send photo very large file size

[JWBH]

A friend in another country has a photo file size 2MB, which I would like
to receive a copy of. And I would like as good a resolution as I can
reasonably get.

My internet connection is broadband with Virgin Net and I also have a
hotmail account. Would it matter which of these I ask them to send it to?

And is there anything I should ask them to do (or that i should do) bearing
in mind the large size of it? Thanks for advice.

 

[Pennywise]

A friend in another country has a photo file size 2MB, which I would like
to receive a copy of. And I would like as good a resolution as I can
reasonably get.

My internet connection is broadband with Virgin Net and I also have a
hotmail account. Would it matter which of these I ask them to send it to?

And is there anything I should ask them to do (or that i should do) bearing
in mind the large size of it? Thanks for advice.

I think there's a 1 meg upload limit on hotmail.com. If it won't go
thru Hotmail.com your friend can use http://www.yousendit.com/

Don't need correct email addresses, it will give a link to download
the file from.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Using WinZip to pack the image file into will likely reduce the file size.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

A friend in another country has a photo file size 2MB, which I would like
to receive a copy of. And I would like as good a resolution as I can
reasonably get.

My internet connection is broadband with Virgin Net and I also have a
hotmail account. Would it matter which of these I ask them to send it to?

And is there anything I should ask them to do (or that i should do)
bearing in mind the large size of it? Thanks for advice.

You both need to check with your email providers as email isn't really
appropriate for transferring files that large. Many prohibit attachments
that are larger than around one meg, though this has been changing in the
last year or so.

There are better ways to do this, including using the file transfer feature
in instant messengers, or use of the personal web space that comes with most
internet accounts. The friend uploads the picture to their space, and
sends you the link.

HTH
-pk

 

[Pat]

A friend in another country has a photo file size 2MB, which I would like
to receive a copy of. And I would like as good a resolution as I can
reasonably get.

My internet connection is broadband with Virgin Net and I also have a
hotmail account. Would it matter which of these I ask them to send it to?

And is there anything I should ask them to do (or that i should do)
bearing in mind the large size of it? Thanks for advice.

Your friend could always upload it somewhere on the net ( there's lots of
places ), and you could download it.

 

[D.Duck]

Using WinZip to pack the image file into will likely reduce the file size.

Being a "MS-MVP" you should know that jpg files will compress very little
using utilities like Winzip.

 

[Desk Rabbit]

Being a "MS-MVP" you should know that jpg files will compress very little
using utilities like Winzip.

MS-MVP = Good at passing Microsoft exams

 

[Bob I]

MS-MVP = Good at passing Microsoft exams

Nope, has absolutely nada to do with exams.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

If it's a "very large" image file, then it's likely that it is not a JPEG. I
have a very large TIFF image (8x10, 1200 DPI, uncompressed, 300 MB) that
when converted to a top-quality JPEG using Photoshop is only 40 MB. To get a
2GB JPEG, it would have to be HUGE and very high resolution.

Note to original poster. JPEGs, no matter how high the quality, lose quality
compared to TIFFs, Bitmaps, etc. Best not to convert images to JPEGs to get
smaller files. Quality gets lost.

 

[D.Duck]

The OP mentioned 2 MegaByte NOT 2 GigaByte.

If it's a "very large" image file, then it's likely that it is not a JPEG.
I have a very large TIFF image (8x10, 1200 DPI, uncompressed, 300 MB) that
when converted to a top-quality JPEG using Photoshop is only 40 MB. To get
a 2GB JPEG, it would have to be HUGE and very high resolution.

Note to original poster. JPEGs, no matter how high the quality, lose
quality compared to TIFFs, Bitmaps, etc. Best not to convert images to
JPEGs to get smaller files. Quality gets lost.

 

[Tim Slattery]

MS-MVP = Good at passing Microsoft exams

Nope, it's not a certification program, has nothing to do with any
exams.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Oops! My bad. It's just that I'm used to sending and receiving
multi-megabyte messages all the time, even gigabyte sized stuff. Didn't
realize that *any* email server these days had such a low threshold.

Sorry.

 

[Rock]

Being a "MS-MVP" you should know that jpg files will compress very little
using utilities like Winzip.

We don't know it's .jpg do we? The OP didn't say. It could be .bmp, those
are quite large.

Lol..no one is perfect.

 

[Rock]

MS-MVP = Good at passing Microsoft exams

Darn, and I was out sick the day they gave the exam.

 

[Desk Rabbit]

Nope, has absolutely nada to do with exams.

Quite right. I was wrong. Brain fade. Thats why I'll never be an MVP ;-)

 

[D.Duck]

We don't know it's .jpg do we? The OP didn't say. It could be .bmp,
those are quite large.

Lol..no one is perfect.

You are quite right, I did rush to judgment. Should have stated that all
graphics files are not candidates for compression.