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Open a logo image, resize it and save it.

Overview

Name of explainer: Open a logo image, resize it and save it.

Creative theme: Image editing

Software used: PaintShop Pro

User level: BEGINNER

This is explainer 1 of 5 in this series

This series includes:

Open an image, resize it and save it
Open an image, rotate it and crop it
Open an image and apply basic colour correction
Open an image and add text
Create a new image with a single-colour background

The Software

This series of beginner explainers uses PaintShop Pro. You can download a free 30 day demo version at Corel’s website.

This month we’ll also be running explainer series for Photoshop (which requires a paid subscription) and GIMP (which is completely free).

The pre-requisities

This is a BEGINNER workflow explainer, so you just need to install and open the software. We’ll take it from there.

If you’re new to IT / computing, you may need help downloading and installing the software. Start with a search for ‘how do i install paintshop pro’ or speak with someone who’s familiar with downloading and installing.

Why would I do this?

Being able to resize images is central to basic image workflows. In this explainer we open a large logo image and make it smaller, ready for use on the web or social media. Resizing is equally applicable to reducing file sizes or even enlarging images to print or display at scale.

Let’s do it!

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Good to know

The logo we’ve opened and saved is in PNG format (often refered to as ‘ping’). This format is commonly used for logos as it supports transparency (a ‘see through’ background). Photos are often stored in .jpg (jpeg) format, which does not support transparency, or ‘raw’ format which applies zero or very little compression. Different camera manufacturers use their own versions of ‘raw’, and most non-photographic software (E.g. Microsoft Office) does NOT support it.

Where to next?

In the explainer we successfully resized the logo to make it smaller, but what if you need to make an image LARGER? Have a look at the additional options available on PaintShop Pro’s resize dialog:

Generally speaking, if you want to UPSCALE an image it’s best to use the BICUBIC option, and for downscaling it’s best to use the BILINEAR option. Current software, including the latest version of PaintShop Pro, also includes AI (artificial intelligence) upscaling which can offer impressive results images with common themes (E.g. Faces / buildings / landscapes). Check out this video for the science bit!

Remember, this is part of a series of explainers for this software – Join us again for the other explainers in the series 🙂

Notes and updates

There are no notes or advisories at this time. This video explainer was last updated in February 2022. This page was last updated in February 2022.

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Download the asset pack for this series

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