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Hi Everyone,
I’m having a very big problem downsizing the bears to go onto this page......
So I would love to invite you to my website:
www.katiecountrybears .co.uk
The problem started when my lovely husband decided to change the computer to an iMac......
Since then..It won’t let me put pics on here, but everywhere else I can.
I need to have a lesson in using this computer....
But no time at the present time.
I hope you enjoy your visit.
Look forward to getting back here...to show you all my new additions.
Love kayx.
PennsylvaniaWhat are you trying to do? Resize a picture to a given dimension so that the website software will allow it to be uploaded?
That's a snap! :)
Double-click the picture to open it with your "Preview" application.
Choose the menu: Tools > Adjust Size...
Use the drop-down menu to choose the size you want to the picture to fit into
- OR -
Type the size you want in the boxes.
-THEN -
Click "OK."
Choose the menu: File > Save As...
Type in a file name and click "OK."
You're done! 
Thank you,
I couldn’t do what you said......
But I took another few pics at a distance....and downsized from there.
I have got a pic on at the moment to so very pleased .....
Look forward to speaking very soon.
Love Kayx.
Past Time BearsWelcome back, Kay . . . good to see you!
Thank you Sue,
Somewhere else to stop me from sewing......
But it's lovely to be able to show how my bears are progressing!
Catch up later.
Love Kayx.
PennsylvaniaI'm not sure I understand what you are having trouble doing.
Are you trying to resize a photo, for example, from 1024 pixels X 768 pixels to a smaller size like 512 X 384?
You shouldn't have had any trouble resizing a whole picture using Preview. That program does a good job of resizing and it does so simply and quickly. It is standard equipment on all new Macs. Double clicking any JPEG picture should open it in Preview automatically.
Or... Are you trying to crop a photo so that your picture shows only the Bear and less of the background?
Again, Preview should be able to do that for you, as well.
Just open the picture in Preview and drag your mouse across the picture to highlight the area of the picture you want to keep. Then, from the menu, choose TOOLS > Crop Image... That should be it.
Further, after cropping, you can also resize the image just like we talked about above.
The thing is that the similar application in Windoze works similar to the way the Mac application. The commands are different but the process is almost the same. If you can do it in Windoze you should also be able to do it on a good computer.
This should be a simple thing to do on any computer... Unless I don't understand what you are trying to do.
Hello.....
I had no problem when I was using what a call a normal computer...but as soon as we got an iMac...all went down hill.....only th epics for putting on TT.
I can downsize etc...with the pics I take outside....but for the purpose of the size for TT....I have to stand miles away......
But thank you for your help.....
Computers and I don’t mix!
But I do try....don’t have to time to be having to learn how to resize pics at the present time.
Love Kayx.
PennsylvaniaDon't sell yourself short. You can do it.
I have seen many people who didn't think they could use computers who are now whizzing right along like they've done it all their lives. It's all a matter of getting over the idea of doing something "wrong."
If I can teach a 12 year old kid to use a 35mm camera, develop the film and make photographic prints in a darkroom, we can teach you how to use a stupid computer. To be hones, with all kidding a side, I don't care what computer you use. If you can learn one, you can learn any. They are virtually all the same, nowadays.
The "Preview" application program is your best bet for quickly and easily resizing and cropping pictures. It works virtually the same as the "Picture Viewer" or "Editor" program in Windows. You double-click to open the file, do your business, save the file and you're done. It should take 90 seconds on either platform.
I still don't understand the problem you are having with resizing. Sometimes the picture is zoomed in or zoomed out on the screen even through it has actually been resized. (This can happen on both platforms.) Remember, the size of the picture as it appears on the screen might be different from it's actual size. Computers often zoom in or zoom out automatically.
If you want to tell the actual size of the picture, choose TOOLS > Show Inspector from your menu. A little dialog box will appear that shows all the specs of your picture.
To zoom the picture on the screen, choose VIEW > Zoom in -or- Zoom out.
In the same menu, there are several commands to change the size of the picture as displayed on the screen.
Also note that, in the same menu, VIEW, there is an option that says "Automatically Resize."
Toggle that option by clicking on it so that the check mark appears or disappears as you want it to be.
This will change the computer's behavior with respect to how it displays pictures.
If the computer isn't behaving the way you expect, it's probably a setting that needs to be changed.
Regardless... When you get time and when you get the mind to straighten this problem out, send me a message or an e-mail.
Like I said, if I can teach 12 year old kids how to make real photographs in a darkroom, we can figure out what the problem is with your computer together.
