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making emailled photos smaller to forward on
by midge5 - 4/6/08 11:54 PMHow can I make photos smaller that I have had emailled to me so that I can forward them on to the family.They have sent them too large but I cannot make them smaller at my end.
Re: making photo's smaller
by Kees Bakker
- 4/7/08 12:10 AM
In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5
Some mail programs (but apparently you don't have one like that) do it while sending the pictures (after asking you if you want it done).
To do it yourself, download a free program called irfanview from www.irfanview.com. It's what I use myself. By head, it's somewhere in the Edit menu, like Edit>Resize or Resample. If the picture is now, say 1800 x 2400 pixels you can easily resize it to 600 x 800 or whatever you like to make the file smaller (and the quality lower, of course).
Hope this helps.
Kees
And reset the compression ratio
by Zouch - 4/18/08 7:16 PM In reply to: Re: making photo's smaller by Kees Bakker
I agree completely with Kees, Irfanview is a great free program used in the way described. If the recipient only wants to display the pictures on screen and the files are .JPGs, try reducing the image quality - load the picture, save it and when the JPG settings window appears, move the quality slider down to 50% (default is 80%) and save the file. Depending on the image content, this can produce a significant reduction in file size. It won't make any difference to the on screen display but don't do it if you want to print the file - you may notice the increased granularity. JPG format is lossy, so once you've done it, the higher quality is gone forever. You could always save to a new filename to preserve your original quality picture.
Have fun!
Here is what I use. . .
by Coryphaeus - 4/7/08 4:16 AM In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Scroll down to the Image Resizer. Once installed, just open Explorer, find the picture, right click it and choose Resize picture. Three standard sizes and a custom.
Here's Another method
by Tufenuf - 4/7/08 6:24 AM In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5midge5, If you're using Windows XP and you saved those large pictures to your hard drive just right click on the picture, choose Send to>Mail Recipient a box will pop up, choose "Make all my pictures smaller" and your Outlook Express will open with the smaller picture already attached ready for you to complete. I use this method and also use the Image Resizer tool.
Tufenuf
making emailled photos smaller to forward on
by midge5 - 4/9/08 2:32 AM In reply to: Here's Another method by TufenufThanks everyone. As usual you solved my problem. What would we forever newbies do without you.
use a graphics program
by redking44 - 4/18/08 7:15 PM In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5Yup most digital cameras make picturesw far too large to see on a screen
Windows comes with a simple program that does everything you need - PAINT. It's in accessories.
Save the pi8c to your hard drive
open it in PAINT.
Use image menu, Stretch/;Skew to shring it - try 25% horizontal and vertical scale. - 1/4 size. Then FILE/SAVE AS- and choose JPG as the file type. Adjust the 25% to suit your needs.
The newly saved pic will then be 1/4 the size on screen (GOOD chance of fitting) and about 1/16 the size on disk
Of course there are better graphics programs available but you probably have paint
microsoft picture manager
by Carol T - 4/18/08 10:52 PM In reply to: use a graphics program by redking44Some people freak when they read the answer "Just download XYZ program and it will do thus and such." If you are a microsoft office user you probably also have photo editor,it's under microsoft office tools. I only use it to resize, which is one of the standard functions. I suppose it does other photo things as well, but I use my Dell program for all that stuff. When I resize, I save the small pictures with the same name or number as they had in large form, but adding small to the title, or the size I saved it to, such as "Alison beach 5x7" or "Alison beach small" which would come up right after Alison beach. That way if I want the original picture to print out or use in another form, I still have it, but the smaller picture will be right there next to it in the same file rather than tucked elsewhere, which also helps me know which one to send if I am attaching a picture in an email later, and have three in a row that otherwise look the same.
Make photos smaller
by davidwheeler - 4/19/08 3:15 AM In reply to: microsoft picture manager by Carol TThere is a little program called JPG4Email which you can download from Cnet which does it all very easily and you than can use Thunderbird not the dreadful Microsoft.
It's so easy
by bob1spencer - 4/19/08 8:40 AM In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5Hi Midge.
Here is a free, easy to use, online site where you can make your pictures smaller or larger. Best of all, you can keep the original picture in its original size.
Check out Quick Thumbnail at: http://quickthumbnail.com/
Use "Picture Resizer Personal"
by kiwited - 4/21/08 6:12 PM In reply to: making emailled photos smaller to forward on by midge5I use Picture Resizer Personal, but there are a number of similar free stand alone programmes that do not need to be installed on any particular machine.
I create a folder on my camera card and install the programme on that. Then from anywhere in the world where I get access to a computer kiosk or internet cafe, I am able to resize and upload my images.
Theo
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