FIGURE 10-3 A scanned photo prior to resizing FIGURE 10-4 A photo in which the height dimension has been increased in greater proportion to the width dimension 164 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-5 A photo in which the width dimension has been increased in greater proportion to the height dimension Some programs, such as PhotoDeluxe and even Microsoft Word, have a utility that I find preferable for resizing photos without the risk of distortion. This feature allows you simply to double-click on the photo and reset all its dimensions at once by specifying the new size as a percentage of the original size. For example, a 50 percent size would mean you reduce all the dimensions by half. A specification of 200 percent means you double the size of the scanned photo. A Microsoft Word dialog box for resizing images with this type of utility is shown in Figure 10-6. The resizing feature is particularly useful when you’re working with templates. It allows you to manually resize a photo until it fits perfectly within the cutout area of a template, as shown in Figure 10-7. CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are Useful for Specific Tasks 165 10 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-6 A resizing utility that allows you to exercise accurate control over photo dimensions Width resizing control Height resizing control 166 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 10-7 This photo needs to be resized to fit the greeting card template. Resizing boundary box CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are Useful for Specific Tasks 167 10 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Altering the Angle and Inverting Your Subjects Some of the most frequent editing tasks you perform might involve repositioning or inverting your photos. Fortunately, virtually all image-editing programs come with tools and utilities for straightening crooked shots or making your photo subjects face a different direction. Straightening a Crooked Shot In the excitement of getting a good shot, it’s not uncommon to forget to hold your camera level. Fortunately most image-editing programs (and even some scanner software) comes with tools that allow you to reposition your photos. When used with the cropping tool, rotating a photo can be just the right remedy for a crooked shot. Consider the photo in Figure 10-8. It’s a great shot, but crooked. It looks like that computer is about to slide off the desk into the subject’s lap! Using PhotoSuite 4, I carefully rotated the photo about 5 degrees to the left, as shown in Figure 10-9. Then I used my cropping tool to trim the photo so that it retained its original shape and dimensions. The finished result—rotated and cropped—appears in Figure 10-10. FIGURE 10-8 This is a nice shot, but crooked. 168 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. . 10-3 A scanned photo prior to resizing FIGURE 10-4 A photo in which the height dimension has been increased in greater proportion to the width dimension 164 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please. uncommon to forget to hold your camera level. Fortunately most image-editing programs (and even some scanner software) comes with tools that allow you to reposition your photos. When used with the. working with templates. It allows you to manually resize a photo until it fits perfectly within the cutout area of a template, as shown in Figure 10-7. CHAPTER 10: Which Photo-Editing Tools Are