Resizing JPEG before tiling desktop

[felicia]

Here is what I have done so far:
Select a 56 kb .jpeg from My Pictures and Open With Paint. (I assume this is
the correct application.)
Click Image - Attributes in order to resize.
(For some reason, Attributes window says the image is only .44" x .28")
Resize image to 1.6" x 1.0"
Now image file contains a huge amount of white space in addition to the
image.
Any attempt to tile the desktop with this image (normally not a challenge)
or even to center the image on the desktop fails.
What am I doing wrong in Paint to create the huge white space surrounding my
image? (According to the Attributes window, I was enlarging my image!)

 

[Jon]

Try the Image > Stretch / Skew option instead, putting appropriate
percentages in the "stretch" section

Jon

 

[kurttrail]

Here is what I have done so far:
Select a 56 kb .jpeg from My Pictures and Open With Paint. (I assume
this is the correct application.)
Click Image - Attributes in order to resize.
(For some reason, Attributes window says the image is only .44" x
.28") Resize image to 1.6" x 1.0"
Now image file contains a huge amount of white space in addition to
the image.
Any attempt to tile the desktop with this image (normally not a
challenge) or even to center the image on the desktop fails.
What am I doing wrong in Paint to create the huge white space
surrounding my image? (According to the Attributes window, I was
enlarging my image!)

1.6'' x 1.0" is greater than .44" x .28"

http://www.irfanview.com/

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[felicia]

Jon, thanks a lot.
I never guessed that I was stretching, and of course "Help" directed me to
Attributes... Now I know.

 

[felicia]

1.6'' x 1.0" is greater than .44" x .28"

http://www.irfanview.com/

Thanks for the link, Kurt.
So why would increasing the image size create white space?
I would have thought it would consume it?
"Because Paint says so!"
Will try your viewer instead.

 

[bumtracks]

You might go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/ and click the link to
Windows XP PowerToys. There is a image resizer power toy that allows you
to right click the image and select resize from the menu and choose a
standard screen size to save it as. Pretty simple and quick.

 

[felicia]

And "simple and quick" is what I am after in this case.
Thanks.

 

[Guest]

try saving the image as 24-bit .bmp in the save as type option

 

[Guest]

Select 'Image->Stretch/Skew...' (Ctrl+W). In the 'Stretch' panel at the top
of the window, enter a Vertical value greater than 100 (%). Enter a
Horizontal value of your choice, or 125% of your Vertical value. (125% =
1280/1024 = screen resolution, subsitute your own to keep the image
proportional).
Your image should be proportionally larger with no white space.