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Step 2Find the correct image size
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If you have a scanner, scan your laptop. Using an image manipulation package that supports layering (e.g. gimp http://www.gimp.org/) load the scanned image. Add a new layer and in this layer draw a box over the scanned image that marks the intended edges of your laptop skin. Make sure you curve the corners of the box to match the contours of your laptop if you wish to do so. Delete the layer containing the scanned image, so you are left only with the outline of your laptop skin. Now load a new layer with the image you wish to use as a skin. Resize and position the image so that the outline of the skin contains the image correctly. Now merge the layers. You should now have an image with the intended outline of your skin superimposed which will help you when you need to cut the image out.
If you do not have a scanner, you will instead need to resize your image so that when it is printed it will be the correct size for your laptop. Use an appropriate image manipulation package.
If you have a scanner, scan your laptop. Using an image manipulation package that supports layering (e.g. gimp http://www.gimp.org/) load the scanned image. Add a new layer and in this layer draw a box over the scanned image that marks the intended edges of your laptop skin. Make sure you curve the corners of the box to match the contours of your laptop if you wish to do so. Delete the layer containing the scanned image, so you are left only with the outline of your laptop skin. Now load a new layer with the image you wish to use as a skin. Resize and position the image so that the outline of the skin contains the image correctly. Now merge the layers. You should now have an image with the intended outline of your skin superimposed which will help you when you need to cut the image out.
If you do not have a scanner, you will instead need to resize your image so that when it is printed it will be the correct size for your laptop. Use an appropriate image manipulation package.
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May 24, 2009. 1:32 AMnickyfinn
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if you don't have a scanner you can still get the correct dimensions using a ruler and GIMP. download GIMP, (if you don't already have it,) and measure your laptop. go to file, and new. choose inches or millimeters, and give the corresponding numbers for width and height. hooray, not you know the exact resolution you need!
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