How to crop and resize pictures using IrfanView

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How to crop and resize pictures using IrfanView
IrfanView is a free program
To install it on your computer:
Go to http://www.irfanview.com/
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Click on Download

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Select a download option
For example: Tucows

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Click on TUCOWS Worldwide Network - Download IrfanView
Click on Download Now

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Choose your download location
For example: U.S.A.
Choose a location close to you
For example: TierraNet Inc. San Diego

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Choose Save

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Select Desktop and click on Save

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When Download is complete, close any open browser
windows

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Double click on the iview398.exe icon on your computer's desktop

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Click on Run

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Make your selections and click Next

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Click Next on IrfanView Setup screen

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If you wish to have IrfanView be your default
program when opening pictures, checkmark the file
types you want. IrfanView isn't the only program
I use for editing pictures, so I didn't make any
selections. You will still have the option to
open pictures in IrfanView for editing even if
you make no selection.
Click Next

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Deselect Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search
(unless you want them) and click Next

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Click Next on "Ready to Install" screen

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Click Done on Installation Successful screen

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I very rarely access IrfanView via its shortcut
on the desktop. I prefer to launch from a
Quicklaunch icon in my Taskbar, so I dragged and
dropped the shortcut there. (If one still
remains on your desktop, you may drag it to your
Recycle Bin along with the iview398.exe icon to
reduce clutter)

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Now on to resizing pictures!
Find the picture you wish to resize
I save all of my pictures under My Documents / My Pictures / specific folders
Right click on Start in your taskbar
Select Explore

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Select My Documents then My Pictures and navigate
to the picture you want to resize

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Right click and select Open With and then select
IrfanView

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If the picture is sideways, from the top menu, select Image

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and then select either Rotate Right or Rotate
Left, depending

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IrfanView automatically adjusts the image to display within your computer's screen size

Example: Image displayed at 40%

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With the Image displayed at 100%, you can't see the entire picture at once on your screen

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To crop your picture:

Put your cursor at the top left edge of where you
want to start the crop.

Click and hold and drag your cursor down and to the right until you're
where you want to end the crop.

Don't worry if you don't get it exactly right the first time,
you can go back and click on the lines and pull
them up or down or from side to side until your
crop is selected as you want it.

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From top menu choose Edit and then select Crop Selection

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To resize your picture:
From top menu choose Image and then select
Resize/Resample

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Select "Set new size as a percentage of the original"
Enter a percentage. For example: 25%
(Make sure "Preserve aspect ratio" is checkmarked
and it will auto-fill the second percentage field for you)
Click OK

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Select File then Save As

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Choose the folder you want to save it in
Make sure that JPG is displayed in the Save As Type
Then click Save
Close IrfanView

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Locate the picture you just saved
Highlight it and it shows the new size in your
status bar. If it is less than 146.5 KB, the
image is resized adequately to upload to the
Alley.

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To resize a picture to use as your avatar:
Locate the picture you want to use
Right click and select Open With IrfanView
From top menu select Image and then select
Resize/Resample
Select set new size as pixels and enter "90" in
the field for the longest edge (in this example, the height). If "preserve
aspect ratio" is selected, it will auto-fill the
other edge size for you. Click OK. Then select
File and Save As. Choose the folder you want to
save it in
Make sure that JPG is displayed in the Save As
Type
Then click Save

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Rose, thanks for this class. Those Alley Cats that don't have a photo program that resizes will sure appreciate it. You are top notch. :ty

[Garnet Rose]

Thanks, Fannie! IrfanView is a good place to start for a newbie. I figured if I could teach my Dad and my MIL how to use it, *anyone* can learn to use it :)

It also has some nice advanced features (such as batch conversions) when you become comfortable with the photo-editing process.

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[Greeneyed Gypsy]

wow NOW THATS WHAT i CALL STEP BY STEP! Ack caps lock again, and you all know my keyboard done to back space, delete or edit of any kind (LOL)

Thanks so much Garnet I have Infranview and I learnd a few things! I have also been playing with microsoft phtot manages (that Hugh posted) I was so amazed I had that sittin right here all along and never knew! Its pertty easy.

[Nellie Blue]

Thanks for the info Garnet Rose!!! I'm recommending this to ALL my friends! It's pretty darn easy to use.

[Garnet Rose]

Thanks for the info Garnet Rose!!! I'm recommending this to ALL my friends! It's pretty darn easy to use.

You're welcome, Nellie! My MIL likes to print out pictures in 4 x 6 format and Irfanview's resizing feature makes that easy, too.

Choose Image then Resize / Resample

Choose Set New Size, then Inches instead of Pixels

Change the shortest edge to 4 with Preserve Aspect Ratio checked and it will automatically set the longer edge for you (which will be something like 5.33, not 6 exactly)

Then the pics can be printed out on 4 x 6 paper and shown around like developed pics.

[Miss Ruby]

:ty Thank you so much for this Garnet Rose, I can finally post my own photos without e-mailing them to Nellie for re-sizing.

Thank you Nellie for pointing me in the right direction!

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You're welcome! Like I said I enjoy doing it, but now you don't have to wait!

[Sweet Jenny-Lynne]

Nellie, I have a friend here from VA. who is teaching me how to use photo bucket.

I'm learning, how exciting.

SJL

[Nellie Blue]

Cool!!! :tban :tban

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[Dixie McCan]

trying ... trying . . . oh my goodness, LOOK IT WORKED! GARNET ROSE YOU DID IT! YOU TAUGHT ME! YIPPEE! :ty :tban :ty :tban :ty

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trying ... trying . . . oh my goodness, LOOK IT WORKED! GARNET ROSE YOU DID IT! YOU TAUGHT ME! YIPPEE! :ty :tban :ty :tban :ty

Yay! You're welcome. Great pic!

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Here's how you actually post the photos on the Alley...
Once you get them within' the size, go to the bottom of the "reply" screen. Click on Manage Attachments.
Click on Browse. Find the file in your computer of the pic, click on that file.
Click on "Upload". It will take a few seconds and the file name will appear on that screen. Once the file appears on that screen, close the window.
Then hit "submit reply" to get the file on the forum.

I found the easiest way to downsize pics is with Microsoft Office Picture Manager (part of the Microsoft Office package). Any program that will resize pics will work. Make sure you have the original saved and work off a copy. This way you don't destroy your original file

[Ida Hands]

I can't figure out how to get Irfanview for Mac. The pages I go to all error out on me. Things are different for a Mac user.

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With a Mac, you should have software that came with your system to resize your photos...I'll talk to my Mac friend tomorrow and see if I can find out what it is called.

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Ida,

iPhoto will allow you to resize photos.

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[Garnet Rose]

I've been finding cropping and resizing to be easier using Microsoft Office Picture Manager rather than using IrfanView, so if you have it on your computer here's how it works.

Find the picture you want to crop or resize. Right click on it and choose Open With -- Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

Left click on Edit Pictures in the upper menu.

Left click on Crop in the list on the right side of the page.

Left click and hold your mouse button to drag the dark outlines to where you want your picture cropped.

Left click OK.

To RESIZE:

Left click on Edit Pictures in the upper menu.

Left click on Resize in the list on the right side of the page.

I like the "predefined width and height" feature because it's easier to have consistently sized photos on my blog.

Select that "predefined" radio button and choose from the pulldown menu: Web Large (640 x 480)

Click OK.

From the upper menu, choose File -- Save As

I usually insert "cropped" or "resized" after the photo number, so for example P100600 would become P100600cropped or P100600resized. Then click the Save button.

Close the program and when it asks if you want to save changes, click Don't Save. That way you have not altered your original photo, but you'll have your cropped and/or resized photo saved for posting on the internet or emailing.

[Linn Keller]

From a fellow insomniac, thank you!
Your information is what I've been looking for!
(You're still up at oh too early in the morning? I was too, but this idiot flu has been giving us grief and I have an excuse... I did not want my coughing to keep Melissa awake... but then her coughing was keeping me awake... so I got out of bed and made a big pot of tea and we've been sipping tea and feeding each other cough drops all night!)