When I try to rotate a pic by degree.........

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/16/2007 02:54:22 PM · #1

the image goes out of focus. Any ideas?????

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/16/2007 02:55:39 PM · #2

which software are you using ?

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/16/2007 02:58:46 PM · #3

Originally posted by gaurawa:

which software are you using ?

I use MS Office Picture Manager. I rotated the pic by 1 degree and it went out of focus.

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/16/2007 03:18:07 PM · #4

I don't knwo what picture manager does, but get the free Picassa, that would do a decent job

chimericvisions

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

06/16/2007 04:28:44 PM · #5

Get the GIMP.

It's free, and it does a lot of what Photoshop does.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

06/16/2007 04:59:55 PM · #6

Rotation generally makes you lose some detail, and depending on the calculations in that software, it could be a lot of detail.

gloda

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/16/2007 06:53:35 PM · #7

You seriously don't want to use the Windows Picture Manager. Do get Gimp, it's free.

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

06/16/2007 06:59:14 PM · #8

Originally posted by gloda:

You seriously don't want to use the Windows Picture Manager. Do get Gimp, it's free.

Or Paint.NET a great free editor will do all basic and some advanced editing. Allows for layers also. My thread on it - Paint.NET - In Depth Look at the Free Photo Editor.

Can be found at getpaint.net

Tom

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/16/2007 07:16:30 PM · #9

FastStone is also awesome & free

EDIT: PC only

Message edited by author 2007-06-16 19:22:10.

ssodell

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Canon

06/16/2007 07:22:51 PM · #10

Originally posted by ephln:

the image goes out of focus. Any ideas?????

You think it could just be your screen. Have you printed it out and it was still blurred?

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/17/2007 01:35:45 PM · #11

Thanks everyone!
I will check out Gimp and Paint.net.
I appreciate the advice
Eve

Ken

Canon EOS-7D

06/17/2007 01:41:05 PM · #12

Gimp is good, but learning curve is a bit steeper than paint.net.

tnun

Ricoh GR III

Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

06/17/2007 02:16:42 PM · #13

In Irfanview, which is free, rotation and all other operations are lossless.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/17/2007 02:39:40 PM · #14

Originally posted by tnun:

In Irfanview, which is free, rotation and all other operations are lossless.

That's a bit of an overstatement. Some (not all) JPEGs can be losslessly rotated at 90Â° intervals. Certainly not at arbitrary intervals. And "all other operations." What does that mean? Many transformations can be performed in a lossless manner, while others definitely are not lossless, no matter the software.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

06/17/2007 03:02:44 PM · #15

Downloaded Paint.net
Now I just need to learn it!!!
What I could not find on Paint is how to add a border to my print.

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

06/17/2007 03:11:53 PM · #16

Originally posted by ephln:

Downloaded Paint.net
Now I just need to learn it!!!
What I could not find on Paint is how to add a border to my print.

Probably the same way you would in photoshop lol. Are you looking for a simple border or some silly border my grandmother would put on a photo?

You can expand the canvas to add a single color border of fixed width. Like a 3 pixel black border just expand the canvas 3px on each side with the background color being black. Or say a red border slightly inwards u can probly select the color red and draw a rectangle on it.

Did you find the rotate function? I dont think i have it instaleld right now but its up in one of the menus. You can type it or you can use the 360 turn wheel thingy.

Message edited by author 2007-06-17 15:12:55.