Resizing Photos.

To use images on your website you may need to resize and reformat them to fit on your pages. You can use your own software or we'll show you how to use a very easy online program that can reformat your images in just a few simple steps.

Using Your Own Photo Software:
If you already have photo-editing software you can use it to work with your pictures. .

  1. Resolution - 72 dots per inch.
  2. File Size - 75 kilobytes or less
  3. File Type - JPEG or GIF

Using SnipShot - Opening Your Image
One of the easiest ways to get images ready is using www.snipshot.com.

  1. If you know the url of your image you can paste it in , press Go, and edit your image.
  2. Or if you have the image on your computer, you can click browse and select your image to edit.

Editing Your Image
We’ll click on the sample and use this image. The image now appears in the editor.

  1. To crop the image click on Crop. A cropping screen appears. To move the cropping screen, hold down with your left mouse and drag the screen to where you want it. To resize the cropping screen, drag one of the small red squares and watch the size of the cropping screen change. When you’re ready, click Crop. If you’re not happy with the result. Click undo and start over.
  2. To resize your photo drag one of the corner squares to a new size. I use the lower left box because that’s where the size dialog is displayed. Drag to the size you want and release the mouse. (TIP: Typical website images have a width of between 100 and 300 pixels. Experiment until you find a size you like for your website. Once you decide on some standard sizes for your images, try and use these consistently. Your images will look much better when you use them on your website pages.)

Saving Your Image.
When you have your picture the way you want it, click Save.

This small dialogue box appears.

  1. If you’re working with a table, or a cartoon or a logo, choose save as GIF.
  2. If you’re working with a photo choose Save as JPG.

When the File Download box appears, choose Save.

Name your image and save it in a folder with your web images.

Once your image is saved you can either Open it to view it or else click Close and you're finished.. Now you’re ready to view the Insert Images video and learn how to place images on your web pages.