by Bobbi Perreault
29. December 2010 18:11
Share on FacebookWhen you send an image up to a site hosted here, it will be resized as it’s uploaded to fit it within the boundaries that were defined for it on the item detail page. Images straight from a digital camera will be very much larger than the space allotted to them. The resizing process from large to small will result in fuzziness.
To get the crispest display, upload an image that is the same size as it is displayed at on screen. Size and resolution matter. Print resolution is totally different than screen resolution.
The second tool discussed here is what I recommend you use for best control. And I think this is more necessary for the images which are sized taller than they are wide. Those seem to be the ones that are most fuzzy when uploaded and resized by the website software. If you have an image taller than it is wide, use the height of the image as your setting.
For the purposes of this discussion, our ideal image size is:
Max height: 280 pixels
Max width: 370 pixels
For this you will want a program that can edit photographs – Picasa is free and also allows you to view the images on your computer with ease. You can download it here:
A good video for learning how to resize with Picasa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPUoV5uzMqY&feature=player_embedded
There’s a problem with resizing in Picasa if your images are not originally sized to a compatible height and width ratio. Say you are working with an image which is higher than it is wide. You can only specify width with the Picasa resize, and you won’t know what width you want your image to be if it is more tall than wide.
So, I use Paint.Net. you can download it for free here:
This article has great detailed info on how to resize using Paint.Net
http://www.wikihow.com/Resize-an-Image-With-Paint.Net
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