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Originally posted by Chuck Bartowski:

When you resize an image I recommend you keep the height/width ratio fixed. It appears you may be manually resizing the image. Generally when I increase the size I'll increase either the height or the width and let fixed ratio control the other dimension. This should keep the actor from being too narrow or wide from the resizing as the proportions will remain the same.

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Originally posted by madcollector:

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Originally posted by Chuck Bartowski:

When you resize an image I recommend you keep the height/width ratio fixed. It appears you may be manually resizing the image. Generally when I increase the size I'll increase either the height or the width and let fixed ratio control the other dimension. This should keep the actor from being too narrow or wide from the resizing as the proportions will remain the same.

First, let me say that I am totally blown away by the creativity and skill of the people who posted their custom cards. Many of them are better than most of the official card designs that I have seen released by the card companies. Second, these are all your own custom cards so you should make them however you want.

However, I completely agree Chuck’s comments when it comes to “official” cards produced by the card companies. My greatest annoyance is the failure of some companies to maintain the proper height/width ratio of the photos they put on their cards. Rittenhouse is, in my opinion, is the biggest offender. Some of the cards in the last three Star Trek TOS card sets are simply pathetic.

A lot of people don’t seem to notice this problem, but it is very noticeable to me when a poor cropping job results in a distorted image. In many instances it wasn’t even necessary to get the image to fit on the card. All these “squatty” Star Trek images drive me crazy!

I understand it can take a lot of time to find pictures that “work” for a 2.5 x 3.5 card. I commission a lot of sketch cards from artists and it is not unusual for me to spend 3 hours or more finding “the right” image and cropping it to the proper ratio without distorting the image for the card.

Again, for all of you awesome custom card makers do whatever works for you. My sentiments are only intended for the card companies.

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Originally posted by Sidewinder:
For recent shows which are filmed in HD its a lot easier to find pictures, but with older shows, say pre 2000's, the images are very grainy. I take my own screen caps for some pics that I just can't find.

Thanks for the nice comments Btw guys

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Originally posted by Sidewinder:
I use the snipping tool for screenshots