Reducing file sizes of photos for web posting

[Mark]

I have uploaded photos from my camera which are between
700KB and 1.2MB depending on picture quality. How can I
convert these JPEG files into something less hefty (say
passport photo size BMPs or TIFFs) for posting onto a web
site or to send in an email. Also what is the preferred
file type for posting to web?

I'm runnning XP with standard tools and Office XP Pro.

Thanks
Mark

 

[Yves Alarie]

You want JPEG for web publishing..
To decrease the size of the file for e-mail, web publishing etc.



Go to this site and download the free Image Resizer. Exe file in one of your
folder.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Once in your folder, double click on it to install it.

Once installed, you right click on a photo file (or on a group of selected
photo files).

Click on Resize image on the opening menu.

A window will open, select the size you want.

New files will be added in your folder, same name as original file but with
the word (small) added.



The first time you use it, you may not see Resize image on the opening menu
after you right click on the file or if you see it, it may not work. If so,
do the following:

Click on Run, click on Start and type the following in the textbox:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

and press the Enter key.

Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI.



Also, you can download a free batch converter from here:

http://irfanview.com/

It also does a lot of other things with images.

 

[Mark]

Thanks Yves. Works a treat!
Cheers

-----Original Message-----
You want JPEG for web publishing..
To decrease the size of the file for e-mail, web publishing etc.



Go to this site and download the free Image Resizer. Exe file in one of your
folder.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy s.asp

Once in your folder, double click on it to install it.

Once installed, you right click on a photo file (or on a group of selected
photo files).

Click on Resize image on the opening menu.

A window will open, select the size you want.

New files will be added in your folder, same name as original file but with
the word (small) added.



The first time you use it, you may not see Resize image on the opening menu
after you right click on the file or if you see it, it may not work. If so,
do the following:

Click on Run, click on Start and type the following in the textbox:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

and press the Enter key.

Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI.



Also, you can download a free batch converter from here:

http://irfanview.com/

It also does a lot of other things with images.




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