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Tobbe · 10-10-2005, 01:34 AM

Thought I´d change my avatar, what program do you recommend for resizing pictures?

smashing · 10-10-2005, 01:47 AM

Microsoft Photo Editor. It should come in most standard Windows OS.

Tobbe · 10-10-2005, 01:50 AM

ok, thanks, i´ll try it out..

SakSquash · 10-10-2005, 03:53 AM

I don't like MS photo editor. It makes pictures look like crap when you resize them. Just...uh...procure paint shop pro and use that.

smashing · 10-10-2005, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

I don't like MS photo editor. It makes pictures look like crap when you resize them. Just...uh...procure paint shop pro and use that.

Well, crap or not depends on your source image and not the programme. While I agree that MS Photo editor ain't the most powerful tool around, it's readily available. Heck! It's even installed on your windows. So why not just try it. If it's too crappy then change to another programme.

pinkgothic · 10-10-2005, 04:46 AM

You could download the trial version of ThumbsPlus. I'm not sure if I remember this correctly, but I think it lets you chose from various downsizing algorithms - you could try through all of them and save each as a different file, then compare and pick the one you find downsized best

***tabacco*** · 10-10-2005, 06:36 AM

http://www.gimp.org/

Similar to Photoshop, but free. There's a Windows port available.

Jeysie · 10-10-2005, 06:51 AM

I find that Irfanview is aces at resizing pictures nicely.

Peace & Luv, Liz

Hamham Chan · 10-10-2005, 07:13 AM

I use MS Paint.

smashing · 10-10-2005, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamham Chan

I use MS Paint.

No shame in that.

Sometimes when I'm too lazy to startup Adobe Photoshop CS, I'll resort to Paint too!

avatar_58 · 10-10-2005, 06:08 PM

Oh..thought this was a thread about me.......my bad.

BoyToy · 10-11-2005, 08:18 AM

A pretty good and cheap way to do it, is using Microsoft Internet Explorer... Funnily enough its resizing algorithm is superior to the one they utilize in the Microsoft Photo Editor.
However it requires some basic HTML skills: Make a rudimentary local HTML-page which displays the picture in the size you want to have it. Then do a screen capture, and use Microsoft Photo Editor to crop the captured image and save it... *erm...*

***tabacco*** · 10-11-2005, 08:58 AM

Or download the gimp and use its perfectly good bicubic resize.

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SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	I don't like MS photo editor. It makes pictures look like crap when you resize them. Just...uh...procure paint shop pro and use that.

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*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	http://www.gimp.org/ Similar to Photoshop, but free. There's a Windows port available.

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BoyToy furryyellowthing Last Online: 04-13-2007 04:11 AM Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 748	A pretty good and cheap way to do it, is using Microsoft Internet Explorer... Funnily enough its resizing algorithm is superior to the one they utilize in the Microsoft Photo Editor. However it requires some basic HTML skills: Make a rudimentary local HTML-page which displays the picture in the size you want to have it. Then do a screen capture, and use Microsoft Photo Editor to crop the captured image and save it... erm...

10-11-2005, 08:58 AM	#13
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Or download the gimp and use its perfectly good bicubic resize.