adventuregal Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 I am trying to post some pics of the beautiful fall colors! But when I scan them and then save them to my computer, the file size is huge so I have to crop it completely in order to upload it to the gallery... Would someone who is more knowledgeable with computers please explain to me how to make them a smaller file size and thus circumvent this problem??!! Quote
AmberBuxom Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 you can resize the picture and/or scale the quality to reduce file size with a program like imageready. adobe might have a demo you can use for like free and shit. Quote
Billygoat Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Yeah, Right click on the photo and then click "properties' and see if you can down size them to something like 640x480 instaed of something like 2300x 1560 or such. or just scan them at a lower resolution. Quote
adventuregal Posted October 9, 2003 Author Posted October 9, 2003 It's not working... Computers are such a pain in the ass!!! No pictures tonight.... Â Time for a Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 When using microshaft os  go to start run  Type in mspaint then select enter  Then file open - open your file  then to the image and sketch/skew  Specify size in percentage until it is smaller than or = to the necessary size. Quote
ChrisT Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 IF you are somehow able to save them as a .jpeg, the gallery will automatically resize them for you when you upload. Quote
snoboy Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Try Irfanview , it's a great image utility that lets you resize and resample pics among other things. You can do batch jobs too, so if you want to convert 30 .bmp files to .jpg, then it is handy for stuff like that. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Don't forget to reduce your resolution to 72 dpi if you're scanning them at a higher level. If you have Photoshop, Save for Web will do this for you. Quote
ChrisT Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 well I seriously doubt she has Photoshop or she would have figured it out by now... Quote
Figger_Eight Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 I know a few people who have Photoshop and don't know how to use it. Quote
ChrisT Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 well that's a shame. I'm still on Photoshop 6...which I had 7. The pics I uploaded to the gallery came straight off my digital camera...no conversion necessary. Nothing could be easier! Quote
eternalX Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Remember to save as a JPEG (.jpg)and not something like a TIF or otherwise uncompressed. Quote
Ursa_Eagle Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 that irfanview program is exactly what I was looking for to do batch resizing, thanx! (batch resizing is hidden in "advanced options" for those who can't find it, it took me a minute or two to find it) Quote
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