"David Francis" <david@francis57.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bd9jh5$ou9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi All
>
> I have tried to make passport sized photographs using PS7 but the results
> are not that great.
>
> What I have done is taken a head and shoulder photo, imported the image to
> PS7, opened image size to 35mm x 45mm, but the result is that the head is
a
> bit elongated.
>
> Is there a plug-in or tutorial that I can use to get better results.
>
> Any info would be appreciated.
>
> David
>
>
AFAIK there are 2 things that need to be correctly sized/measured for a
passport photo.
The head size and the picture size.
Here's how to do it:
Head Size. Know what the head size needs to be. Open the image in PS. Make
sure that background color is set to white. Pull down 2 guides so that they
are at the correct measurement. For example if you need a head size of 1
inch (I'm one of those dumb Americans that doesn't use metric) place one
guide on the 1 inch mark, the second one on the 2 inch mark.
Next do a select all, Edit/Transform/Scale. Grab a corner of your image with
the mouse, hold down the Shift key and resize the image so that the head of
the subject will fit between the guides. By holding down the shift key you
will not distort the image. You can move the image over the background so
that you can position the head where needed to do the measurement.
Image Size:
Select the Rectangular Marquee tool. Set the style to Fixed Size. Fill in
the size you need in the Width and Height boxes. Click on the image and move
the Marquee box to where you want it. Do Image/Crop.
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