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How 2 shoot widescreen images?
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Either crop them to fit or combine two - you're going to find it a lot easier to crop the bottom or top off than merging two.
And you can crop in iPhoto.
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And you can crop in iPhoto.
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OutThere said:The best way would be to take the pictures, and then crop them using Preview, or better a photo editing program like GraphicConverter or Photoshop, to be the same ratio as your monitor, which is 16:10.
but by doing that wont i lose some of the picture ? .. cant i just like take some pics that are 100% widescreen (16:10 ratio) without editing anything?
Kalinatek said:
Not really, you have to lose some of the picture to size it widescreen, because the camera's sensor is not the same ratio as your screen. You can either stitch two images together, so you are only losing part of your additional image, or you can take the pictures with cropping in mind, and try to keep your subject within a certain area.
Edit: you could also stretch or shrink the images to fit, but that would look ugly and squelched, even if it didn't lose any of the image.
Lacero said:Assuming you have a 20" iMac, 1680x1050 equals 1.8 million pixels. Your 5MP camera has enough resolution for a quality desktop background. Shoot to protect the width of your images.
i am using a 17 inch iMac G5 and yeah i do have CS2 , thanks!!
i really dont care about size , i just want quality picx (Wallpaper)
You have a several hundred dollar software package and you don't know how to resize an image?
In Photomerge, it generally isn't at 100% zoom since few people have monitors large enough to show all those pixels. If you took the images at full-size then they should be big enough when you save the merge to go the width of your screen. Cropping some is so much easier.
In Photomerge, it generally isn't at 100% zoom since few people have monitors large enough to show all those pixels. If you took the images at full-size then they should be big enough when you save the merge to go the width of your screen. Cropping some is so much easier.
Applespider said:You have a several hundred dollar software package and you don't know how to resize an image?
In Photomerge, it generally isn't at 100% zoom since few people have monitors large enough to show all those pixels. If you took the images at full-size then they should be big enough when you save the merge to go the width of your screen. Cropping some is so much easier.
1-I am a new mac user
2-I Didnt BUY the software (downloaded it)
Kalinatek said:1-I am a new mac user
2-I Didnt BUY the software (downloaded it)
3-Are not very discreet
You'll find that piracy is not viewed well on these boards, so don't expect a ton of help from the bulk of members when you come out saying you downloaded CS2 and now you want help using it.
Google is also a great friend, get to know her
OutThere said:The best way would be to take the pictures, and then crop them using Preview, or better a photo editing program like GraphicConverter or Photoshop, to be the same ratio as your monitor, which is 16:10.
Another option can be that the software that came with the camera has an application that can do the stitching.
My P&S Canon has this software, along with a special "stitch image" setting on the camera.
I'll start a new topic called "Tips" to detail a few things I've learned about how this camera works....
Oh, and for the OP, a Student Licence for Photoshop is the way to get started; at $289.95, its half the price of a standard licence.