How to Make Images Life-Size in Paint Shop Pro
Paint Shop Pro is an extremely flexible image editing program, popular with users who would like to create and edit photos and other images on a budget. If you would like to create an image suitable for a life-sized poster, Paint Shop Pro can accomplish this. Use the Resize feature in Paint Shop Pro to create enormous, life-sized images.
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Instructions
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Launch Paint Shop Pro and open the image that you would like to resize.
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Hit the "Shift" and "S" keys on the keyboard simultaneously to bring up the Resize dialog box.
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Click the top-most drop-down menu and select the measurement of your choice. For example, if you know the real-life measurement of the subject of the photo in inches, choose "Inches."
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Check the box at the bottom of the window labeled "Lock aspect ratio" to make sure that the height-to-width ratio of the image will remain the same after you resize it.
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Click in the box next to "Height" or "Width" and enter the measurement of the subject of the photo. The other measurement will change automatically.
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Click the drop-down menu next to "Resample using," and select "Smart Size." This method of resampling minimizes the distortion that occurs when an image is scaled up to a larger size.
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Click "OK" to resize the image. Hit the "F12" key on the keyboard to bring up the "Save As" window, choose a file name, and save the new image.
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