IS THE QUALITY OF YOUR PHOTOS SUFFICIENT?
CHECK THE DIMENSIONS OF YOUR PHOTOS
WITH WINDOWS EXPLORER
The basis of a beautiful photo book begins with the photos you take. Photos that are too small may either appear only very small in the photo book or be printed very grainy in the photo book.
Read below how to use Windows Explorer to check if the size of your photos is sufficient.
Checking the dimensions of your photos is easier and a lot faster with the free program FastStone Image Viewer.
To install the Faststone Image Viewer click here.
The guide for checking the dimensions of your photos in FastStone Image can be found here.
1. CHOOSING COLUMNS
Using Windows Explorer, go to the folder that contains the photos you want to include in the photo book.
Then group by size.
You can do this as follows:
1. Go to the View tab
2. Click ‘Group by‘
3. Click ‘Choose columns…‘
2. SELECT DIMENSIONS CHECK BOX
Scroll down a little bit until you come across ‘Dimensions‘.
Click the check box for Dimensions to select it.
If there is already a check mark at Dimensions you can leave this check mark as it is.
Continue by clicking [OK]
3. GROUP BY DIMENSIONS
Next, we will group the photos by dimensions.
1. Go to the View tab (if all goes well you are already in the View tab)
2. Click ‘Group by‘
3. Click ‘Dimensions‘.
4. SORTING BY DIMENSIONS
The images with the same dimensions are now all placed together and you can see the dimensions above each ‘group’.
Then sort by size.
You do this as follows:
1. Go to the View tab again
2. Click ‘Sort by‘
3. Click ‘Dimensions‘.
5. ASCENDING SORTING
We will now sort in ascending order to get the smallest images at the top.
1. Go to the View tab again
2. Click ‘Sort by‘
3. Click ‘Ascending‘
If you prefer the best images at the top and the smallest (and lowest quality) pictures at the bottom, choose ‘Descending’.
1. Go to the View tab again
2. Click ‘Sort by‘
3. Click ‘Descending‘
6. VIEW DIMENSIONS
All groups are now sorted from small to large, or large to small (depending on whether you sorted by ‘ascending’ or ‘descending’).
The dimensions of the photos can be found above each group (see highlighted in red).
This way you can quickly see if your photos are suitable for inclusion in the photo book.
Photos with a size smaller than 1200×1600 are generally less suitable for inclusion in the photo book or will only be displayed in small size.
