Having to scroll to see whole picture

[Patti Nykamp]

I went back to read some of the older messages, because I was having this problem when I tried to scan pictures also. I read all the messages and you asked me to continue writing because I perplexed alot of you - so by popular request I will give you step by step what I do and what I end up with. I could even send one of you one of my pictures and you will see how you have to scroll to see picture.
I open the picture up in PSE, I go to Image Resize and put the pixels at 400x600 and resolution at 200 and the pixels automatically change to 900x600. I save it on my desktop and then go to AOL and attach it and send. Both the contraint box and Resample boxes are checked also. I have tried the above using smaller and smaller sizes, but I still have to scroll. It would be interesting to send one to you and see how you get it and what you think. Thanks.

[Eric Matthes]

Patti,
What pixel size is the image when you first open the image?

[Eric Matthes]

Patti,
After reading through your other posts, give this a try:

1. Open original image.
2. Click on Image>Resize>Image Size.
3. With Resample unchecked, set the resolution to 72dpi. Ignore what the other measurements do. Click OK.
4. With Resample checked, set the pixel dimensions to 400x600, or the dimensions to 4x6inches. Click OK.
5. Save it as a jpeg. Saving for web will make the file smaller, but either way you save it, you should be able to see it without scrolling.

I believe you may have been doing the resolution and pixel adjustments in the same step, which may have undone each other. Hope this helps.

Eric

[Patti Nykamp]

The pixel size of the particular picture I am trying to send is 1800 x 1200

[Patti Nykamp]

Eric - still didn't work, I had to scroll, but when I put in the pixels in at 400 x 600, the 400 jumped to 900? I saved it as a jpeg too. Any other ideas, I would really like to get this down, because I have a digital camera and would like to email pictures to people of my new grandson and new puppy. Thanks for your help.

[Patti Nykamp]

I also tried saving for th web and it made no difference.

[RobertHJones]

Patti,

I think you would have an easier time using the save for web feature.

I don't know whether you have Elements 1.0 or 2.0 and I hear save for web
behaves slightly differently in the two versions. This is for 2.0 but
should be close enough for you to use 1.0 if that is what you have. I've
only used version 2.0 so I can't say for sure how version 1.0 differs.

After you have your photo loaded into Elements, go to the menu and select
File, Save for Web. On the right hand side of the save for web dialog box,
there are a couple of areas labeled "settings" and "new size".

Under "settings", select JPG and set the quality to 80 (or whatever you
want -- the smaller the number the more jpg artifacts you will see and the
more degraded the image will be). Then go to "new size" and make sure the
"constrain proportions" box is checked. Then, set the largest of the width
or height boxes to 300 pixels. Now click on the "apply" button.

At the bottom of the save for web dialog, there is a icon labeled "Preview
in". Click on that and it will load the resized image into your browser so
you can see what it would look like. If it's too big or too small, go back
and change the value in the "new size" box, click apply, and preview again
until you're happy with the size.

Now look at the two images on the left side of the dialog box. They are
supposed to represent what the original image and the new image look like.
Ignore that for now but look below the second image and see how large it
will be. If you will be sending the photo to someone on a dial-up modem,
you'll want to try to keep that on the smallish side (say 100k or less for
example). The estimated time it would take a modem user to download the
image is shown just below the size. If the size shown is too big, you can
reduce it by lowering the quality setting but don't go too far.

Finally, click on "ok" and a save as dialog will appear. Select the
location and name and save the image. Now, you can go into your email
program and attach the new photo.

Hope this helps,

Bob

[Byron Gale]

Patti,

I created a test image in your dimensions (1800x1200) and successfully
reduced it to 640x480 (just a smaller size I arbitrarily chose for the
experiment) two different ways.

1. Using Image->Resize->Image Size

- at the bottom of the Image Size dialog, have both Constrain and Resample
selected.
- at the top, in Pixel Dimensions, make sure that Width and Height show
pixels as the unit in the right-hand field.
- in Pixel Dimensions, whichever dimension is LARGEST, replace with 640.
The other dimension will automatically change.
- Click OK

2. Using Save For Web

- in the very bottom left, set the Zoom setting so that you can see enough
of the image for your own comfort.
- at the right, in New Size, make sure that Constrain is selected.
- in New Size, replace the LARGEST dimension with 640. The other dimension
will automatically change.
- in New Size, click Apply.
- click OK
- complete the Save As by picking a file name. This makes a NEW COPY of the
file in the new size.


Let us know if either method succeeds!

Byron

[Byron Gale]

Bob,

Good idea with the Preview!!! I hadn't thought of that...

Byron

[Patti Nykamp]

Byron
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Actually I can even make it bigger now, but it works and it is easy, I can't thank everyone enough for helping me with this. Thannks so much you are the greatest!!!!
Thanks.
Patti

[Byron Gale]

Patti,

That's great news!! I felt confident that it was just a matter of poking at
it a few times...

Byron