Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Transforming multiple images to same size

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Transforming multiple images to same size

StuTheDog

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

Hi all, newbie here.

I have several images for a website that need to be reduced in size. Each
has an area, shape if you will, that I would like to be the same dimension
in all the final reductions. For example Image A is 1400 x 800 pixels, the
area I want as the standard size is located at coord's 400, 130 and measures
459 x 265. When the entire image is reduced this area should measure 130 x
75. I don't care what the overall image dimensions are after reduction,
just the area in question.

The next image measures 1240 x 930, the area I want made standard is at
coord's 822, 50 and measures 418 x 136. After reducing the image I would
like this area's new size to also be 130 x 75 or reasonably close.

Photoshop is so feature rich I suspect there is a technique to do this
without trial and error. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance, Steve

Bob Allison

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

In article <LNCrg.4557$PE1.4536@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"StuTheDog" <stuthedog@Earthlink.net> wrote:

> For example Image A is 1400 x 800 pixels, the
> area I want as the standard size is located at coord's 400, 130 and measures
> 459 x 265. When the entire image is reduced this area should measure 130 x
> 75. I don't care what the overall image dimensions are after reduction,
> just the area in question.
>
> The next image measures 1240 x 930, the area I want made standard is at
> coord's 822, 50 and measures 418 x 136. After reducing the image I would
> like this area's new size to also be 130 x 75 or reasonably close.

You are talking about cropping your image. The sizes you give will not
yeild an image the size you want without a lot of distortion.

418x136 can be either 231x75 or 130x42, but not 130x75 without a lot of
distortion.

Crop the image using constrained ratios at your target ppi and you should
be good to go.

--
*Why can't women leave the lid up?

Bob
in Carmel, CA

Harry Limey

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

"StuTheDog" <stuthedog@Earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:LNCrg.4557$PE1.4536@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hi all, newbie here.
>
> I have several images for a website that need to be reduced in size. Each
> has an area, shape if you will, that I would like to be the same dimension
> in all the final reductions. For example Image A is 1400 x 800 pixels,
> the area I want as the standard size is located at coord's 400, 130 and
> measures 459 x 265. When the entire image is reduced this area should
> measure 130 x 75. I don't care what the overall image dimensions are
> after reduction, just the area in question.
>
> The next image measures 1240 x 930, the area I want made standard is at
> coord's 822, 50 and measures 418 x 136. After reducing the image I would
> like this area's new size to also be 130 x 75 or reasonably close.
>
> Photoshop is so feature rich I suspect there is a technique to do this
> without trial and error. Do you have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance, Steve
Create a custom crop tool to 130 x 75 and crop the image within the
constraints of the crop tool to get the best part of the image.