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12 years 11 months ago #83339 by martinwf
Hi pt, as a newish amature photographer and only use to downloading photos to my PC, please could you explain how i adjust size of my photos from say, 5mb or bigger down to 2mb or less in order i can place the pics in such places as your website, i would greatfully appreciate any feed back on the matter, thanks team
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12 years 11 months ago - 12 years 11 months ago #83341 by MLKstudios
Which graphics application(s) do you have?

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12 years 11 months ago - 12 years 11 months ago #83351 by Trudehell

martinwf wrote: Hi pt, as a newish amature photographer and only use to downloading photos to my PC, please could you explain how i adjust size of my photos from say, 5mb or bigger down to 2mb or less in order i can place the pics in such places as your website, i would greatfully appreciate any feed back on the matter, thanks team


What program do you use to view photos with? (or as Matthew so eloquently puts it, "Which graphics application do you have?") A Windows program? A photoedit program?

Reducing file size often means loosing data, and there are several ways to reduce file size: reduce the image size, reduce the dots per inch (dpi) in the image, remove exif-data , crop an image (use only parts of a photo) and/or combinations of these.

Depending on the photo, you find the best way to get to acceptable file size. The first choise, however, should be what program you prefer to resize photo files in, and if you are used to, say Windows Live Photo Gallery , then you should start there, and maybe later move on to other software.
That's my advice. Best of Luck!
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12 years 11 months ago #83365 by Baydream
If you are new to photography, download Picasa. The Export function puts your photos in another folder and you can specify size.
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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12 years 11 months ago #83391 by Johnnie
Here is a Free Program - PIXresizer, keep in mind that it only does resizing.

pixresizer.en.softonic.com/
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12 years 11 months ago #83573 by ilh2009ky
I use a free program I downloaded from the web called Picture Resize. By the way, I would reconsider putting 2MB photos on the web unless you can control the access and the ability of someone to download your photos. I usually post images between 60-150KB. If someone does try to download them, the images will depixelate when enlarged.
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12 years 11 months ago #83603 by The Time Capturer
I agree 100% and also, I never post images larger than 800 pixels on the longest side. Whatever you decide to do, and whatever software application you choose to use, ALWAYS copy the images to a new folder and resize the copies. Some programs create a new file when resizing, some overwrite the original, but most give you the option. Don't take any chances.
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 11 months ago #83605 by The Time Capturer
I use a program called Photo! Editor. It is a free download available at the link I've included below. It's perfect for preparing your images for online use. It has so many great features like the best red eye fixer I've seen, teeth whitener, makeup for removing blemishes (works on powerlines too), straightening, cropping, and resizing. The cool part is, it integrates into shell. In other words, if you right-click on the image you wish to edit, it shows up in the menu. That way, you don't have to open the program then search for the image. The downside is, there's no cloning option, you can only resize one image at a time and I don't think it's available for the Mac.

Here's the link if you're interested:

pho.to/editor/features.php
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 11 months ago #83607 by The Time Capturer
Forgot to mention the resize option 'Medium for web galley' automatically resizes the image to max 800 pixels and the output image is always in the kilobytes.
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 11 months ago #83683 by photobod
I use photoshop now, but before that I used a free software programme called fast stone, it gives you the option of putting them in a seperater folder, leaving your originals alone, you can also watermark your images and best of all it is so simple to use.
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