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Resize Photo
(history as of 12/22/2010 8:46:46 AM)
On the Vessel page, there is an option to attach a photo of the vessel. Although the instructions ask that the photo be sized to a certain size before uploading, it is possible that photos can be uploaded that are unacceptably large. This page tells you how to resize the photo.
Steps
- Save the current photo to your computer.
- Go to the Vessel page.
- Right-click on the photo to display a pop-up menu.
- Choose the menu option to save the photo to your local hard disk. The menu that appears will be different depending on which browser you are using. In Internet Explorer, this menu option is labeled "Save Picture As...".
- Enter a filename, and remember the filename for later.
- Resize the photo
- There are many ways to resize a photo. These instructions are targeted towards people who have Windows installed on their computers.
- If you have Windows XP or Vista:
- From your Windows Start Menu, select "All Programs", then "Accessories", then "Paint".
- In the File menu, choose the Open menu option to open an existing file. Choose the file that you saved above.
- On the Image menu, click the Attributes option to display the current size of the image in pixels.
- Calculate the percentage of the original size that you want for your new image. The percentage can be calculated as (500 / current pixel width) * 100. To improve the resulting image quality, round this percentage to the nearest multiple of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.)
- On the Image menu, click on the Resize/Skew option, and enter the percentage into the Horizontal Resize field. Then click OK.
- On the File menu, click Save.
- Close Paint.
- If you have Windows 7:
- From your Windows Start Menu, select "All Programs", then "Accessories", then "Paint".
- Choose the Open menu option in Paint to open an existing file. Choose the file that you saved above.
- On the File menu, click the Properties option to display the current size of the image in pixels.
- Calculate the percentage of the original size that you want for your new image. The percentage can be calculated as (500 / current pixel width) * 100. To improve the resulting image quality, round this percentage to the nearest multiple of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20, etc.)
- On the Image menu, click on the Resize option, and enter the percentage into the Horizontal Resize by Percentage field. Then click OK.
- On the File menu, click Save.
- Close Paint.
- Attach the resized photo to the vessel record
- Go to the Vessel page.
- In the Vessel Image field, click on the Browse button.
- Select the resized photo, and click OK.
- On the Vessel page, click "Save and Continue".
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