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Resizing images
THERE may well come an occasion when you wish to scale down a large image file for it to take up less space, especially with phone cameras being able to take much higher quality and therefore larger file size photographs, these days. For instance, some email systems limit the size of With NICK attachments, or you may have limited SPARKS storage on your device, or it may be the requirement to upload to a web site. Fortunately, there are many ways of achieving this although the method may be tucked away almost hidden on your device. As well as reducing the dimensions of an image to reduce its file size some offer the option to reduce its definition. Rule of thumb suggests that an image for a web site should be at around 75 dpi (dots per inch) however if you want it printed a higher setting of 300 dpi is normal. With the iphone or ipad a dedicated app such as Image Size down loaded from the App Store is perhaps the best option. On a Mac, it can be done natively in Finder>Application open Preview click on the Markup icon in the top menu bar, and in Markup Mode click Adjust Size icon. With an Android phone or tablet you can also download a dedicated app such as Image SizePhoto Resizer from the Playstore, but it can also be achieved natively within the Gallery App by clicking on the image, then the pencil icon followed by the three menu dots in the top right had corner and the resize option that appears. Windows 10 provides a method via its included Photo App. Open an image in the app and again clicking the three menu dots in the top right-hand corner to find the resize option that appears. There are also online resizing services offered on the internet, for example Adobe under Spark offer a free service as long as you sign up. Photo editing software such as Photoshop Elements also usually include the ability to do resizing. This article is for guidance only, and the opinion of the writer. I.T. for the Terrified <it4ttcvh@gmail.com> Submitted for IT for the Terrified by Nick Sparks. Although we have now ceased our one to one tuition, a number of us will continue with this column under the heading "IT for the Terrified" to keep the name alive for the time being.
PAGE 12 • MENDIP TIMES • DECEMBER 2021
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The Mendip Mindbender
ACROSS 5 & 8 Small village near Frome, long name and in 2014 only 381 inhabitants (8,6) 8 See 5 across 10 Make quick short steps to a game of dice (6) 11 A proboscidea (8) 12 A kings’ male heirs (5,7) 15 A knot for joining two ropes (4) 17 Playwright who wrote “Loot” (1965) (5) 18 Show how tired you are (4) 19 Said to have no Visitors (12) 22 In Baroque music an accompanying part which provides a bassline for the other parts and adds harmony (8) 24 Car used for levelling the lawn (6) 25 A nearly worthless seed (6) 26 Russia's form of government after the 1917 revolution
DOWN 1 Help in getting slalom runners back up the slope (3,3) 2 Impervious to Adam’s ale (10) 3 Not working or in use (4) 4 In a surreptitious fashion (2,3,3) 6 Gained without endeavour (8) 7 Permanently fixed in a particular belief or opinion (4,2,3,4) 9 Spots a broken cane (4) 13 Simultaneous (10) 14 A tool Women use to keep eyebrows in shape (8) 16 Village close to Shepton Mallet where the River Sheppey springs from St. Adhelms' well (8) 20 Leaving Cheddar for Draycott there is a 250ft hill on the right. What is its name (6) 21 A 21-mile river rising at Beverton pond in the Brendon hills and flowing into R. Parret at Burrowbridge (4) 23 Plural of half of 25 across (4) Clues in italics are cryptic By greendandelion
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