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Trying to change this picture to 4x6 with portrait orientation.


John Walker

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I want to print this picture onto photo paper. I wanted to print it in portrait orientation with 4x6 dimensions, but I have no idea how to do this without distorting the picture. Can anyone help me? I attached inline as well as an attachment. If anyone can help me, thank you!

stuff.jpg
 
I resized it for you. 4" x 5.389" I also lightened up your shadows to bring out some detail.
stuff.png
 
One can also use the content-aware scaling tool in the vertical direction to increase the height sufficiently for the aspect ratio to be exactly 4x6 without causing too many problems.

I used content aware scaling to quickly add some length to their legs as well as increase the vertical dimension of the sound diffuser grill (the vertical slats L and R of their heads. While hardly any problems are caused by increasing the previous two heights, you don't want their heads to become elongated, so a bit of masking and filling in the background is necessary (...BTW, I pretty much ignored this aspect to save time for the little demo posted below...). If you like the overall look, people can walk you through the various ways to create a better background. particularly in the area of the vertical sound diffuser slats. This example is exactly 400 pixels by 600 pixels.

Tom M

PS - In contrast to Larry, I prefer a darker background so that the subjects stand out better, and made it that way so the OP can decide which he prefers.
 

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  • stuff-tjm01-acr-ps03a-600px_hi-x-400px_wide-01_content_aware_scale.jpg
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Here's another full size with a border.
stuff2.png
 

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