IRFANVIEW MINI GUIDE:Get Irfanview free at:
https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htmCROP:Draw mouse line around portion to crop.
Adjust by pulling edges.
EDIT >> CROP SECTION or CTRL-Y
BRIGHTEN:IMAGE >> COLOR CORRECTIONS or SHIFT-G
Watch out for CTRL-G which is GRAY SCALE
Use CTRL-Z to get back out of GRAY
I work mainly with CONTRAST and GAMMA CORRECTION
CONTRAST about 30, 40 or 50
GAMMA CORRECTION 1.30, 1.40, 1.50
Use that as a guide and zero in to perfection as you see it.
Experiment with the other settings on a crap image.
SHARPEN:IMAGE >> SHARPEN or CTRL-S
Multiple sharpen till white sparkles appear and back up with CTRL-Z
AUTO ADJUST COLORS:IMAGE >> AUTO ADJUST COLORS or SHIFT-U
RESIZE:IMAGE >> RESIZE/RESAMPLE or CTRL-R
Select your requirements
I use 72 DPI (dots per inch) for my game images.
Larger to smaller has no resolution problem
If you stretch a small image too far you get resolution problems.
Sharpen as required. Some just don't work out well.
CANVAS SIZE:IMAGE >> CHANGE CANVAS SIZE or SHIFT-V
Pick the setup you need.
BORDER:IMAGE >> BORDER/FRAME
I pick COLD and dick around with colors and sizes.
The thumbnail is not to scale.
I alternate 2px black and fatter colors .. 20 to 50 or whatever.
You can get 8 borders by doing it twice.
SAVE/SAVE AS:Normally use JPG.
For see thru portions use PNG with transparency selected.
Moveable images are GIF.
ICO makes icons ... keep them about 64 px square, usually with borders.
[You can right click on desktop folder properties and change icons.]
[You can get raw icons and other images at
https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN]That's about all I use.
BMP is super resolution and big.
EDIT >> SHOW PAINT DIALOG or F12:Lets you paint a pic or re-color sections.
The text is not great .. I usually use another prog for that.
You can draw red arrows with LINE to point stuff out in a presentation.
FILL is good for PNG transparent backgrounds ..
Set tolerance high, but don't bleed nearby colors.
You will get crappy edges on low tolerance.
Check out all the menus .. I found uses for FLIPS and PANARAMAS
