Irfanview Image Software Pc Tutorial. Cropping And Resizing On Your Pc.

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bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 23753 Posts	Posted 10/10/2023 6:38 pm So we start with a 1972 Kennedy half dollar image. Straight out of my Canon, it's 5184px X 3456px, 3.93MB. Open it in Irfanview. 100% free. First, we crop: Use your mouse pointer to make a square around the image. Get it close, then you can do each side one at a time to get it right. Hit CTRL-Y and boom, it's cropped. The new size is 3058px X 3070px. Then we hit CTRL-R and the resize box opens. Now we resize it, change the width to 800px in the box shown and hit enter. Now we hit CTRL-S to save. We change it to a Webp file and 60 compression. You can do this with jpg files too, use 70 compression for those. Here is the finished product. 102KB and 800 pixels across. Even at 1200px across it's only 250KB. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff

mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 8771 Posts	Posted 10/10/2023 7:23 pm Nice work Bobby. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 164185 Posts	Posted 10/11/2023 09:13 am Fantastic! Time to update our links? Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
peanut26 Valued Member Canada 276 Posts	Posted 12/12/2023 9:50 pm I have used Irfanview for years and I have become used to the features on it that I found got the results I wanted...and free is awesome. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Bedrock of the Community United States 13684 Posts	Posted 12/13/2023 04:42 am Very nice tutorial. I've been using Photoshop Elements but I'm going to give this a try. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Too many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 8203 Posts	Posted 12/13/2023 06:35 am I just use Photos on my laptop. Seems to do everything I need. Report this Post to the Staff
datadragon Pillar of the Community United States 1646 Posts	Posted 12/13/2023 10:41 am Nice tutorial. I understand people don't prefer to install programs. Anyone try free online https://picresize.com/ ? That has a max filesize when saving I just noticed, and crop when browsing before. Needs to be tested on image quality and ease of use. Pixlr is ok but just looks like they are charging 1.99 per month now for a PLUS to get unlimited saves and ad free monthly or 99 cents I think paid for a year at once. The easier it is to resize and not get closed threads for not posting photos the more users you may have. I still find the free Faststone image viewer my choice and I could explain also as its quite easy to use, https://www.faststone.org/ but Irfanview and others all work pretty well, as do some of the other online options, just need to do some testing to see whats easiest for the newbies out there as that is probably the most important thing to start, and better would be free. For faststone, After the image loads, press and hold CTRL and then press R while ctrl is held down at the same time (CTRL+R) then release to resize up or normally down to any resolution such as to 800 pixels or 600 or lower on pixels-width and it will maintain the original aspect ratio. Press CTRL+S at same time to save in JPG format (there is an options button in bottom right to even adjust the jpg quality). Its also capable to rotate an image, just hitting R key when viewing the image. cropping and adjust colors like brightness or contrast is found on the right mouse click menu meaning you just press the right mouse button to see the menu then select the option. Edited by datadragon 12/13/2023 10:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
hfjacinto Pillar of the Community United States 7057 Posts	Posted 12/13/2023 11:09 am I've been using Irfanview for about a decade and its a great tool. After I resize, I use File>Save As and I set the maximum size and Irfanview auto compresses the file to that size. My Slabbed Dansco 7070 with Gold Page My Slabbed IHC Set My Slabbed 20th Century Type Set Report this Post to the Staff
Zinkin New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 08/25/2024 4:34 pm Thank You for this, I am trying to make this work. The hardest part is to get good pics with the proper lighting. I am using a Canon rebel xti with a Tamron Macro Lens and the lighting part is the hardest. Report this Post to the Staff
thecoinguy1964 Pillar of the Community United States 1195 Posts	Posted 05/20/2025 10:39 am I'm trying to upload, but I'm not computer savvy. Hard to teach this old dog new tricks. I can't even download Irfanview, ugh! Edited by thecoinguy1964 05/20/2025 10:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
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