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gamiila in icon_tutorial

Beginner question

Nov 13, 2006 20:17

I've been watching this community out of interest for a while now, and I hope it's alright to pose a very basic question here, following my decision to have a go at creating an icon, followed by downloading a 30 day trial version of Paint Shop Pro (PSP Photo XI) last weekend. After some trial and error, I managed to come up with this as my very ( Read more... )

basics: cropping

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jadeleopard November 13 2006, 20:25:12 UTC

I use the selection tool to crop. When you have the selection tool selected there will be a drop down menu on the tool pallette that lets you select square.

Once you have your selection just go to Image-> Crop to Selection.

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jadeleopard November 13 2006, 20:27:20 UTC

Also, icons don't have to be 100x100. That's just the largest they can be. You could use an icon that is 95x100 if that's what looks best for your image.

gamiila November 13 2006, 21:19:45 UTC

Thank you! That's been very helpful -- as is the suggestion that icons don't need to be exactly 100x100. ;-)

ladybubblegum November 13 2006, 20:47:05 UTC

Is your original image a square before you re-size (for example, 450x450)? If not, that may be why it's so stretched in your second example. Try cropping it to make all the sides equal, and then resizing.

I'm not sure about the white borders, though. I've never seen them.

ladybubblegum November 13 2006, 21:12:00 UTC

edit: I can't read.

The crop tool is very useful for cropping. Just make a random square, and the buttons on the side allow you to control the position and size of the crop box. Also, the dimensions of the crop box appear, when you click the buttons to change it's size, down in the lower right-hand corner, where the dimensions of the whole image are.

I really hope that's clear to you, 'cause I'm fairly certain I've confused myself. >.

gamiila November 13 2006, 21:28:04 UTC

Also, the dimensions of the crop box appear, when you click the buttons to change it's size

I think I may have seen that once -- though I never realised it might be something to help me achieve my goal...Thanks!

ladybubblegum November 13 2006, 23:43:29 UTC

No problem. ^.^ I'm glad I helped.

irish_dragon November 26 2006, 00:02:40 UTC

Thank you! I've been trying to get the right Experiment down. And this helped NICELY!

alessar March 1 2007, 20:54:43 UTC

"Canvas" means the working size of the picture. If you change it and make it bigger, the effect is rather like taking a photo and taping it onto a sheet of white paper (or whatever your background color is).

Sometimes this is actually useful, though, such as when you want to add a border outside the area you currently have.