Hey geniuses, how do I shrink a big picture (4 MB) so I can send

[amitten]

it to someone? Apparently it's too big...

I dunno howta do nuthin' on the computer. :argh:

[Pierre.Suave]

1. PC or Mac?

then we go from there.

[amitten]

2. PC, and Windows XP if that matters. n/t

[Pierre.Suave]

4. open the picture in paint

and resize it and then save it in .jpg format.

I am not sure of the specifics as I am on a mac, but that should be the basics.

[amitten]

6. Well, when I resize it, it makes me do it by centimeters or pixel

count. I'd like to just shrink it down a little while keeping the original proportions, and I'm not sure how to do that.

[amitten]

15. I just sent it as a zip file, so problem solved.

Thanks for your help!

[NJmaverick]

3. If it's a jpeg, there really isn't much room left to compress it

although you could make it smaller or reduce the resolution. If you have a graphics program, you could increase the jpg compression, but that will usually degrade the image.

[kayakjohnny]

5. Have them buy a smaller monitor.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Upload it to a free photobucket account, resize it, save it to your PC.

If all else fails, that should work.

Or, if you are looking at the image and screen capture your view and save it, that should be under 4 MB.

[amitten]

8. Isn't there a way to zip file it or something like that...? n/t

[NYC_SKP]

12. Yes, I think so, give me a minute and I'll write again... eom.

[NYC_SKP]

13. Try this:

right click on it and hover over 'send to' til it gives you a list and find compressed (zipped) folder

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080720092008AABHD0S

[amitten]

14. DING DING DING! That did it. Thank you so much.

I'll look on Yahoo Answers next time I have a question! I just know that DU is full of smart techie people that can help, though. :-)

Thanks again!!!

[hunter]

9. Irfanview will do most anything with a picture.

http://www.irfanview.com

Make it bigger, make it smaller, rotate it, flip it, fix the colors, change the format...

[Career Prole]

10. Do you have some sort of photo editor?

I've found that when I crop just a little bit off the pic and save it as a different file name (not file type, just file name...so you can keep your original in all its glory) it reduces the file size considerably...just don't ask me why. :D

[whistler162]

11. Well you could try.....

http://www.irfanview.com/
or
http://www.gimp.org/windows/

[NJmaverick]

16. I just thought about it. I tell people any file under 5 MB is usually going to pass through any

email system. So just email it.