Questions You Should Ask Yourself

At all events, there are a few questions you should ask yourself:

• What size will the image have on the Web page? This is obviously a crucial question. For an image that is to be displayed on screen - which is the case for the Web - the size is shown in pixels.
  
  
• What is the actual size of the image? In Paint Shop Pro 5, the image size is displayed in the open file dialog box, to the left of the thumbnail. Once the image has been loaded, this information can be obtained by pressing on Shift+I.
  
  
• Are the proportions different? To find out, divide the width of the image by its height. Do the same for the required size for the Web page. If the two ratios are the same, the image can be used without any "clipping".
  
  
• Does the image need to be blown up or reduced? This is an important point as, in the first case, Paint Shop Pro adds pixels to the image, hence the possibility of block and scaling effects. If the image needs to be reduced, pixels have to be removed, thus resulting in a significant loss of details. If the situation permits, it is better to crop an image rather than resize it.
  
  

In this workshop, we are going to start with an image measuring 345 x 464 pixels. The space reserved for the image on the Web page measures 300 x 400 pixels. We are going to try out the various options available to arrive at the required size.