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BobC
24-02-2005, 10:52
Does anyone know how to shrink a picture file so I can up load it to this site?
Big Daddy
Aces High Team 176 Lead Truck Driver
:cool: ;)
Denman
24-02-2005, 11:06
photoshop can do it.
just go to image then image size
if you want to keep it in aspect ratio then keep the constrain proportion on.
peaseonearth
24-02-2005, 11:08
Does anyone know how to shrink a picture file so I can up load it to this site?
Big Daddy
Aces High Team 176 Lead Truck Driver
:cool: ;)

I use Fireworks, but if you don't have that I'd suggest Adobe Photoshop. Not sure what the limit for this site is, but I think anything under 2000 pixels should be a good sizes.
JohnBoucher
24-02-2005, 11:19
A good FREE image program is IrfanView. You can download a copy here. (http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html)

Did I mention the it is FREE?
Elgin Clock
24-02-2005, 12:18
A good FREE image program is IrfanView. You can download a copy here. (http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html)

Did I mention the it is FREE?
Bah! If you have Windows XP, download the media resizer from the Power Toys line found here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

It is also free, but the good thing is, is that it works as a right click feature from a windows explorer menu. Right click on the image icon, and select resize picture or something like that. Also, another good feature is that you can resize multiple files at a time. Just select all and then right click and resize.
team222badbrad
24-02-2005, 12:28
Bah just open it up it microsoft Paint.
Free, probably already on your pc, and it is easy to use


Click Image

and then Strech/Skew.

Then type in a percentage you want to remove. Click Ok


;)
lookslikeapuma
24-02-2005, 12:45
Does anyone know how to shrink a picture file so I can up load it to this site?
Big Daddy
Aces High Team 176 Lead Truck Driver
:cool: ;)

other than the advice everyone else gave you, only thing i can add to it is that you pick the right format. Here's a quick overview of 'optimal' formats to use on the internet.

Clipart/Simple Graphics : Use GIF format.
Complex Clipart, Graphics that share a lot of the same colors: Use PNG format.
Photo's : Use JPG (or JPEG).

(Although the W3C now recommends all GIF formats be replaced with PNG, simple graphics actually take up less space when using GIF.)
Rick TYler
24-02-2005, 12:51
I'm also a big fan of IrfanView. I use Photoshop to do tricky editing, but I use IrfanView to do everything else. I especially like its ability to quickly make certain changes to lots of files at the same time. It easy, it's uncomplicated, it's FREE. I haven't tried the Microsoft tool, but I wouldn't buy Photoshop just to resize files.