Monday, December 29, 2008
Re-Size Photos using Image Resizer PowerToy
Today's digital cameras take great, detailed photos but the images are often too large to easily send. If you want to email these pictures and publish them on your blogs, having smaller file sizes is preferred.
The Image Resizer PowerToy for XP has been around for several years and does a great job of resizing an image by right clicking it.
After right-clicking and choosing "Resize Pictures" you get an easy to use menu for making an image larger, smaller, or a custom size.
As an example this image came directly off a digital camera and as you can see it is half a Megabyte - having several photos this size can start to add up in a hurry. By making the image smaller we save a lot of space.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Adobe Lab recently released its Photoshop family product Photoshop Elements 6. With Element 6 you can make your photos look their best, share them in imaginative ways, and easily find and view all your photos and video clips. Many image editing applications claim to offer the power of Adobe Photoshop but nearly all failed. Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6 adds beginner-focused features that seem very similar to those in one of its main competitors, Corel's Paint Shop Pro Photo X2. It is suited for Casual photographers and beginners.
Photoshop Elements 6 has a couple of new features for people who have used the software before, but the main focus of this update seems to be a serious attempt to attract new, novice users--a strategy that rival image editors such as Paint Shop usually pursue. Elements 6 is a better choice for novices than Paint Shop, but if you've used Elements before, you may be disappointed with this version of it.
Michelle S, a Photoshop expert say that "With Photoshop Elements, I'm able to capture memories that are very special to me in my life and create beautiful works of art."
