Resizing your pictures

[jwcfbd]

This is the easiest way that I have found to reduce picture size. *It is a quick free download from Microsoft which allows you to reduce picture size with a click of your mouse. *All you have to do once downloaded is to open the picture then right click on it. *It will open a dropdown menu where you'll see "Resize Pictures" then you can click on what size you want the picture to be. *It will then resize it and save it in the same location as the orignal with the same name but with the size added to the end (small). Best of all you don't loose any picture quality. *Follow the link below and look about half way down the page for "Image Resizer"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows....ys.mspx



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[omslaw]

Nice tip! Simple, easy to use!

[soon2be]

Thanks

[DAZZ]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (omslaw @ April 18 2006,07:03)]Nice tip! *Simple, easy to use!

+1 thanks

[jwcfbd]

no problem just passing it on. One other great feature is that you can resize more then one picture at a time. Just highlight all the pictures you want to resize and go with it. it will sort them all out the same way it will do one.

[Speedmn70]

Can you tell it to make them all 204800 bytes? I have been trying to get mine down to that size and they are looking horrible. Resizing, cropping, reducing the MP settings on camera etc.

[jwcfbd]

no the only thing you can do is the size. You can select the sizes listed or make a custom size by clicking on the advanced tab.
When it reduces the picture size it also reduces the file size.

[omslaw]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Speedmn70 @ April 18 2006,21:24)]Can you tell it to make them all 204800 bytes? I have been trying to get mine down to that size and they are looking horrible. Resizing, cropping, reducing the MP settings on camera etc.

That would be tough for any utility to do. I'm not saying that it couldn't be done.

Problem is that each picture compresses differently and would yield a different size. You could take 5 different pictures, each the same original pixel size and each would be different file sizes. Resizing them would reduce the file size, but each would still be a different filesize.

Make sense?

[GIXERHP]

Nice Tip!

[psycobusa]

preciate that

[missilelike]

that works great thanks!!!

[justintime2]

[dagwood]

another option is www.xat.com

[DAB]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Speedmn70 @ April 18 2006,19:24)]Can you tell it to make them all 204800 bytes? *I have been trying to get mine down to that size and they are looking horrible. *Resizing, cropping, reducing the MP settings on camera etc.

What format are the original pictures in? If they're .BMP or .TIF for example they're going to be big to begin with.

You need to save them as/convert them to .JPG - it's a compressed format so you can get the image size down without losing quality.

[chrisjp]

cool will try it

[LABusa]

You're the man...
Works great, just downloaded it to try. Too easy and perfect for creating avatars and such. Heck it works so well I might even use it at the office. SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH, don't want anyone knowing trade secrets...
Thank's again buddy

[CBXRider]

Ok, I'll try it

[CBXRider]

Ok, now the first ride on the new LE stopping for a break somewhere in Malibu.

[hydrabusa]

Thanks...

[buss05]

Irfanview is another program that works really well and is becoming more and more common for any images that are sent via email anymore.


http://www.irfanview.com/