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Pejay


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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.



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Sheba


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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

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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

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Hey Jim


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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.no

I were just scrolling through the blogs and hit on this topic. Just magic, You both have just made my day.

Thankyou both.smilesmilesmile

Hey Jim



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Pejay


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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

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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

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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.

www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

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