scaleing and importing photo files

[Floh Peters]

[bill page] “Question: to rescale files in photoshop, should files be ‘IMPORTED’via the import window, and as anti-alisa pict file into photoshop? I have just been opening photoshop,and thru the OPEN window I opened the files (without IMPORT) to rescale. “

That does not make any difference. Your files are 480*640 instead of 640*480. Since a TV is 4:3 (the image is wider than it is high) you need not only to rescale your images, but to also crop them (cut off parts at the top and bottom) to bring them into the right dimensions.

The best workflow probably would be to reopen your original files, to set your rectangular marquee tool to a fixed aspect ratio (4:3) and to create a selection within your images that shows what you want to see. Then crop the selection. Then rescale to 640*480, since you are in a 4:3 aspect ratio.
If you want to use the full image content, you could place it e.g. over a black background. To do this you would create a 640*480 image, filled with black. Then you would select your source image,select all, copy it and paste it into the black image. Then use the transform tool (CMD T) to scale and position the image as you need it.

[Bill Page]

Floh: taking the file of the horse, if the width is set to 640 and height to 480, it elongates and squeezes the file down. What am I missing….?
Thanks.
bill

[Floh Peters]

Try rereading my last post. Either you need to use only a part of the image, or you will have black bars on the left and right sides. Since the image is higher than it is wide, and since a TV is wider than it is high, you have to fit the image somehow into this aspect ratio; either you will cut of some parts at the top and/or bottom, or you will see a background left and right.

[Bill Page]

I am getting it….I was just lucky in the past that I did not have the aspect ratio issue….
I see that cropping in photoshop with the 4:3 ratio automatically sets up the frame area.
BUT….if I wanted to use the entire width and length of the photo, as it the two children file, how do I shrink that down to keep the entire image, from head to toes…..
Thanks for you continuing help,
bill

[Floh Peters]

[bill page] “BUT….if I wanted to use the entire width and length of the photo, as it the two children file, how do I shrink that down to keep the entire image, from head to toes….. “

As I said, you will get black edges on the left and right. Create a new 640*480 image, fill it with black. Select all in the source image, copy it, paste it into the black image, and do a transform (CMD T) and drag on one of the edges while holding the Shift key to fit the image into your background. By holding the shift key you are making sure that you scale proportionally.

[Bill Page]

Floh:
GOT IT……I never knew all this. It was just by luck and chance that I was able to scale before….
Oh, man….what a tool to use and to know about….Thank you so much.
Now I know……….now I know….!!!!
Thank you so much….
Regards,
Bill Page