Shops: Re Images

Not all the images that you upload need to be the same size, but they should all be the same proportions (see previous question). One image might be 350w x 700h and another might be 300w x 600h. This doesn't matter, as long as the proportions are the same (1:2 or whatever you make it) the thumbnail will be made without stretching.

How to crop or cut images with The Gimp:

So, let's just say that you're going to be selling women's dresses which will have pictures of models wearing them. So you want to have your images half as wide as they are high (300w x 600h or 350w x 700h, etc.). You've made your thumbnail settings to the same proportions (60w x 120h or similar). But the original full-sized image that you have looks something like this:

When you upload your full sized image, your online shop software (oscommerce, virtuemart, etc.) will automatically create a smaller preview image. This preview image is called a "thumbnail." The shopper can click on it and then get the full-sized image open up. And so get a better look at it.

There are a few different things you will need to do with images for your online shop before you upload them to get a good presentation of your products. All the following tasks to do with images will be explained using image manipulation software called The Gimp. GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Software.