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Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "JLB" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] creating passport pictures for Legacy Bernhard, you can re-size a picture with ANYTHING. You don't need a product like Adobe Elements that costs $100. Try XnView. It's free. Or Paint.NET. It's free. Or even FSViewer. Also free. Really. ANYTHING. What is a 'passport picture' exactly? Something other than a specific size? Size is set using 'selection size'. Start with a 'proportion', then re-size it pixel-wise to what you want precisely. If you try to enlarge a photo from 7mm to 45mm you're going to end up with a blur, not a face. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 7/17/2012 11:14 PM, Bernhard Scholz wrote: > You're partialy right. > > 1. yes I want to enlarge a picture from the height of 7mm to 45mm > and am ware that there will be a great loss of quality. > > 2. the tool I'm looking for should be cheaper than an Adobe PhotoShop, > perhaps freeware, and simlify the use > creating passport pictures. > > I had hoped to find someone knowing such software. > I'll search the internet to see if I can find what I'm looking for. > > > Bernhard > > -----Original Message----- > From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] creating passport pictures for Legacy > > I guess I don't understand your question. It sounds like you're trying to > make > small pictures larger and that never works because of lack of sufficient > pixels. > > If you're trying to stretch 7mm to 70mm well, frankly, it's going to look > like > crap. > > When I'm cropping pictures for Legacy myself I have a standard proportion > of > 1/1.618, for no reason except that it's the Golden Mean prevalent > throughout > nature. And if I don't proportion them consistently, charts in Legacy look > > 'funny'. > > Then I can re-size them smaller, for instance if I want consistent > dimensions of > 100 pixels by 162 pixels. > > So, it's a combination of setting a 'selection size' for cropping and then > > re-sizing. > > I don't know of any specific tool for the job because those are basic > features > in any graphics program. > --- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 7/17/2012 12:02 PM, Bernhard Scholz wrote: >> JL, >> >> I know I can cut out parts of pictures with any graphic program but >> eg. I have a picture with the size of 70mm x 115mm with 10 individuals >> and the height of the faces are between 5mm and 7mm thus under 10% of the >> pic. > size. >> >> What I'm looking for is a tool making it easy for me to get passport >> pictures without needing a calculator every time to cut out a face that >> will > fit in eg. >> 35mm x 45mm or the unknown Legacy size. >> >> Bernhard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] creating passport pictures for Legacy >> >> I think just about any graphics program can. Just set the 'selection >> size'. >> --- >> JL Beeken >> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >> >> On 7/17/2012 10:28 AM, Bernhard Scholz wrote: >>> What I miss is that in the help there is no comment about the size of >>> the passport pictures size used in Legacy. >>> >>> In the past I cut out the person free hand. >>> >>> In the meantime I know that the standard size in Europe is 35mm x 45mm. > >>> >>> Does anyone know of a tool making it possible to cut out a face with >>> the right size. >>> >>> Bernhard >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >>> and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5136 - Release Date: >>> 07/16/12 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >> and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5136 - Release Date: >> 07/16/12 >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our > blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5138 - Release Date: 07/17/12 > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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