Make objects same size PSP 2019

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Make objects same size PSP 2019

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I have four objects which I'd like to be the same size. I've discovered the "Make same size" option, but I want them all to be the same specific size (for example, all exactly 3" x 4").

So I'd like a command where I select all four objects, then go to a dialog box and choose 3 x 4 (or similar).

Also, is there an option to "size an object from its centre point" - Select an object then drag a corner handler and the object's centre point remains where it was/is, but the object is made larger in all directions - this feature can be achieved in Microsoft apps by holding CTRL down while dragging out.

Please let me know if I should really put this last point in a separate post.

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Re: Make objects same size PSP 2019

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Killer133 wrote:I have four objects which I'd like to be the same size. I've discovered the "Make same size" option, but I want them all to be the same specific size (for example, all exactly 3" x 4").
When you select your objects with the Pick Tool, the first selected will be the "model" for resizing the others.
Make the first 3"x4" before to process.
But you will get deformed objects if they are from different aspect ratios.

Another method is to drag each object layer (from the Layers Palette) on the empty workspace (work in Cascade mode).
You will get 4 single images.
Resize them to 3"x4".
Drag them back in the original image (in the Layers Palette).
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Re: Make objects same size PSP 2019

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Perhaps another way-
"Objects" is so vague as to be almost useless - are the 4 objects - images, drawings, picture tube images on a transparent background, raster images, vector images ????? Are the objects all the same aspect ratio?

In absence of examples of what you are trying to do this is what I did-
1. Using the picture tube tool set up a 1000 x 1000 pixel document and using a solid picture tube placed 4 images on different layers.
2. I then dragged the layer thumb of one of the images onto the workspace. This produced a cropped image 244 x 226 pixels.
01dragdroptube.jpg
3. I then created a new blank white image document 732 x 678 pixels (each dimension is 3 times the image from 2 and this helps to maintain the same aspect ratio). Selection > Select All.
4. Make the object / image you want resized active . I then used the magic wand with Mode - Add, Match Mode - Opacity , Contiguous checked to select just the object on the transparent background. Right Click Copy (Or Edit > Copy)
5. Back to the blank document and making it active Right click > Paste > Paste into Selection and the object imageis then resized to fit that new document and because it is the same aspect ratio it is not distorted .
Here is a combo image
02Pasteintoselection.jpg
That may give you some ideas .
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Re: Make objects same size PSP 2019

Post by JoeB »

You also haven't told us what you plan to do with the 3" x 4" images. If you want to print them, and if you want them to print at 3" x 4" and have each of them have the same print quality as each other, then all of them have to start with having the same PPI (Pixels Per Inch) setting also. An image set to 3" x 4" with a PPI of 72 will print at 3" x 4" but not be very sharp or clear, while an image with those dimensions but a PPI of 300 will print with photo quality. So, for print purposes, all of the images you want to print at 3" x 4" with the same quality should first start being resized to the same PPI, then set the inches.
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