Digital Thumbs|Scanner [Re: Thumbnail to a large gif]

While on a grassy hilltop in Northern Spain, surrounded by goats, curious
walter muller wrote:

>>>how does someone go about making a thumbnail?


This goes to the Graphics list, hopefully Walter is subscribed; however, I
CC'd you Walter, just in case you are lurking here as well. If you aren't,
Walter, join the wagon :)

Once again....=20

An incredibly easy way to make them, regardless of the software (Photo Shop
people: Note, I said *regardless of the software*; no screaming), is to
open your original image in your editing software. Then, create a new,
blank image 500 pixels x 500 pixels. Copy your original image and paste it
into the new, blank image. From there change the image size evenly; in
other words, same height, same width.=20

Because it is 500 x 500, it will reduce the image evenly (or, should) just
like it would using Photo Shop's constrain proportions feature and its
bicubic resampling-- i.e, no crappy thumbnails (although, I could very well
be wrong).

The basic theme is to make the background (what you will be pasting onto)
bigger than the original image, and of even #'s (I use 100 step
increments), THEN reduce it evenly; i.e., same height, same width.

Then just crop out (if you are not using Photo Shop) your small version of
your original and you're ready to go. I think.

Anyway, this is just the way *I* do it (in, both, Photoshop 4 and other
programs). There are other ways, but this seems to make the most
consistent, better-looking result. IMO.

To show an example of a thumbnail (although, thumbnails should be a little
smaller), I created two pages. Follow the link below, view it, and click on
the image to view the high-res version.



<http://www.ais-gwd.com/~fusion/thumbs.html>



P.S. The topic of scanners has come up a few times lately, and I, as well,
asked your opinion on purchasing a scanner.=20

I decided to go with the Hewlett Packard 6100cse. I chose this model, not
only for web-work, but also for print-work as well.

I found installation a breeze. It is a SCSI scanner, and it is *extremely*
fast. Everything I have scanned so far was scanned in 4 seconds or less
(including lamp warm-up). The model I have came with: Corel Web Graphics
Suite, Corel Draw 7, Corel Photo Paint 6, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe
Acrobat 3.0, and OmniPage LE.

So far, I am *extremely* pleased. I have had zero (0) problems. I could not
ask for more; I will definitely have this puppy for a long time.=20

I would also like to send a belated thanks to the list for your help in
choosing a scanner :) I am quite a happy man.=20

Lastly, I would like to thank Demitrius Lopez for, damn near, bending over
backwards to lend me a hand on occasion :)

/b/j/



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