Reducing photo size

[Grandpa]

I use a gmail address to send and receive mail. The pictures that I
take may run from 1-3 megabytes in size. If I send as an attachment
to a g-mail many recipients get the full picture andcan't view it in
it's entirety. How do I reduce the photo for e-mailing. I use XP and
if I attach a photo to my MS Outlook e-mail address it asks if I want
to reduce the image size for emailing. It does it automatically. How
do I reduce the picture for gmail?

 

[John Inzer]

I use a gmail address to send and receive mail. The pictures that I
take may run from 1-3 megabytes in size. If I send as an attachment
to a g-mail many recipients get the full picture andcan't view it in
it's entirety. How do I reduce the photo for e-mailing. I use XP and
if I attach a photo to my MS Outlook e-mail address it asks if I want
to reduce the image size for emailing. It does it automatically. How
do I reduce the picture for gmail?

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There is a free PowerToy called
ImageResizer...you can download it at
the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/2meyw
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

After it's installed, you can open any folder
that contains images and you will have an
option to resize. Just right click the selected
image files and choose Resize Pictures.
You can select one image or a whole group.

The program will place the resized copies in
the folder with your originals.

BTW...when resizing if you go to...Advanced
Button / Custom...and enter 640 or even 1024
in each field...that will be a good size for e-mail
purposes.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Swifty]

I use XP and if I attach a photo to my MS Outlook e-mail address it
asks if I want to reduce the image size for emailing.

I'm not 100% certain if you mean "Outlook" or "Outlook Express".

I use Outlook (2003 version) and use that for sending/receiving gmail
(in addition to using the gmail website - with Google Chrome - wonderful).

So, you could add a "Gmail" account to Outlook, and use that whenever
you wanted to send pictures. It's a little more complex than most mail
accounts (because Gmail insists on encryption, a jolly good thing) but
there is extensive online help in the gmail website. Or I'll help you if
you like.