Paint question. Can I resize the screen

[Terry]

I often post screenshots of different sizes. I have two clips I would
like to merge into one jpg file.

I have found a way to re-size the page size before I make a paste but I
can't figure out how to re-size it after I paste.

Here are two examples of two clips I would like to make into one jpg.

http://i3.tinypic.com/w1eccn.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/w1ebye.jpg

Can I start out with one paste and then re-size the page so that it
will be approximately the same size as the two clips without knowing
the page size before the paste?

 

[RobertVA]

I often post screenshots of different sizes. I have two clips I would
like to merge into one jpg file.

I have found a way to re-size the page size before I make a paste but I
can't figure out how to re-size it after I paste.

Here are two examples of two clips I would like to make into one jpg.

http://i3.tinypic.com/w1eccn.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/w1ebye.jpg

(OP's images are two application window captures showing various labels,
text boxes and other text based controls. There is of course the program
icon in the title bar.)

Can I start out with one paste and then re-size the page so that it
will be approximately the same size as the two clips without knowing
the page size before the paste?

As few colors as those graphics contain you should consider a *.gif file
instead, as it would probably be smaller and faster to load. That format
is also lossless, which eliminates some conditions which could make the
text less readable. BTW, the term "clip" is usually used for video or
maybe animation.

I'm not clear what you mean by "merge". Are you wanting the two graphics
to overlap, appear adjacent to each other (vertically or horizontally)
or a transparent version of one over top of the other? Are you able to
"post" by uploading a HTML web page to a web site host? A web page would
be able to display both images adjacent to each other or overlapping
without actually combining them into a single image. Some web based
forums allow limited inclusion of images with square brackets around
tags substituting for HTML's usual angled ones. With the GIF format the
upper of two overlapping images can even be transparent.

Resizing a graphic containing text or other line art might not be such a
good idea. Sometimes narrow features like the lines in letters disappear
or fade significantly when the resizing code tries to merge adjacent
pixels into a single pixel. Are you actually wanting to add space on the
side, top or bottom of an image to make room for the material you want
to paste in? With the bitmap graphics editors I've used that usually
requires creating a third graphic of the desired size and pasting both
prior graphics into it.

Let us know what graphic editor you are using.

 

[Terry]

(OP's images are two application window captures showing various labels,
text boxes and other text based controls. There is of course the program
icon in the title bar.)


As few colors as those graphics contain you should consider a *.gif file
instead, as it would probably be smaller and faster to load. That format
is also lossless, which eliminates some conditions which could make the
text less readable. BTW, the term "clip" is usually used for video or
maybe animation.

I'm not clear what you mean by "merge". Are you wanting the two graphics
to overlap, appear adjacent to each other (vertically or horizontally)
or a transparent version of one over top of the other? Are you able to
"post" by uploading a HTML web page to a web site host? A web page would
be able to display both images adjacent to each other or overlapping
without actually combining them into a single image. Some web based
forums allow limited inclusion of images with square brackets around
tags substituting for HTML's usual angled ones. With the GIF format the
upper of two overlapping images can even be transparent.

Resizing a graphic containing text or other line art might not be such a
good idea. Sometimes narrow features like the lines in letters disappear
or fade significantly when the resizing code tries to merge adjacent
pixels into a single pixel. Are you actually wanting to add space on the
side, top or bottom of an image to make room for the material you want
to paste in? With the bitmap graphics editors I've used that usually
requires creating a third graphic of the desired size and pasting both
prior graphics into it.

Let us know what graphic editor you are using.

I am using Paint. I use Clipmate for screen clips because it will
allow me to capture parts of the screen. Sometimes I would like to
capture several screen clips and put them in one jpg/gif file. In
Paint I can re-size the blank screen and make sure it is large enough
to accept all the screen clips but I have to guess at what that size
is.

I would like to be able to enlarge the Paint area on the fly so the
background is no larger than the total clip size. I have no need to
enlarge the clips I just don't want to end up with too much border.

After rereading your answer closely I think your suggestion of making a
very large area and pasting the clips and then capture the portion of
the wanted part is a workable idea if I can't re-size on the fly.

Thanks