16 X 9 format

[Tom from WI]

I have about 800 pictures that are in 4 X 6 format coming out of my Canon
Rebel digital camera. I would like to crop them to a 16x9 format for my
widescreen TV so that they will fill the screen. I have DIS 2006 but the
cropping function is a pain in the neck since it changes the size and
position of the cropping mask each time you use it. I almost always use the
full width of the picture, so it is just a matter of moving the crop mask up
or down to get the 16x9 shape. Is there a way to get DIS 10 to stop changing
the size/postion of the crop mask? Is there another program that would make
this job easier?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

 

[John Inzer]

I have about 800 pictures that are in 4 X 6 format coming out of my
Canon Rebel digital camera. I would like to crop them to a 16x9
format for my widescreen TV so that they will fill the screen. I have
DIS 2006 but the cropping function is a pain in the neck since it
changes the size and position of the cropping mask each time you use
it. I almost always use the full width of the picture, so it is just
a matter of moving the crop mask up or down to get the 16x9 shape. Is
there a way to get DIS 10 to stop changing the size/postion of the
crop mask? Is there another program that would make this job easier?

Thanks for your help.

Tom

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As you have discovered the crop tool in
DIS 2006 is basically one at a time with
no settings for automating it.

Maybe the following freebie would be
worth a try:

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

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[DatabaseBen]

if i'm not mistaken,
cropping is a method to
remove excess.

you will have to increase
the canvas /size of the pic so that
you can crop it back down to
the unique size you are looking for.

further, increasing the size
distorts the resolution, so
increasing the dots per inch
is vital as well.

any quality software
with the above 2 options
will do the job.

but maybe something like
photostory3 can take
your clump of images
and save them as project
under a variety of formats
it provides.... (not sure if
there is a wide screen format,
but you can look into it.)