Digital ???? How do I shrink a pic for posting online?

[maveric]

I have a Canon EOS 20D. When I upload my pic to my PC, then to Photobucket, the pics are very large and take up too much space.
Is there a way to change the size on the camera or with the bundled software that came with it?Problem: When I post a pic on DU, via photobucket, its too big.
Anyone her that can help my addled mind with this one?

[DS1]

1. edit the photo in photobucket

there's a button

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Oh, I didn't know that...

Learn something new every day. I've been reducing mine in PaintShop.

[RagingInMiami]

3. Didn't that come with some version of photoshop?

[maveric]

4. Yes. Elements 2.0.

But no matter how I size it with that software, it still comes up larger when I post the pic.

[RagingInMiami]

6. You may need to hit refresh on photobucket after posting the photo

[RagingInMiami]

5. You can always resize the photos in your camera

And that will give you more space on your compact flash, but if you ever get a shot that you want to enlarge or crop, it makes it more difficult.

[maveric]

7. I've been reading my manual all day and cant find info on that.

My 20D has many cool functions but that one is not listed in my manual.

[RagingInMiami]

8. I have a 10D and it wasn't hard to figure out

There should be a "menu" or "function" button in the back of the camera. Then go to "quality." And take it from there.

[ConsAreLiars]

9. A free image handling program called Irfanview

http://www.irfanview.com/ has everything you need for basic image editing or viewing and is very easy to use. 'Ctrl-R' or from the menu Image/Resize-resample. There is also a batch processing option if you have a lot of files you want to modify - 'B' or from the menu File/Batch.

When "shrinking" an image file there are two factors to consider.

One is the dimensions of the image in pixels. About 800 pixels in the longest dimension is a good size for this group.

The other is the size of the file. Some formats, like TIFF (.tif extension) record all the image data but do not compress it, while others, most commonly JPEG (.jpg extension), use file compression techniques that allow you to choose how much, if any, image detail is sacrificed in order to get a much smaller file size.

Converting a TIFF file to JPEG, even with image quality set at 95%, will often (usually) reduce the file size to 1/10th of the original size.