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Before designing such a "business card", it is important to find out the requirements
applicable for placing it on the website. 100 pixels may be too much, because some
websites allow no more than 70 pixels.
"Business card" from image part
The image of this type is most commonly used on Skype, facebook, etc. To design a
"business card" of such type, you need to do the following:
1. Open photo angler.jpg;
2. Select the Crop Tool and use it to frame the part of the image to be used
for the "business card":
3. Click the mouse pointer on the selected area; it removes the blackened area -
only the selected part remains;
4. Whereas this part will be placed online, you need to reduce its size. Go to
ImageScale Image. It opens the Scale Image dialog. Adjust the following
settings:
4.1. Since we have to maintain the proportions of the image, check whether the
values Width and Height are interconnected;
4.2. See which value - Width or Height - is larger. If the Width value is higher, enter
100 to the input box; if the Height value is higher, enter 100 to the input box;
4.3. Enter 72 in the X resolution and Y resolution input box;
4.4. Press the Scale button. The working window shows a significantly reduced
image:
5. Now save the image. Use the command FileSave As. Adjust the required
settings in the Save Image dialog:
Combined "business card"