to Image and choose Flatten Image to merge the
two layers
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Add your text in this extra area
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Effects you can do using GIMP
Rounded Corners w/Drop Shadow
Fuzzy Border
Border
Old Photo w/Fuzzy Border
Border w/Bevel