You made a 5x7 print from the screen scraped image?
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/12/2011 11:36 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Re: (OM) Portrait just for fun
>> I later opened the images in FastStone, and clicking on one particular
>> image and moving the mouse pointer around brought up a worrying shot. I
>> hit<print screen> on my PC keyboard, then opened up Irfanview and did
>> <Edit> <paste> and then cropped and pasted the resultant electrons, and
>> saved as a jay-peg.
>>
>> Check out the lower left image to see the dire result.
>>
>> http://www.brianswale.com/zuikoholics/October-2011/Oct-2011.htm
>
> Chuck asked
>
>> I don't understand is why you chose only screen resolution and then
>> involved Irfanview for what FastStone is capable of on its own.
>>
>> FastStone is perfectly capable of cropping the image in its native size
>> which could be preserved for a print if desired. After cropping you could
>> resize the image in FastStone for a suitable size for the screen.
>> Or, if you really only desired a screen size image you could have
>> resized and then cropped in FastStone.
>>
>> Furthermore, if you did want to involve Irfanview for some more
>> sophisticated work than FastStone is capable of you can specify its use as
>> one of possibly several external editors (via Settings->Programs). Then
>> right clicking the image will bring up a menu of the available editors.
>> Selecting one will pass the image to it.
>
> True, but I often use Irfanview as a way to record screen shots - it's a one-
> button control. In this case I didn't need to do much cropping either as it
> was
> wall-to-wall image.
>
> I liked it enough to have 2 copies printed at 5x7 for the grandparents, and
> they were delighted.
>
> I was rather surprised at the detail captured by the E-3 and DZ14~54, and
> particularly liked the way the skin tones were rendered.
>
> I didn't mess with them at all.
>
> And I liked the close crop that the screen scrape delivered. I think it is
> neat.
>
> Maybe I'm lazy, but it's a tool sequence I like and use a lot. It works fast.
>
> Brian Swale.
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