Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

Does anyone know how to shrink a picture file so I can up load it to this site?
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Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

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.

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

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.

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

A good FREE image program is IrfanView. You can download a copy here.

Did I mention the it is FREE?

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

Bah! If you have Windows XP, download the media resizer from the Power Toys line found here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.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.

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

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


;)

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

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.)

Re: Down Sizing pictures to upload
 

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.