Hi Tracy,
Bit technical this however......
Your camera (Canon EOS 450D) creates an image with a (length to height) image ratio of 3:2. This means that you can't simply reduce the image size to 800x600 without first cropping the original image. This is because 800x600 is equivalent to a size ratio of 4:3.
So your options are:
(a) Crop the original image to a size ratio of 4:3 before resizing. You will of course need software that can do this.
(b) Resize to a image ratio of 3:2 - where the width is
at least 800 pixels. For example 1200x800 or possibly better (for landscape orientated images only) 876x584.
Why is 876x584 (possibly) better than 1200x800? Well if you upload an image that is greater than 880 pixels wide, the uploading software will automatically downsize your image (to a width of 880 pixels) and in doing so will
slightly degrade the quality of your image. However an image size of 876x584 has a width that is less than 880 pixels - so the uploading software will load your image unchanged and therefore with no loss of quality.
I should add that when the uploading software creates a smaller copy of your image it also stores your original image in the
Gallery. This original image can be accessed by clicking the downsized image when it is displayed.
If you are not that confident playing with images, I would suggest you forget about cropping for the moment and use a free program to resize your images to 1200x800 as this works with your camera and will also upload to the
Gallery irrespective of the orientation of your image (landscape or portrait).
Good luck,
Bruce
