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Introduction > Photo-Paint Prep > Batch Processing
If you take a lot of pictures in portait orientation, the images will need to be rotated. To rotate your images in Corel Photo-Paint, simply go to the Image menu and choose Rotate -> 90° Clockwise. If you used a digital camera this is most likely the direction you need to go. If not, just choose the Counterclockwise option from the same sub-menu.
The next step in prepping your images should be to crop and resize them. When you're putting your images on the Web, it's important to keep the images as small as possible so they will download faster. By cropping your photos of any unneccessary elements, your viewers can focus on only the important parts of your picture, and you'll reduce the file size as well.
To
crop your image, choose the crop tool from the toolbar. The
crop tool is indciated with a red outline in the toolbar screen
shot to the right. With the crop tool selected, click and drag
a rectangular area across your image. When you let go of the
mouse button, the area outside of the rectangle will be shaded.
This indicates the area that will be cropped away. The borders
of the rectangle will have square handles on each side and in
the corners. You can hold your mouse cursor over these handles
and click and drag to adjust the shape before cropping. Once
you've adjusted the shape, double click inside the rectangle
to crop the image.
If you need to resize your image, go to Image -> Resample. The resample dialog box is shown below. When processing images for the Web you want to use 72 dpi for the resolution and pixels for the width and height.
Remember to use the Unsharp Mask filter after resizing your images since resizing always results in some blurring. You can reach the Unsharp Mask filter in Photo-Paint by going to Effects -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask.
If you have several images to rotate, resize or sharpen, you can record a script and use the batch process command to process any number of images without repeating these steps for each image. Continue on to the next page to learn how to record scripts and use the Batch Process command to process several images in one step.
Sue
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