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Title: Picture size
Post by: strad on March 09, 2010, 11:30:35 AM
What's the best way to reduce the kb size of a picture below the postable limit? I'm certain this has been asked before but I can't find it. Senior moment?

Nigel
Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: Lester on March 09, 2010, 11:37:31 AM
Discovered this recently

http://www.picnik.com/ (http://www.picnik.com/)

Seems quite good for things like resizing etc
Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: Anahata on March 09, 2010, 11:51:01 AM
If the picture is high resolution (many pixels wide and high) you can get a long way by just scaling it down to a small enough size that still looks OK. Any simple Graphics editor - even MS Paint using the Image Stretch menu (just set X and Y to the same percentage, less than 100%, and it will shrink the picture) Smaller dimensions will certainly make a smaller file.

A decent Graphics editor (I use GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) which is powerful and free) should also have a way of setting the amount of compression while saving an JPEG file. The GIMP will let you slide the compression level up and down on a slider bar and shows the actual file size changing as you do it, also previewing the picture so you can see how much distortion is created by the compression. I think Paint Shop Pro can do something like that too.

Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: ladydetemps on March 09, 2010, 12:01:05 PM
Last time I tried uploading using photobucket it allowed me to choose the dymensions and resize it quite easily..
Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: strad on March 09, 2010, 12:14:02 PM
Thanks for that.

Nigel
Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: old geezer on March 10, 2010, 05:57:24 AM
how about Google/Picasa (http://picasa.google.com.au/intl/en/)

.. Senior moment?

are his tunes as colourful as he appears ? ???

Title: Re: Picture size
Post by: strad on March 10, 2010, 03:33:54 PM
It wasna me!

Nigel
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