Posting pictures

[Brabham]

Hi,

    is it possible to post pictures directly without using photobucket? I tried to reduce them by putting them in a paint file but that did not seem to work. Does microsoft have a feature for reducing photo file sizes? Thanks.

[MaygZ]

I'm no computer wizz, but I email thenm to myself.  When I emial (using Outlook) it asks me if I want to keep them the same size or reduce them.  I reduce them, then save the image when the email arrives (?)  I then post this photo.

 

Probably many better ways, but for this 'tard it is the easiest.

 

MaygsZ

[Scoota G]

Powertoy is the one i use. I'll see if i can get you a link, it's easy to use as you just left click on the photos and resize to 800X600.

[Zedman240®]

I use Photoshop; but any half decent "paint" program should be able to do it easily..

[Scoota G]

Here try this one.

 

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/image-resizer-powertoy-clone-for-windows-7vista/

 

You won't be dissappointed.

[Z]

Maaaaan it is difficult to post pics! I tried that photobucket thingo for the first time yesterday but the pic still does not come up on the thread like some other threads do, I'll make sure the pic is say 750 x 600 and it's back to the "How to post and resize" thread!

[FuzzyDropbear]

I use a free program called 'irfanview' (http://www.irfanview.com/) and have taught a few people in the office who aren't that handy with computers how to resize their images for e-mailing etc.

 

It's as simple as clicking Image-> Resize and then selecting the size you want, it has the most common ones built in, then just save the image and upload to place of your choice.

 

It also has the added benefit of being able to do multiple images at a time, so you don't have to do the same thing 10 times for 10 images.

 

Alternatively, there's a few websites like http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ that offer online image resizing if you don't want to download a new program. Just reading the shrinkpictures website, they actually made the page to solve the 'how do I resize pictures for posting on forums' threads... Maybe a link we can add to the how to resize thread?