need help

[andy]

ok i wanted to post some pictures on here.. but i guess my file size is too big and i dont know how to make the file size smaller... any help would be grateful with this..

[paulnj]

do you have any software?

[Wings]

Welcome Andy.

To resize an image, download Irfanview, it's free: http://www.irfanview.com/

[another view]

Irfanview is a good way to get started, assuming you don't have any other image editing software. Here, stick with up to 600 pixels in the long dimension and you'll be OK. For Irfanview, do this:

1) File > Open, select image
2) Image > Resize/Resample
3) In the box that opens, set height (if vertical shot) or width (if horizontal shot) to 600.
4) Make sure "Preserve Aspect Ratio" is checked in that box, click "OK".
5) File > Save As - might want to save this to your desktop to keep it separate, or set up a folder to keep these smaller images.

[Wings]

Thanks for showing Andy how to do it, because I don't have Irfanview myself.

[andy]

thanx for the info.. ill try using the Irfanview.. i do have the adobe photo delux home edition, and fuji finepix viewer.. but ill try the irfanview first before messin with anything else.. hopefully youll see some of my work soon.. thanx again...

[another view]

thanx for the info.. ill try using the Irfanview.. i do have the adobe photo delux home edition, and fuji finepix viewer.. but ill try the irfanview first before messin with anything else.. hopefully youll see some of my work soon.. thanx again...

If you don't like Irfanview, I'll give you your money back! Adobe Photo Deluxe is really old - check out Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, less than $100 and very powerful. Get ready for a steep learning curve though. It will do about 90% of what Photoshop CS will do.

[andy]

ok i tried using the infranview.. i like it cuz ive used it before.. my only prob is its still saying the size is too big haha.. and when i tried to go alittle smaller with it..the quality of the pic dropped..i tried it like ya said using 600@450 pixels and on here it allows pix up to 145kb and my pix was still up alittle over 700.. im gonna keep trying though..