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Step 3Cropping and resizing your image.
How to crop in mtPaint:
You could use any graphics program that you like, but I'm sticking with mtPaint in the example, as the less switching around, the easier for the non-computer savvy users. Have your image saved somewhere convenient.
Don't forget - cropping is optional! If you do not want to crop your image, skip ahead to the Resize portion below.
1) Open the file in mtPaint - click on File -> Open (shown below) or just click the little folder icon, browse to the file, and click Ok.
2) By default, the select tool is already active. If you couldn't resist clicking around and it doesn't seem to select anymore, click the Make Selection button, which looks like an outlined red square (shown below).
3) Drag your mouse from the upper left to the bottom right to select the area that you wish to keep. Note that the select tool in mtPaint lets you expand or contract your selection by clicking inside or outside of the corner that you wish to adjust. It's difficult to explain here, but very easy to work with, so just click away until you have selected an area that makes you happy (shown below).
NOTE - Keep in mind that for this example, I need a picture taller than it is wide. Your situation may be different. You don't need to be very exact, as once the image is resized we're only talking about a few lines of Post-It's that will need to be adjusted.
4) Click Image -> Crop (shown below)
5) Click File -> Save As and give your file a new name. Save the original, so you can go back and start over if need be.
How to resize:
NOTE - I am resizing this image based on my calculations from the first step; in this example, 24 x 32 Post-Its. Your numbers may be different, so substitute them wherever you see mine.
If your image is still open from being cropped, skip to step 2.
1) Open the file in mtPaint - click on File -> Open (shown below) or just click the little folder icon, browse to the file, and click Ok.
2) Click Image -> Scale Canvas (shown below).
3) The dialog box will pop up showing you the current size in pixels (shown below). In this example, mine is 271 x 347 pixels. We need to knock that down to the number of Post-Its, so change the New box in the Width column to 24 (your number may be different). Click anywhere in the Height box to see the updated numbers. In this case, we end up with 24 x 31, which is one row short of my goal. That's actually just fine with me, so I'm going to leave it that way. If you want, you can go back and crop your image to better fit the resize.
NOTE - Leave Fix Aspect Ratio checked.
FURTHER NOTE - The different resize options (Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear etc...) can give slightly different results. No one way is perfect or wrong, so just play around with it until you get the results that suit you.
When you're all ready, click Ok.
4) You should now see your image very tiny in the middle of the screen. Before you do anything else, click File -> Save As and give your file a new name. Save the original, so you can go back and start over if need be.
5) You can take a look at your image by zooming in (shown below). Anything bigger than 800% should be visible - just zoom as far as possible while not expanding past the edge of the screen.
You could use any graphics program that you like, but I'm sticking with mtPaint in the example, as the less switching around, the easier for the non-computer savvy users. Have your image saved somewhere convenient.
Don't forget - cropping is optional! If you do not want to crop your image, skip ahead to the Resize portion below.
1) Open the file in mtPaint - click on File -> Open (shown below) or just click the little folder icon, browse to the file, and click Ok.
2) By default, the select tool is already active. If you couldn't resist clicking around and it doesn't seem to select anymore, click the Make Selection button, which looks like an outlined red square (shown below).
3) Drag your mouse from the upper left to the bottom right to select the area that you wish to keep. Note that the select tool in mtPaint lets you expand or contract your selection by clicking inside or outside of the corner that you wish to adjust. It's difficult to explain here, but very easy to work with, so just click away until you have selected an area that makes you happy (shown below).
NOTE - Keep in mind that for this example, I need a picture taller than it is wide. Your situation may be different. You don't need to be very exact, as once the image is resized we're only talking about a few lines of Post-It's that will need to be adjusted.
4) Click Image -> Crop (shown below)
5) Click File -> Save As and give your file a new name. Save the original, so you can go back and start over if need be.
How to resize:
NOTE - I am resizing this image based on my calculations from the first step; in this example, 24 x 32 Post-Its. Your numbers may be different, so substitute them wherever you see mine.
If your image is still open from being cropped, skip to step 2.
1) Open the file in mtPaint - click on File -> Open (shown below) or just click the little folder icon, browse to the file, and click Ok.
2) Click Image -> Scale Canvas (shown below).
3) The dialog box will pop up showing you the current size in pixels (shown below). In this example, mine is 271 x 347 pixels. We need to knock that down to the number of Post-Its, so change the New box in the Width column to 24 (your number may be different). Click anywhere in the Height box to see the updated numbers. In this case, we end up with 24 x 31, which is one row short of my goal. That's actually just fine with me, so I'm going to leave it that way. If you want, you can go back and crop your image to better fit the resize.
NOTE - Leave Fix Aspect Ratio checked.
FURTHER NOTE - The different resize options (Nearest Neighbor, Bilinear etc...) can give slightly different results. No one way is perfect or wrong, so just play around with it until you get the results that suit you.
When you're all ready, click Ok.
4) You should now see your image very tiny in the middle of the screen. Before you do anything else, click File -> Save As and give your file a new name. Save the original, so you can go back and start over if need be.
5) You can take a look at your image by zooming in (shown below). Anything bigger than 800% should be visible - just zoom as far as possible while not expanding past the edge of the screen.
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