| 1: | Downloading the Gimp and GTK+ |
| 2: | Installing GTK+ |
| 3: | Installing the Gimp |
| 4: | Setting up the Gimp |
Image Cropping, Resizing and Saving in JPEG Format
| 1: | Getting Started |
| 2: | Opening Files and Setting Magnification |
| 3: | Cropping |
| 4: | Resizing |
| 5: | Saving as JPEG |
| 1: | Adding Text |
| 2: | Layers |
| 3: | Making a New Layer |
| 4: | Layer Stacking Order |
| 5: | Layer Opacity |
| 6: | Saving Images with Layers |
| 1: | Rectangular Selection |
| 2: | Elliptical Selection |
| 3: | Lasso Selection and Inversion |
| 4: | Selection and the Paintbrush |
| 5: | Selection by Color |
Image Cropping, Resizing, and Saving in JPEG Format
Resizing Images
Now we'll resize the image. Under the "Image" menu, we'll choose "Scale Image":
Enter a new width. For this image, I'm going to choose 250 pixels. The small chain to the right of the width and height signifies that the ratio of height to width will remain fixed: when we change the width, the height will change to remain in proportion:
Next, we'll go down to "Resolution" and change the resolution to 72 pixels per inch on the x axis, and again because the values for resolution in the x and y dimensions has been linked, y will change too. 72 pixels per inch is a common resolution to work at when you are preparing an image for on-screen display (as opposed to print, where you would probably want to use a higher resolution than that):
Click "OK," and the image will resize:
Now the image looks very tiny because the zoom is still where we left it before, so let's zoom to see it in full size: under the "View" menu, choose "Zoom," then "100%":
The result:
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