tilliejam62 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Does anyone know how to re-size actual photographs to 1 inch dollhouse scale? If you do can you please tell me how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbytsdy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Well there are many ways, but what I do is import the image into Word doc, and right-click on the image, select the resizing option and set the height to 1" or thereabouts depending on how I plan to frame it. Then I print the doc onto glossy photo paper, usually. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 You can use Photoshop or another imaging software to do it -- some are available for free. I have a free program called Seashore on my Mac. For the best results you want to increase the image's dpi (dots per inch), as well as shrinking its size. Print quality is at least 300 dpi, so if your photo has a lower dpi than that you should increase it as part of the shrinking process. (If you start out with a large image that has a low dpi, increasing the dpi will decrease the size of your image, while also giving you a higher print quality than if you had kept the low dpi and just shrunk down the dimensions of the image.) Some of this stuff isn't as important as it used to be, because phones take high quality pictures now, but if you find that your printed photos look fuzzier on the page than the did on the screen, a low dpi is probably to blame. Years ago I wrote an article about this for Miniature Collector. It's archived on my website (with their permission). It assumes you're scanning the image, but maybe parts of it will be helpful to you. http://www.emilymorganti.com/samples/miniaturizingprints.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I resized my parents wedding photo and my daughters wedding pic. as posted earlier, I just copy to my word doc and resized to what I wanted and printed on glossy paper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I have used photoshop where I feel comfortable - but I have also done resizing on a mac with the free built in editing features. It worked fine. I find photoshop easier as it is my old friend. Also, if the photos are sentimental, I tend to make them small yet perhaps not exactly to scale - as sometimes they get so small they lose visibility - so I sometimes have out of scale but very visible/discernible sentimental photos in a house. Still in a 1:12 frame, just probably not how it would be scaled in real life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheckMouse Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I use the Print Shop program - very easy to use. I make a lot of pictures and posters for my minis, and have scaled and printed a lot of micro-mini wallpaper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 I typed a document and I wanted to insert a photograph which was simple enough to do. So I hit "Insert picture" went to where my pictures are stored on my laptop; drop-down box showed "resize"; hit that and now I know how to make my full size photos smaller and all I had to do was hit a key on the keyboard. LOL So now that I have the small photos the next step is to either print them out or write them to a CD, take them to either Stapes or Office Max (their custom photo & printing dept. and have them print them on glossy photo paper. Yesterday I purchased some HP glossy photo paper (4"X 6") but I have no clue how to even load it in my HP inkjet printer. I read reviews about this paper after I purchased it and they say the pictures come out smeared, out of focus, etc. Also, I don't fathom using up HP ink cartridges (they cost too much) just for a few photos and possibly, not so good ones. I'm gonna go to Staples Office Supplies. The nursery & dorm room shadowboxes in the photos I initially attached were created by a miniature store in Pittsburg, PA, called Dollhouse Junction, and the owner, Debbie M., told me that's how they do it. Her customers supply the pictures, her husband resizes them, she takes them to Staples and the result is what you see in the attached photos of the nursery and college dorm room shadowboxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 You know - I just might use the resized photos as is after the frames arrive. They really look okay as is and the frames will make them look better. I'll take pictures & post and get your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Sometimes you have to experiment with which side goes up when installing the glossy paper. Also, there are paper size adjusters in the paper loading compartment. Just put the paper in the loader and slide the adjusters to butt the paper. I hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Okay, I'll try your suggestion but if I goof-up I'm either going to use the printed ones I have on bond paper or go to Staples. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Hey Sable: Glad you stepped-in to help me out cause it worked perfectly so I guest I'm not going to Staples. LOL First I saw where the paper size adjuster was (I always saw it but never had to use it till now; then I put in a sheet of paper, glossy side facing away from me - oops! wrong side; printed a second time with glossy side facing me; PERFECTION!! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 meant to say I guess I'm not going to Staples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 My project is a life-size table lamp for a little girl's nursery made with 5 picture frames for the lamp base with a miniature room built inside (a little girl's nursery room). I got this idea from Dollhouse Miniatures magazine years ago. This will be the 4th one I've made so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 These are just 2 of 5 pictures I resized & printed on glossy paper (thanks to Sable). The baby is my GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER born just last month & the little boy is her father when he was a toddler. I'm making the nursery lamp as a gift for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 The lamps are a wonderful dust free way to display your fine work. I think the baby's lamp is going to be a lifetime treasure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) I don't know why the photos came out looking so fuzzy in this post but they are "picture" perfect in person; no smears, no fuzzy.. The 1st picture is my great granddaughter, one month old; the 2nd is her father when he was a toddler. He is 26 years old now and the baby is his 1st. child. Edited May 6, 2016 by tilliejam62 forgot some words to the text 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Tillie, your grandson must be vey handsome, he was a great looking little boy and your great granddaughter is adorable; especially in those mukluks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 These are some photos I resized, printed out on photo paper and framed in tiny miniature frames. Not a very good picture but the framed photos are to my liking and will all go into my nursery lamp project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I want to thank everyone for your responses; I really appreciate it. I am very satisfied how the framed pictures turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Tillie, they turned out terrific! and I can't wait to see how the finished product turns out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilliejam62 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Hey Holly: Thank you, I really surprised myself with the re-sizing because although I know how to do lots of stuff with a computer there are so many more things I do not know but I'm learning everyday. I'm proceeding very slowly with the lamp. Hope its completed before she graduates high school. LOL This will be the first time I do one with working electrical fixtures. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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