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Q:
Student:
I working with photos from a Kodak picture CD. I don't seem to be able
to resize the photos to any size I want using the software I have (MGI
PhotoSuite). Can you suggest some software I might use to take complete
photos(not just cuts from them) and resize to then any size I want for
web pages?
A:
Great
Question! Kodak and Photo CD's are in PCD format. This format has five
sizes from very small to huge! Some tools only let you open the image
in the standard size. Paint Shop Pro by JASC
is a fantastic tool that allows to crop, resize, paint, change compression
levels (for jpgs) and lots more. Your $99 will be well spent. The product
is available for immediate download and comes with a basic gif animator
program as well.
Even
if you own or plan to buy higher end tools such as PhotoShop,
Paint Shop Pro is still a strong addition to your tool library. With
such handy features as browse directory for all images, you will wonder
how you got by without it!
If $99 is beyond what you wanted to spend now, search Download.com,
Filemine.com, and HotFiles.com
for freeware image/photo processing tools. There are hundreds on the
market. Just click into each site's "graphics" sections there
for a list.
And if you are web building, consider spending an afternoon at Builder.com
for everything from JavaScript tips to DHTML. Enjoy!
Additional
(and some redundant) information on web building can be found in this
Dweeb section at Programming the
Internet and Web Design Fun as well.
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