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Editing images Some of the images that you produce/use may need to have the file size /resolution reduced (greater than 1024 x768px and 1MB) and they may also need to be rotated or cropped – before uploading to Succeed. If you are using a university computer or your computer has Microsoft Office 2010 installed then you can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to edit your images.
Opening MS Picture Manager ............................................................................................................................... 1
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The MS Picture Manager workspace .................................................................................................................... 2
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Resizing the image ................................................................................................................................................ 2
To resize the image: ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 4.
Cropping an image ................................................................................................................................................ 5
1. Opening MS Picture Manager To edit an image using MS Picture Manager – the easiest way is to use the ‘open with’ option. To do this:
Right click on the image you wish to edit Select open with ‘Microsoft Office 2010’ o If Microsoft office 2010 isn’t listed, scroll down to the ‘choose default program’ and browse for MS office 2010
Figure 1 - Opening MS Picture Manager
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2. The MS Picture Manager workspace
1 & 2. Zoom in/out on the image 3. Different viewing options, for this example ‘single view’ as selected is easiest. 4. Rotate the image left and right 5. Edit Pictures – click here for editing options
Figure 2 - The MS Picture manager Workspace
3. Resizing the image Images taken with a digital camera or phone will often be very high resolution (above 1024x768px) this can result in users only seeing part of the image on screen and having to scroll to view the entire image, as shown in Figure 3
The ‘owl_wink.jpg’ image is a high resolution image and its dimensions are: 3504px X 2336px. (size: 3.84MB) Standard monitor screen dimensions are anything from 1024 x 768 up to a very high resolution display of 2880x1800, so even the highest resolution monitors would still not display this entire image. For more information on monitor resolution: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/monitor.htm Figure 3 - Uploaded high resolution image
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To resize the image:
Click the ‘Edit Pictures’ button. (Figure 2 - The MS Picture manager Workspace – Highlighted with a 5) The Edit Pictures panel opens(Figure 4) Select the Resize link The Resize panel opens (Figure 5)
Figure 4 - Edit Pictures Panel
The Resize panel allows you to define a new size. Notice it gives a size setting summary at the bottom – this displays the original size. To display an image on a monitor of resolution 1024 x 768 or above the image resolution should be less – anything up to 800x600 should be fine – depending on how much of the screen you want to be filled by the image. There are three different methods available for resizing the image : 1. Predefined width x height – with various options to choose from. 2. Custom width x height – allows you to select a width and will adjust the height accordingly based on the width (view the new size in the size setting summary) 3. Percentage of original – view the new size in the size setting summary area.
Figure 5 - Resize Panel
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4. Compress Image Images taken with a digital camera or phone will often result in a very large file size, the owl_wink.jpg image is 3.84MB, this can result in slow upload times and using up a lot of unnecessary space on succeed. To compress an image:
Click the ‘Edit Pictures’ button. (Figure 2 - The MS Picture manager Workspace – Highlighted with a 5) The Edit Pictures panel opens (Figure 4) Select the Compress Pictures link The compress pictures panel opens (Figure 6) Clicking on any of the options will compress the image; the compressed size is detailed below in the ‘estimated total size area.
The owl_wink.jpg image is 3.84MB using the compression tool will dramatically reduce the file size, it also will reduce the resolution:
Documents : 354 KB (1024x683px) Web Pages: 67.8 KB (448 x 299px) E-mail: 8.67 KB (160 x 107 px)
Figure 6 - Compress Pictures Panel
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5. Cropping an image You may not wish for the entire image to be visible – perhaps part of the background needs removed. To crop an image
Click the ‘Edit Pictures’ button. (Figure 2 - The MS Picture manager Workspace – Highlighted with a 5) The Edit Pictures panel opens (Figure 4) Select the ‘crop’ link The crop panel opens, shown in Figure 7
You can crop either by manually dragging the crop handles : Or you can enter how many pixels you wish to remove from each side, in the crop handles section of the crop panel. The parts of the image that will be removed once cropped are faded in the image below, showing what part of the image will be visible.
