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Loony
Mar 16, 2013, 10:31:25 AM3/16/13
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Hello Experts,
I have come across the barrier :-) - of an infant.
I made a scan of a small leaflet 6"x8" and it was on an A4 glass sheet
of my printer. I have put the image into my computer and it widened
correctly to A4 width but there is much space above and below the image.
I found that the leaflet stayed at A4 width.
I have tried with a few programs to clip out the image but I can't do
it. Of course, I could print it and then clip off the extra. What simple
program could I use? Normally, I have no problems cutting out a section
of an picture.
In my computer the few progs I have been using for this are:
PhotoFiltre, Picture Viewer, Photo Viewer, Irfanview, etc.
What program would be easiest and simplest for this?
Regards to All
Jeff Strickland
Mar 16, 2013, 1:15:10 PM3/16/13
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Have you looked at the margins settings for the sheet that you are printing
on?
Just because the paper size is A4, not a USA size, by the way, does not mean
that the printed image will be that size. If the margins are set very large,
then the image will only grow to fit within those settings. But whatever the
page settings are, the image will try to grow an equal percentage in both
dimensions. 2 inches is 33% of 6, and 33% of 8 is 2.64. So, if a 6x8 was
enlarged 33% in both directions then the result is an image that's 8x10.64.
On a Letter size sheet, this gives not more than 1/2-inch of margin in one
direction, and 0.36 inches of margin in the other direction. That's TOTAL
margin, so 0.25 and 0.18. If your margins are set to encroach on those
edges, then the image will reduce itself accordingly to best fit AND
maintain the aspect ratio.
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Just because the paper size is A4, not a USA size, by the way, does not mean
that the printed image will be that size. If the margins are set very large,
then the image will only grow to fit within those settings. But whatever the
page settings are, the image will try to grow an equal percentage in both
dimensions. 2 inches is 33% of 6, and 33% of 8 is 2.64. So, if a 6x8 was
enlarged 33% in both directions then the result is an image that's 8x10.64.
On a Letter size sheet, this gives not more than 1/2-inch of margin in one
direction, and 0.36 inches of margin in the other direction. That's TOTAL
margin, so 0.25 and 0.18. If your margins are set to encroach on those
edges, then the image will reduce itself accordingly to best fit AND
maintain the aspect ratio.
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alceryes
Mar 17, 2013, 9:40:09 PM3/17/13
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Paint can crop images easily and comes with Windows.
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Loony
Mar 21, 2013, 5:24:44 PM3/21/13
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Thank you Jeff and Alceryes,
I found what I was looking for and it was a bit silly. I expected to use
an A4 shape and the place I was given to post an image was a square
shape. That distorted the image and I had to do some mucking around to
get the shape and size right.
Another one of my brainless days :-(
Loony.
I found what I was looking for and it was a bit silly. I expected to use
an A4 shape and the place I was given to post an image was a square
shape. That distorted the image and I had to do some mucking around to
get the shape and size right.
Another one of my brainless days :-(
Loony.
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