Resizing photos for Gigabeat F10 to get a full view on screen

[rstanif]

There has been some postings about showing Jpeg photos on the Gigabeat. The complaint is that photos often are displayed very small on the screen  I thought I'd just add some directions for how I get the photos to fill the screen.

Keep a copy of the original photos because you will probably be reducing their quality for use on the Gigabeat.

Copy all the photos I want to use in a folder on my computer. Then I use the free program XNView to see and change the size.

When a photo shows in XNView (not a thumbnail) ...

Go to EDIT - SET SELECTION SIZE - choose 3:4

Draw a rectangle on the photo with the mouse. Go to EDIT - then CROP. Photo is cropped to correct ratio to match the Gigabeat screen.

Go to IMAGE - then to RESIZE. Make sure KEEP RATIO is selected. Type 480 in the WIDTH. The HEIGHT should automatically give a number of about 638.

Save the image. Copy it to the Gigabeat. It should fit perfectly into the Gigabeat's screen.

If you wish to put a photo taken in a landscape direction you must first rotate it 90 degrees using XNView. Then follow the above instructions.

(After the photo have cropped, it may be possible to use a batch program to change the resolution. This will speed up the processing of many photos. I haven't looked into this. I think XNView has some kind of a batch program, though I've never used it.)

[hotwire]

For Windows XP audiences, the Image Resizer powertoy is great, since you just need to select handheld size (same size as gigabeat screen dimensions) and you're golden.