How to resized still image.

[BruceUSA]

I got still images that is 5184x3456 from my 60D. I want to resize it to 1920x 1080 in Photoshop CS5. I am having difficulty to do it correctly. Here is what I am trying to do.

1) Open CS5 and import a still image
2( Click on Image> drop down> Image Size
3) Width: 1920 Pixels
4) Height: 1280????? IF I enter 1080 Pixels, the width changed o 1620 why????


Can you guy give me the correct way to resize 1920x1080 so that I cam import that onto vegas with out the need to crop it.

[BruceUSA]

Never mind.... I figure it out. I am good.


PS.. I am not good, I am still need help. I try Image Processor, resize to fit 1920x1080 but the results resized were 1620x1080 why why?????

[Janke]

Because the aspect ratio is different. To downsize to 1920x1080 you need to crop a bit of top and/or bottom.

Do the crop after downsizing to 1920 wide, and you're good.

[BruceUSA]

Janke,

Then, I see no point of resizing if I have to crop them after resized. I thought the surpose of resized to 1920x1080 so that I don't have to crop on the NLE.

[koolpenguin89]

5184x3456 is 3:2, 1920x1080 is 16:9. You can't fit a big square peg into a small rectangular hole, they teach you that in kindergarten. The purpose of resizing is so that you only have to crop the edges, not the entire picture.

Dylan

[Almohada]

Make a new document with your desired size (in this case 1920 x 1080) then open the picture and drag it into the new document. Now you can "pan & scan" and place it as you wish.

[BruceUSA]

Almohada,

Your method do in fact give me 1920x1080 but there is a problem with a plain white or grid back ground I do not want. I want the image to be 1920 x1080, no back ground what so ever. In Vegas Pro, I have to crop out the white back ground which I don't want to do. Again, if I choose to do the cropping in Vegas. Then I won't need to go thru all this resize things.

[Almohada]

What do you mean you have to crop in Vegas? You're doing something wrong. Are you importing as .PSD?

[BruceUSA]

What do you mean you have to crop in Vegas? You're doing something wrong. Are you importing as .PSD?

Here is how I did it.

1)Open CS5 and make New Document 1920x1080
2) I drag an image in and saved an image. BUT this image has a white back ground I do not want.

[BruceUSA]

Thanks for all trying to help.


I finally figured out and it is working at 1920x1080 image that I can import into Vegas without any cropping. I can do my animation or what ever.

The process of resize is simple.
1) Open CS5 and open an image
2) Click Image drop down > Image Size
3) Type in 1920x1080
4) Here is the Magic... uncheck Constrain Proportions = Bingo

[Janke]

Yes, that will work, but now all your images are stretched, a circle becomes an oval, people become fat, and so on. Not a recommended method for recognizable subjects...

[Simmy_M]

When dropping a still image (jpeg, etc.) into a drop zone, resizing the drop zone resizes the image along with it. Is there a way to resize the image -inside- the drop zone boundaries so that the image better fits the existing size of the drop zone? Right now, I have to take the image back into photoshop and manually resize it so that it perfectly fits the size of the drop zone boundary.