Reducing file size of photos

[Excalibur]

Yes I know I'm an idiot, but how do I reduce file size of photos, to send them to various places. Have got them to JPEG but that's too big. How do I change them to a smaller format? Is there a way of doing it easily?

[Ian FG]

Yes I know I'm an idiot, but how do I reduce file size of photos, to send them to various places. Have got them to JPEG but that's too big. How do I change them to a smaller format? Is there a way of doing it easily?

 

I may be wrong (I am also an idiot) but JPEG is about as small a format as you are going to get. It is also the format of choice on the net.

 

Have you considered reducing the size of the picture? It makes the size of the file much smaller and it is easily done in MS Paint (for example).

[Excalibur]

I may be wrong (I am also an idiot) but JPEG is about as small a format as you are going to get. It is also the format of choice on the net.

 

Have you considered reducing the size of the picture? It makes the size of the file much smaller and it is easily done in MS Paint (for example).

 

I did make the size smaller on the scren, but it appears to have no effect on the file size.

[Ian FG]

OK, Try this:

 

Open the image in Paint (Start/All Programs/Accessories/Paint)

 

Hit Ctrl + W

 

In the Horizontal and Vertical boxes type 50%

 

Make sure to save the file under a new name.

 

The new, saved image is now half the size and the actual file size is much smaller.

Edited July 12, 2007 by Ian FG

[Elton]

Excalibur,

 

The following article is out of dat, but the first bit about resizing is still relevant:

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/pictures.htm

[Excalibur]

Thanks all for the help, I sort of managed it myself, by luck and perseverance!!!!!

[simple]

Thanks all for the help, I sort of managed it myself, by luck and perseverance!!!!!

use this its free and simple just select the image you want to resize or images http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm look here if you get stuck http://www.ultimate-dvdr.com/dvd-related-s...r-new-post.html

[Excalibur]

use this its free and simple just select the image you want to resize or images http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm look here if you get stuck http://www.ultimate-dvdr.com/dvd-related-s...r-new-post.html

 

 

Thanks a lot, will have a look at that.

[klonker]

use this its free and simple just select the image you want to resize or images http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm look here if you get stuck http://www.ultimate-dvdr.com/dvd-related-s...r-new-post.html

 

 

Essentially you need software that has the capacity to resize and compress the file. For resizing see advice above. To compress the file the action would be something like:

 

File > Save As > JPEG > Quality 60%

 

I haven't tried the software quoted I use Photoshop and Fireworks. I think Photoshop Elements comes free with many digital cameras and that works in a similar fashion.

[ColinW]

There is a free program called Faststone Image Viewer which allows quite a lot of image manipulation. It's obviously not quite Photoshop but it will do resizing, rotating, brightness/contrast/colour adjustment, red-eye removal and many other effects that you might want for photos.

Download here

http://www.faststone.org/