Uploading Images

[McCormack]

So I stopped off at my local internet service provider today for some suggestions on how to get my images to upload, and one of the things that they said was that I might not be giving the images enough time to upload. So I came home and sent a test e-mail to myself with an image attached and I let her run for about a half an hour, and sure enough, this time the image uploaded. Doh!

So now my problem is that the image came out HUGE on the other end, and I had to use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars in order to view the image. Can anyone clue me in on how to shrink the image down so that the image comes out small on the other end?

[mn shutterbug]

All graphics programs have a resize function. Just locate an image button and then find the resize tab and from there, go to image size. Make sure you change the pixel dimensions. The best size for viewing full size on a PC is around 640 X 480. Once resized, you may want to save it as something else so you don't overwrite the original. A resolution of 640 X 480 doesn't print very well, even as a 4 X 6.

Good luck.

[McCormack]

OK, thanks for the resize tip. The graphics editor that comes with Windows XP doesn't have a resize option - well it does, but only to go bigger, not smaller - so can you recommend a good free graphics editor for me? I won't be doing all that much with it - just cropping and resizing and what-not - so it doesn't have to be anything too fancy. In fact the simpler the better for my pea-brain.

[mn shutterbug]

I don't know of any free ones, but Adobe Photoshop Elements is very inexpensive as is Corel Paintshop Pro. They'll both do pretty much anything you want and then more. Check Ebay. That's where I got both of mine and I believe they were only about $30-$35 each. I'm surprised your digital camera didn't come with software. That's not typical.

[McCormack]

Thanks for the included-with-the-camera software suggestion, because I checked the CD that came with the HP camera and sure enough, there's an HP Photosmart Premier 6.5 image editing program on the CD. So I'll install it and see if I can figure it out.