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Comment from Mark J on 2011-06-25

2011-06-25T11:33:26Z

@Robert
You can use the FastStone picture viewer to reduce the physical size of your digital images. Most web mailers don't have this option. Of course there will be some denigration but the photos will still be viewable and of reasonable quality.

http://ask-leo.com/faststone_image_viewer_an_easy_to_use_tool_to_view_organize_and_manipulate_images.html

If you use XP you can get an MS Powertoy to get a context menu (right click) option to resize your photo. For Vista and 7 there are 3rd party programs to do this. Google "context menu photo resizer" There are several available, but since I haven't tried any I won't make any recommendations. Perhaps someone can suggest one here in a comment.

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Comment from Robert Cudlipp on 2011-06-25

2011-06-25T11:06:35Z

That is fine, and I don't find it at all difficult to reduce the physical size of the digital image.
However, for email etc purposes, how do I go about reducing , say a 4/5MG file, to file of say 500 Kb ,and there will be no denigration in the quality of the picture. Some MS products e.g. Outlook auto prompt this.
But what if I'm using Hotmail, Gmail etc.

Thanks.
Robert Cudlipp

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Comment from jinie on 2010-12-24

2010-12-24T15:26:47Z

THERE IS AN EASIER WAY..
download ez thumbnails it's free you can resize as much pics you want. just google it... :D

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Comment from Maddie on 2010-07-26

2010-07-26T10:32:27Z

Thank you so much for this article, I was panicking that I wouldn't be able to get photos smaller so that I could put them onto Picnik (An editing website) as the file was too big for that website. Anyways thank you so much :)

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Comment from laura on 2009-12-30

2009-12-30T22:42:04Z

thanks so much tips were great so easy to follow thanks

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Comment from Neena on 2009-12-24

2009-12-24T12:25:15Z

Your article is simply worth it. Very good and simple instructions, thanks Leo, Now I want to know how do I resize the pictures all at once, instead of doing one by one, it becomes very tedious.
Thnks.

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Comment from Michelle on 2009-10-27

2009-10-27T22:21:27Z

This was a great article, thanks! I keep finding pictures on the internet that I want for my laptop background, but they're too big, and now I can actually use them without having insanely blown up images!

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Comment from peggy on 2009-09-01

2009-09-02T05:31:15Z

Thanks for this_ I have spent alot of time searching the computer for ways to make image re-sizing work for me so I could email my pics..They were so large..Your instructions were perfect!!!

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Comment from sleepy on 2009-06-12

2009-06-12T18:01:25Z

This was so easy to follow and worked great.

Thank you

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Comment from Rita on 2009-03-03

2009-03-03T08:06:28Z

Thankyou so much for your help, I have tried so many times to reduce a picture but it never seemed to work your article was so easy to follow was beginning to give up hope.

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Comment from Doug Bays on 2009-02-24

2009-02-24T19:52:38Z

Hi Leo. Love the site.
There are a number of dedicated Image Resizers available that just require a Right Click on the image/photo and a selection of sizes, ie: Small(640X480) Med(800X600, Large(1024X768), or a Custom box to type in any size.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > and this one will handle Vista as well Hope this helps.

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Comment from Sara Walker on 2008-12-16

2008-12-16T10:25:12Z

I have bought my mum a locket for xmas and need to resize photo's from my computer to fit into the locket is there a software programme I can get, please advise the best results.

Thanks

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Comment from Shelley on 2008-12-06

2008-12-06T16:41:03Z

Hello, Thank you sooo much! I love this site!! Thanks for being there for me/us. I had two questions and they were both answered at the same time. Thanks

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Comment from COLLEEN on 2008-11-28

2008-11-29T05:34:05Z

MY MOM ..COULD YOU SHRINK A 12X14 THAT IS NEAR 70 YRS. INTO A LOCKET SO SHE COULD HOLD HER GRANDMA NEXT TO HER HEART? LONG STORY, SHE'S SLIPPING AWAY, HER GRANDMA WAS THE ONE TO KEEP HER FROM THE INSANITY OF HER CHILDHOOD. MY MOTHER IS AVICTIM OF ABUSE. aLTHIEMERS IS SUCH A DRAG. PLEASE RESPOND. THANX, COLLEEN

Yes, but if this is a physical (not digital) picture you're talking about, I'd recommend speaking to a local photo shop for assistance in safely handling it and making the copy.

- Leo
29-Nov-2008

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Comment from Valerie on 2008-10-21

2008-10-21T17:52:09Z

I'm with Susan Bird. None of this makes sense to me. I tried to use Paint but it's speaking pixels and I'm speaking mb. I just want to reduce my 2.34mb to 2mb. Why is that so hard??

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Comment from marvin on 2008-09-07

2008-09-07T22:45:24Z

hope you get this,maybe this would make a difference on my earlier note i think i am talking about pixelsi need to change them to 800xi think it was 600. told you i was comp ignorant.

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Comment from marvin on 2008-09-07

2008-09-07T22:30:38Z

after i get on line all the pics are larger then the screen i have tried several different ways and can not get it to work yours included i am very stupid on a comp but i tried. thanks for your time and smarts

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Comment from Heather on 2008-08-28

2008-08-28T17:33:15Z

GENIUS!!!!!!!! Thankz!!

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Comment from susan bird on 2008-08-27

2008-08-27T16:08:42Z

this makes no sense i just want my pic less than 5md..i don't know jack about compression reslution etc...this is not user friendly..give me a site that says reduce this pic to 5mb

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Comment from Kathy on 2008-06-24

2008-06-24T17:20:09Z

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've done resizing but found it cumbersome. This is my first intro to Paint and I find it just lovely... It will assure that the sizing is correct, without by having to guess or use Photoshop.

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Comment from renee on 2008-05-18

2008-05-19T02:55:08Z

Thank you sooooo such... I got what i needed to get done without having to spend any money and i had the programm just did not know how to use it.....
I learned something new today thanks to you..
thank you renee

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Comment from Thierry Delettre on 2007-04-16

2007-04-16T12:50:05Z

For Mac OS X users, there is a program called GraphicConverter ( a shareware, bundled with many Mac CPUs), much easier to use than Photoshop and making all file-size/image-size manipulations (and much more) in very simple way.

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Comment from Mike on 2007-04-13

2007-04-13T10:36:53Z

I would LOVE to see how to do these things, but for Mac OSX... I'm having an impossible time even doing simple things like saving the image as a smaller file in Photoshop. (NO paint for Macs).(Nothing that useful or simple from the 'user-friendly and simple' company).

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Comment from Truman on 2007-04-08

2007-04-08T16:23:08Z

If you just want to resize the picture as per view, load the picture into your editor (WYSIWYG)click on it once. Then while holding down the [Shift] key, click on the bottom right handle in the bottom right corner and drag toward the center of the picture. Holding down the [Shift] key will maintain the object's aspect ratio. Then save and upload to your server.

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Comment from kiko on 2007-04-08

2007-04-08T10:56:49Z

perhaps easiest of all for the novice is the Windows Power Toys Image re-sizer - after install just right click on the image and choose "resize picture(s)" - only 4 choices for size but they should cover most situations just fine and it does an admirable job reducing file size without much quality loss...automatically resizes and renames (leaves original intact) in the same directory...very handy and quick...at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

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Comment from Sam on 2007-04-06

2007-04-07T02:32:04Z

My bet is that file size is much the issue (and perhaps THE issue) on My Space. I recommend Irfanview (picture viewer/manager)from www.irfanview.com (free, but outstanding).
I frequently use the "Batch Conversion" feature to quickly reduce file size and/or resolution for email purposes. A 1-2MB picture file can easily be reduced to a 100-200KB file (or smaller).

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Comment from anon on 2007-04-04

2007-04-05T04:28:23Z

Actually you can reduce the file size without making the picture smaller. One way to do that is using the jpeg wizard. This is available online to try:
http://www.webreference.com/services/graphics/jw/index.html

If the image is a gif file, gifoptimizer can do the trick.
http://www.inicom.net/pages/en.products-freeware.php#f3) It will remove the unused color and (for gif animation) duplicated frames to reduce the file size.

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