Help making pic sig size?
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Help making pic sig size?
I do a lot of photography editing in photoshop, but have never made a sig. My question is this. I make a new canvas based on the size of the sig rules we have. So what is the best way to shrink my picture I want to use in my sig down to a size to fit in the banner? I have been dragging the corners (Transform I think), but this seriously takes 5 minutes and by the time I get it down to size it looks like crap. How do you pro's do it?
Jonny
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- Crop Tool
- then on top you can change width and height
- make it as 450 width, and 100 height
- start cropping
If you don't like the height of the crop, try less width, like 400, or 350.
and when you save it as JPG, make the image quality 9 or 10.
- then on top you can change width and height
- make it as 450 width, and 100 height
- start cropping
If you don't like the height of the crop, try less width, like 400, or 350.
and when you save it as JPG, make the image quality 9 or 10.
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you need to crop first
then shrink the image size.
then crop again with the canvas size to meet 450x100 max
you can do all this from the same drop-down menu
then shrink the image size.
then crop again with the canvas size to meet 450x100 max
you can do all this from the same drop-down menu
Last edited by dunnojack; Aug 20, 2009 at 05:04 PM.
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OK, someone help!
So I have made my sig 450x100. Now when I try and type text on it, even at 72 I have to zoom in BIG time. So much so that at 72 I can't even see the letters... It is at 8.33% zoom. How can I make the current view to be a 100% view so what I see right now is considered zoomed in...
Jonny
So I have made my sig 450x100. Now when I try and type text on it, even at 72 I have to zoom in BIG time. So much so that at 72 I can't even see the letters... It is at 8.33% zoom. How can I make the current view to be a 100% view so what I see right now is considered zoomed in...
Jonny
Last edited by Dx3; Aug 20, 2009 at 02:24 PM.
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OK, someone help!
So I have made my sig 450x100. Now when I try and type text on it, even at 72 I have to zoom in BIG time. So much so that at 72 I can't even see the letters... It is at 8.33% zoom. How can I make the current view to be a 100% view so what I see right now is considered zoomed in...
Jonny
So I have made my sig 450x100. Now when I try and type text on it, even at 72 I have to zoom in BIG time. So much so that at 72 I can't even see the letters... It is at 8.33% zoom. How can I make the current view to be a 100% view so what I see right now is considered zoomed in...
Jonny
your image dpi is too high.
go to image size, change the dpi to 72, and change the dimensions back to normal, because it tries to automatically shrink the picture if you tweak the dpi
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If you create your canvas to the size rules, there's no need to crop or resize anything. You may have to use different compression than jpeg, though. The jpeg file at those dimensions could still be too large. (file size, not physical size.)
The reason why your type tool is so small is because the images resolution is much too high. Like Dunnojack suggests, go to "image" then "image size" and change the resolution to around 72.
The reason why your type tool is so small is because the images resolution is much too high. Like Dunnojack suggests, go to "image" then "image size" and change the resolution to around 72.
