Another great program is MGI Photosuite, it does everything you want to do including
changing the format.
Jenelle Vollmer

Lee Greathouse wrote:

> Answer to:
>
> Date:    Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:30:19 -0800
> From:    Tom Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Software for Converting Scanned Images
>
> I'm looking for some software that will help me with scanned images. I'm =
> working strictly with black and white line drawings and I want to be =
> able to scan the image then convert it into a format that allows me to =
> change it, resize, etc.=20
>
> I like working with MS Paint, but whenever I scan something then convert =
> it to Paint, the image is so huge that I can't work with it. Plus it has =
> all the jagged edges.
>
> I'm hoping there's an "image converter" that's analogous to OCR for =
> scanned text.
>
> IS there such a thing?? Please forward recommendations.
>
> Thanks
> Tom
>
> FROM:    Lee Greathouse, manager, documentation, Quansoo Group, Inc., Fairfax, Va.
>
> Tom,
>     An inexpensive graphics program called Paint Shop Pro 6 will solve your
> problem.  The program has many professional features but costs a fraction of the
> price of Adobe Photoshop and other full-blown graphics applications.
>     You can download the program from Jasc Software.  A search in any Internet
> browser will find it.  Or you can buy it at a local store.  The usual price is
> $70-$80, cheaper at big computer shows.
>     You can scan your image into Windows Paint, like you do now, and save it as a
> file.  Make sure you remember what folder (directory) you put it in and what name
> you gave it.  The file name will have the .bmp extension, which stands for bitmap.
>     Start Paint Shop Pro.  Do File, Open, and open your file.  Click on View, then
> "Normal Viewing (1:1)," and you will see your picture, full size.  Click on Image,
> then Resize.  The Resize dialog box will pop up.  Click the little choice divot
> beside "Percentage of Original."  Make sure the check box next to "Maintain aspect
> ratio of" is checked.  Type any number between 1 and 100 in the Width box under
> "Percentage of Original."  If you type 50, your picture will be reduced to half the
> size of the original.  Click the OK button.  Your picture will be cut down to size.
> If you want to keep the original and your new, smaller image, after you have reduced
> the original, click File, Save As, and give your new, smaller file a new name.
>     By the way, if you're working with black-and-white drawings, the books say to
> use the highest resolution your scanner will apply, up to 600 dots per inch, to
> avoid having jagged edges show.  That's why you're getting such large files.
>     -- Lee Greathouse
>
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