How do I resize images? The error message I got was that my image was to large to post. In the forums the size doesn't matter if I have it reset to fit the window??? So how do I make them smaller?

I dont know about anybody else but I use paint shop pro if you can get hold of a program like this you can scan your pictures in and resize them to 200kb which is the size you need.if you do a google search on freeware im sure you will find something.

I found a freeware program for you it looks pretty good just click on this link all the best. dave
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

You can also got to downloads.com and get a program called VallenJPeg and it's free.
I've used it for a long time. This program has a quick downsize menu option with 4 different sizes as well as custom sizing...very user friendly.

Laura

Pammy, what program are you currently using when you scan graphics or digital images? Most have an option to resize.

For Drawspace, images should be about 200kb in size so that those on dial up can access them more easily.

Others have provided some options for graphics programs to download. Let me know if you need further help.

Hmmm I think it is going through my Hp Photo pRemier...built into the scanner..and I have Kodak for my digital


David I'll check the ones you and Laura put up as well.

Hi!

It is possible to download a trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS here: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/ *** warning, it is a very large file! ***

but... Photoshop is a complicated software though it is easy to resize, crop and "save for the web" pictures with it!

What I do to resize a picture with Photoshop is:

1. Left click on *File*
2. Left click on *Open*
3. find my image in my computer.

4. Left click on *image size*
5. Reduce the number of pixels of the image: example: Width= 800 px; Height = 600 px
6. Click on *OK*

7. Left click on *File*
8. Left click on *Save for Web*
9. Ajust the % to *fit the screen*
10. Save the picture in .jpg or .gif
11. Left click on *done*

Goodbye!

Something I've done, in a pinch....
I upload the image to my Flickr account. (www.flickr.com is a mostly free photo gallery site) Flickr automagically resizes the image to several different sizes. Then I download the image in a more reasonable size.
This doesn't require installing any new software

There is a wonderful free program called IrfanView that you can download off the net. It is very simple to use. You just click on teh folder to open a file and then you will find the resize/resample option under Image in the toolbar. You then can just select the new size and click save. Voila! Hope this helps.

There is always mspaint. Just open your image in paint, go to Image and pick Stretch/Skew. There you can resize your image in percent from the original size.

Cheers

Johnny

One thing most people don't understand is that the main thing in resizing is compression (jpgs mostly.) You can resize an image in pixels but if left uncompressed, the graphic can still be relatively huge.

This can cause some problems on sites that are graphic-intense like DS. The main reason that I don't respond to a lot of posts or volunteer to host a drawing challenge is that it takes too long for someone like me on dial-up to download any images . It's just not feasible to spend most of your web time waiting for images to download.

Yes, down-sizing & compression can make an image look worse than what it actually is, but it also keeps snaggers from stealing images because they can't be readily reproduced. There is a size & compression point where the image will still look good but will load quickly for dial-up users & will not make it easy for snaggers to steal & reproduce. The trick is finding it for the graphics software you use to resize your images for posting.

J

J-Lynn,
I use my camera program to downsize. I honestly could not tell you what it does. Are my pictures still too long to download? I know they are under 200kb. If they are too long, what has to be changed? Here is a picture to check with.
Paulette[attachmentid=2221]

Paulette, your photos seem ok and it's more the fact that we have a very slow dial up connection out here than the fact that people don't resize or compress their photos. Even if everyone uploads their photos at 200k or less, looking at more than two or three is agonizingly slow for me. I used a stop watch to time the downloads for some random photos & the results are:

168.34k (your photo of the red truck in color for the challenge) took 57 seconds to fully load

131.88k --- 41 seconds

209.54k --- 68 seconds

23.35k ----- 13 seconds

401.16k ---- 130 seconds (this was Jeanette's eggs & I had viewed it before so think it was in my browser cache which would make it faster loading)

Of course, I have no way of knowing how compressed the photos are even though my browser does give the size of each of them.

As I said above - it's no one's fault that I have a slow connection (well, maybe the local phone company's!) but you can see how much time it takes to view even a couple of the larger graphics & it's just easier to skip the enlarged photos & try to make do with the thumbnails.

Most people don't know about resizing or compression or anything & I'm sure I wouldn't either except that I've been on graphics sites since I got on the internet years ago & just picked up stuff. When I got interested in web design, I had to learn even more to make sure web pages would load quickly for everyone. (They say that people won't wait more than a few seconds for a web page to appear so you have to make the graphics be both beautiful and load quickly - it's a balancing act!)

Anyway, your camera program is doing a good job so you shouldn't worry about it.