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FIGURE 10-3 A scanned photo prior to resizing FIGURE 10-4 A photo in which the height dimension has been increased in greater proportion to the width dimension Please purchase PDF Split

FIGURE 10-3 A scanned photo prior to resizing

FIGURE 10-4 A photo in which the height dimension has been increased

in greater proportion to the width dimension

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FIGURE 10-5 A photo in which the width dimension has been increased in greater

proportion to the height dimension

Some programs, such as PhotoDeluxe and even Microsoft Word, have a utility that I find preferable for resizing photos without the risk of distortion This feature allows you simply to double-click on the photo and reset all its dimensions at once by specifying the new size as a percentage of the original size For example, a 50 percent size would mean you reduce all the dimensions by half A specification of 200 percent means you double the size of the scanned photo A Microsoft Word dialog box for resizing images with this type of utility is shown in Figure 10-6

The resizing feature is particularly useful when you’re working with templates It allows you to manually resize a photo until it fits perfectly within the cutout area of a template, as shown in Figure 10-7.

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FIGURE 10-6 A resizing utility that allows you to exercise accurate control over

photo dimensions

Width resizing control

Height resizing control

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FIGURE 10-7 This photo needs to be resized to fit the greeting card template

Resizing boundary box

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different direction.

Straightening a Crooked Shot

In the excitement of getting a good shot, it’s not uncommon to forget to hold your camera level Fortunately most image-editing programs (and even some scanner software) comes with tools that allow you to reposition your photos When used with the cropping tool, rotating a photo can be just the right remedy for a crooked shot Consider the photo in Figure 10-8 It’s a great shot, but crooked It looks like that computer is about to slide off the desk into the subject’s lap! Using PhotoSuite 4, I carefully rotated the photo about 5 degrees to the left, as shown in Figure 10-9 Then

I used my cropping tool to trim the photo so that it retained its original shape and dimensions The finished result—rotated and cropped—appears in Figure 10-10

FIGURE 10-8 This is a nice shot, but crooked

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