Resizing and Changing Resolution

You can resize your image in two ways: changing the printed size, or changing the image size in pixels. You can also change the resolution or image quality.

Choose Resize from the Image menu. You see a dialog box like the following:

These settings work together: if you change one, the others also change.

NOTE

High and Super High images from your PhotoPC 550 have a

resolution of 144 pixels per inch.

Click the tab if you want to change the image size in pixels. You see a dialog box like the following:

Uncheck if you want to distort your image.

If you change the size of the image in pixels, the physical size of the image also changes, but not the resolution. Follow these guidelines when you resize:

To enlarge your picture and retain its quality, increase the image size in pixels until the rectangle in the preview window looks the right size. The file size of your image will increase at the same time.

To make an image smaller, you can simply change its physical size. The resolution automatically increases.

Editing Images 6-5