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palinkasocsi
Mar 2, 2009
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Hi there,

I am newbie with Photoshop, so could anyone tell me how to resize a picture meanwhile the aspect ratio remains the same? I always get distorted pictures.

Thank you.

All best wishes,

Palinkasocsi

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Michael_Brower
Mar 2, 2009
Image>>Image Size….make sure Constrain Proportions is checked.

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KatWoman
Mar 2, 2009
using IMAGE SIZE tick the box that says constrain proportions you should see a link and bracket at right side

using transform tool
click the link on the options bar that looks like a chain or hold shift key and only drag from corner points not sides
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Phosphor
Mar 2, 2009
Hey Kat Woman…

Just out of curiosity…Why is there always a couple extra lines of blank space above and below your replies?

Are you doing that on purpose?

If so, why?

If not, what do you think might be inserting those spaces?
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KatWoman
Mar 3, 2009
I am using IE to read the meassages and deleting the quoted material? and for some reason I post before you do and still end up with messages after yours
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dave_milbut
Mar 3, 2009
you mean outlook express? (OE) not internet explorer (IE) right?
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Don_McCahill
Mar 3, 2009
Well Kat, we certainly appreciate you deleting the autoquotes. I think Phos is hoping you could delete the extra spaces as well. They just create a lot of extra scrolling for all the other users.

Thanks.
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palinkasocsi
Mar 3, 2009
Thanks Guys.

One more thing: I know it’s all a matter of experiment but when I change the height, the width automatically changes. How could I avoid that? Again, I want to keep the aspect ratio to avoid distorted pics.

Thank you very much.

Palinkasocsi
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Phosphor
Mar 3, 2009
As you have been told, check

b Constrain Proportions in the Image Size dialog.
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Q_Photo
Mar 4, 2009
palinkasosi,

Pretend that you have a 4×6 horizontal photo that you want to enlarge to an 8×10. You are actually making the photo TWICE as big. So, 4" times 2 equals 8". However, 6" times 2 equals 12". You do not want an 8×12, you want an 8×10. You therefore MUST crop out 2" from the sides.

Do it this way. Start with your 4×6. Horz.
Copy background layer.
Go to Image Size. Constrain Proportions checked.
Type in (Height) 8x (Width) 12. Enter.
Go to Canvas Size and replace the 12 with 10. Enter.
Now move your BACKGROUND COPY left and right until placed correctly. Flatten layers.

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KatWoman
Mar 4, 2009
you mean outlook express? (OE) not internet explorer (IE) right?

duh>>>yes
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dave_milbut
Mar 5, 2009
colloquially known as outhouse express, or outlook depressed… 🙂

why not thunderbird? <http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/>

it contains 90% less evil than outhouse!!! 😀

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