Hmm.... got some great photos I would like to enter into the photo comp. however not being all that savvy with 'puters or cameras etc. I am at a loss as to reduce the size of the file (?) of the photos. In other words each photos is approx. 3.75mb and obviously I need to reduce them to below 3mb to enter them in the comp. Is there someone who could help me as to what I need to do.
Ta and thank you.
Sheba said
06:23 PM Jul 7, 2015
Hi Pejay. Prish Resizer is a Freebie Programme which is very simple and easy to use. Just Google it. [Believe me, I need simple and easy.]
The Pics you re-size get put into their own folder as well.
When you have installed it, you just Right Click on the Pic. you want, and a box will appear with 4 different sizes. Click on the one you want, and the Pic will be resized accordingly. It's that easy.
Size-wise, for this Forum, 640x480 is the best size to use.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 7th of July 2015 06:28:15 PM
Desert Dweller said
06:53 AM Jul 8, 2015
If your images are in Windows Photo Gallery, double click on the image you want, it'll come up highlighted then double click on it again & it will come up as a larger single image on your screen. Up the top left hand corner click on Edit, organize or share. You're now into the Editing section. Click on properties & a box will drop down with RENAME, RESIZE & ADJUST TIME. Click on resize & a Resize box comes up on your screen. Click on it & you see a selection of sizes ranging thru 1280, 1024, 800 & 640. Click on the size you want & it comes up in the box. Then click on the Resize & Save part below. It's now resized & saved back in your library. To see how many mb it is hold your curser arrow over the image & it will tell you how many Mb it is. If it's over 3mb (300kb) go back & make it smaller. If it's too big at 640 you can type a smaller size into the resize box until it's under 3 Mb.
Hope this helps, it sounds complicated but it's quite simple really. You can also Google ''How to resize a photo using Windows Photo Gallery''.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 07:12:36 AM
Hey Jim said
09:28 AM Jul 8, 2015
Hi Sheba & Desert Dweller,
Boy O boy its my day, Now we too can come in from out of the cold.
Knowledge is power. We never stop learning. Computers we never my thing either.
I were just scrolling through the blogs and hit on this topic. Just magic, You both have just made my day.
Thankyou both.
Hey Jim
Pejay said
07:23 PM Jul 9, 2015
Thank you to the information that has been given here, but for the life of me, I just couldn't get my head around it, and I was seriously thinking that I would miss out on entering the comp. However, blow me down, I was 'playing' with this here computer and, I have no idea how, but I have managed to reduce the size of our photos and submitted them - yay!!! So, thank you.
June
03_Troopy said
07:18 PM Jul 13, 2015
In Win8, and possibly earlier windows versions: 1. Right click on image - select Edit ----> pic opens in "Paint" 2. Under "Image" in the menu bar, select resize ----> box opens and you can select either "Pixels" or "Percentage" then enter the required size in the boxes. 3. Select "Save" to save the picture, or if it is a photo or something that you want to keep at the original size, select "Save As" and give the resized image a new name, so you don't over write the original.
-- Edited by 03_Troopy on Monday 13th of July 2015 07:19:42 PM
NeilandRaine said
08:18 PM Jul 13, 2015
I use a program (FREE) called PhotoScape. You can edit lots at once and a lot of other things
Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming, paint brush, clone stamp, effect brush
Batch editor: Batch edit multiple photos
Page: Merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo
Combine: Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create one final photo
Animated GIF: Use multiple photos to create a final animated photo
Print: Print portrait shots, carte de visites(CDV), passport photos
Splitter: Slice a photo into several pieces
Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it
Color Picker: Zoom in on images, search and pick a color
Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode
Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG
Paper Print: Print lined, graph, music and calendar paper
Face Search: Find similar faces on the Internet
PhotoScape is provided free of charge.
We are always upgrading PhotoScape.
You can support future development by donating.
If you are a Mac user, use PhotoScape X for Mac and VideoBlend for Mac.
Hi,
Hmm.... got some great photos I would like to enter into the photo comp. however not being all that savvy with 'puters or cameras etc. I am at a loss as to reduce the size of the file (?) of the photos. In other words each photos is approx. 3.75mb and obviously I need to reduce them to below 3mb to enter them in the comp. Is there someone who could help me as to what I need to do.
Ta and thank you.
Hi Pejay. Prish Resizer is a Freebie Programme which is very simple and easy to use. Just Google it. [Believe me, I need simple and easy.]
The Pics you re-size get put into their own folder as well.
When you have installed it, you just Right Click on the Pic. you want, and a box will appear with 4 different sizes. Click on the one you want, and the Pic will be resized accordingly. It's that easy.
Size-wise, for this Forum, 640x480 is the best size to use.
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 7th of July 2015 06:28:15 PM
If your images are in Windows Photo Gallery, double click on the image you want, it'll come up highlighted then double click on it again & it will come up as a larger single image on your screen. Up the top left hand corner click on Edit, organize or share. You're now into the Editing section. Click on properties & a box will drop down with RENAME, RESIZE & ADJUST TIME.
Click on resize & a Resize box comes up on your screen. Click on it & you see a selection of sizes ranging thru 1280, 1024, 800 & 640. Click on the size you want & it comes up in the box. Then click on the Resize & Save part below. It's now resized & saved back in your library. To see how many mb it is hold your curser arrow over the image & it will tell you how many Mb it is. If it's over 3mb (300kb) go back & make it smaller. If it's too big at 640 you can type a smaller size into the resize box until it's under 3 Mb.
Hope this helps, it sounds complicated but it's quite simple really. You can also Google ''How to resize a photo using Windows Photo Gallery''.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 8th of July 2015 07:12:36 AM
Hi Sheba & Desert Dweller,
Boy O boy its my day, Now we too can come in from out of the cold.
Knowledge is power. We never stop learning. Computers we never my thing either.
I were just scrolling through the blogs and hit on this topic. Just magic, You both have just made my day.
Thankyou both.
Hey Jim
June
In Win8, and possibly earlier windows versions:
1. Right click on image - select Edit ----> pic opens in "Paint"
2. Under "Image" in the menu bar, select resize ----> box opens and you can select either "Pixels" or "Percentage" then enter the required size in the boxes.
3. Select "Save" to save the picture, or if it is a photo or something that you want to keep at the original size, select "Save As" and give the resized image a new name, so you don't over write the original.
-- Edited by 03_Troopy on Monday 13th of July 2015 07:19:42 PM
Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming, paint brush, clone stamp, effect brush
Batch editor: Batch edit multiple photos
Page: Merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo
Combine: Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create one final photo
Animated GIF: Use multiple photos to create a final animated photo
Print: Print portrait shots, carte de visites(CDV), passport photos
Splitter: Slice a photo into several pieces
Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it
Color Picker: Zoom in on images, search and pick a color
Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode
Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG
Paper Print: Print lined, graph, music and calendar paper
Face Search: Find similar faces on the Internet
PhotoScape is provided free of charge.
We are always upgrading PhotoScape.
You can support future development by donating.
If you are a Mac user, use PhotoScape X for Mac and VideoBlend for Mac.
www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php