[Dox]

My mom is trying to resize some pictures down to a 4X6 size can anyone tell me how many pixelsXpixels that would be? Thanks.

[bassetman]

Welcome to TSG!

DEPENDING ON WHAT PROGRAM YOU ARE USING THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO CHANGE IT TO INCHES AND SELECT 4x6"

Sorry about the caps lock, but not up to retyping! '

[Jedi_Master]

Howdy Dox...

Most if not all imaging software will let you switch between Pixels and Inches, when resizing...

Also you have to be carefull when resizing pictures to a fixed standard size. For instance if you have a picture that is 5" wide x 5" tall and you change it to 4x6 it will distort the picture...

[thecoalman]

Don't resize it. Right click the image and select preview. Click the printer icon on the bottom which will open up the MS printer wizard. You can select the size, pictures in that folder and how many times to print each image from there. When you get to the page where you have the option for setting printing preferences make sure you adjust as needed. The default printing settings may or may not be suitable for images.

[wilson44512]

try this site
http://www.classical-webdesigns.co.u...chconvert.html

[Dox]

Thanks all trying to explain to my mom over the phone how to switch to inches is next to impossible easier to just figure out the pixels LOL thanks

[hewee]

What image program is your mom using?
Then on some program it even lets you crop a image at pre-set sizes for photo's etc.

[Noyb]

The physical size (in inches) that the computer thinks the picture is … is meaningless.
Because .. You should be able to print or display the picture any physical size you want.

If you start resizing the picture .. you may be throwing the resolution away and start getting bad prints.

If you must change the “default” physical size …
Change the PPI (DPI) without resizing till the computer thinks the size is 4 x 6 inches.

Take the overall picture width (in pixels) .. Divide it by 6 .. and set the DPI to this number (without resizing/resampling)
Assuming this is a landscape “sized” picture.

If you want to reduce the picture file size, for Emailing purposes … etc .. this is a different story.

WHY does she want to resize the picture ???

[erick295]

The answer depends on whether or not you're printing these photos.

If you are printing them, then the pixel size doesn't matter. You can make it 4x6 inches by printing it at that size. Look in the printing preferences when you print the image and you will see a place where you can set the print size (NOT paper size, print size). There is no real reason for you to change the resolution like Noyb suggested -- let the print driver do the calculating for you. There are plenty of reasons why other people might want to do that, including if they are taking these somewhere to have them printed, but in your case it's not really neccessary. If you don't know how to do it, don't worry about it. Just tell it you want to print a 4x6 image and send it away. When it comes to the number of pixels, the more the merrier. Don't resize it.

If you're not printing them, then you can't make it 4x6 inches.