Hi there guys n gals,
actually IMHO there's nuthing much to worry about, simple conform to the guidelines Mr. Khoo has set and all will be fine.
the guideline states that images must b approx. 120 pixels (width) by 120 pixels (height). simply use any image manipulation software to do the job. U could resize the entire image if that's what u choose or u could crop the particular region that u wanna display, then resize.
Tip: During cropping or resizing pls ensure ur image's mode is set to RGB, this would enable better image quality.
Image Manipulation Software(s);
I use GIMP Version 1.2.4 since it's free.
Here's a simple walktrough with GIMP.
- Click on the GIMP icon, the GIMP toolbox will appear
- Open Image by selecting from the toolbox's menu "File > Open"
- Change image mode to RGB, right click on the image "Image > Mode > RGB"
- Decision to crop or not to crop
- Crop region
- From the tool box (with icons) select the icon which is situated, second row, 4th icon from the left [Crop or resize the image]
- Select the image, hold down the left mouse button and drag. While dragging, a popup dialog box will appear. When u r done selecting the region u wish to crop, hit the "crop" button from the popup dialog box
- You're done cropping the image
- Desire entire image
- Resize the Image by right clicking on the image, "Image > Scale Image". Alter the "New width" textbox to 120px. The Height will automatically change by the correct ratio
- Save file by right clicking on the image, "File > Save As"
- U'r done