how to resize photo in PS

[dennislim]

lets say i got a photo 1024 X 768

and i wanna resize it to 1024 X 600

but when i use image resize it seems like it will make my photos seems out of shape (the image)

what to do so that only the top / bottm 168 pixels can just be subtracted ???

[jOhO]

Originally Posted by dennislim lets say i got a photo 1024 X 768 and i wanna resize it to 1024 X 600 but when i use image resize it seems like it will make my photos seems out of shape (the image) what to do so that only the top / bottm 168 pixels can just be subtracted ???

go to image --> canvas size

from there i think u'll be able to figure out.. cannot come back here post again.

[dennislim]

Originally Posted by jOhO go to image --> canvas size from there i think u'll be able to figure out.. cannot come back here post again.

thanks i got it =)

[hwchoy]

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[StreetShooter]

Moved to digital darkroom. Uncle Togu can help.

[togu]

Originally Posted by dennislim lets say i got a photo 1024 X 768 and i wanna resize it to 1024 X 600 but when i use image resize it seems like it will make my photos seems out of shape (the image) what to do so that only the top / bottm 168 pixels can just be subtracted ???

Alternatively, you can select Cropping tool, fill in 1024 and 600 in the width, height fields. After that, regardless of how you crop, you'll always get that size with the correct ratio.

Hope this helps.

[togu]

Originally Posted by StreetShooter Moved to digital darkroom. Uncle Togu can help.

Hm....uncle?

[jOhO]

Originally Posted by togu Alternatively, you can select Cropping tool, fill in 1024 and 600 in the width, height fields. After that, regardless of how you crop, you'll always get that size with the correct ratio. Hope this helps.

oh yah.. ahha that's probably a better way..

[togu]

Originally Posted by jOhO oh yah.. ahha that's probably a better way..

Both works actually.

[Octopuz]

Originally Posted by togu Alternatively, you can select Cropping tool, fill in 1024 and 600 in the width, height fields. After that, regardless of how you crop, you'll always get that size with the correct ratio. Hope this helps.

Just wanna to know whether this method will degrade the quality of the photo...
Let's say I have a 1024x768 pic, I wanna to crop about 3/4 of the pic to 1024x768 also... Will this decrease the no. of pixels/in(degrade the quality of the photo)??

[jOhO]

Originally Posted by Octopuz Just wanna to know whether this method will degrade the quality of the photo... Let's say I have a 1024x768 pic, I wanna to crop about 3/4 of the pic to 1024x768 also... Will this decrease the no. of pixels/in(degrade the quality of the photo)??

yes it will.. u're essentially enlarging the photo then chopping it off back to size.

[Mapman]

Originally Posted by jOhO go to image --> canvas size from there i think u'll be able to figure out.. cannot come back here post again.

will changing the Canvas size distort the image?

[togu]

Originally Posted by Mapman will changing the Canvas size distort the image?

If you specify a smaller canvas size, PS will crop the image to whatever size you specify. Whereas if you specify a bigger canvas size, PS will add on some space using your current active background colour to the image. Don't think there will be any distortion, since no resampling involved.