How do you shrink pic size?

[Brad Fluitt]

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre use. Thanks Brad

 

[Bluegrass]

You can use the free program:

JPEG Optimizer

http://www.xat.com/jpegopt/jpeg_optimizer.shtml

Good luck,bg

 

[Mike Chinnock]

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

--
. . . infanview ... a free download on the internet to resize my images.

Good luck, and ...

Happy Shooting !

Mike Chinnock

 

[sangio]

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

Hi Brad:

I'm not sure if you meant reduced in size on pixel dimensions..i.e. to 800 x 600, or compression of the full size image to a smaller file size?
In either case, you'll need another application as the others have stated.

The Zoombrowser software that's bundled with the camera will let you crop and remove redeye, but it doesn't have a resize function.

Keep in mind that to get a file under 100 kb will require a lot of jpeg compression, even if the image size is reduced to 800 x 600, resulting in jpeg artifacts, and you may not be happy with the results. When you get whatever application you chose, just play around with the compression settings, you usually get a fairly wide choice, and pick a setting that gives you acceptable quality for your needs.

cheers...sangio

 

[jiayaw]

Brad, sorry to tell u, but u CAN resize with ZB,just export the pics, and u can change the size of it, but i prefer to use faststone since it will also sign my pic while i resize, like this ...

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

Hi Brad:
I'm not sure if you meant reduced in size on pixel dimensions..i.e.
to 800 x 600, or compression of the full size image to a smaller
file size?
In either case, you'll need another application as the others have
stated.
The Zoombrowser software that's bundled with the camera will let
you crop and remove redeye, but it doesn't have a resize function.

Keep in mind that to get a file under 100 kb will require a lot of
jpeg compression, even if the image size is reduced to 800 x 600,
resulting in jpeg artifacts, and you may not be happy with the
results. When you get whatever application you chose, just play
around with the compression settings, you usually get a fairly wide
choice, and pick a setting that gives you acceptable quality for
your needs.

cheers...sangio

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[Nugar]

Hi Brad,

A picture can be shrunk both in pixel size and file size. You can use Irfanview, a free viewer for that, as another poster said.

Be aware that when shrinking either way, you will lose quality, so they might look great on screen but not printed.

Regards,

Nugar

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

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Nugar
http://nugar.com/

 

[stern]

irfanview is being developped at an austrian university ( http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/ ) by a bosnian guy named irfan... its free!

alternatives would be photoshop (or photoshop elements - pse 3.0 BTW is excellent! its $99 for pc and 10 $ less for mac).

the easiest way - as usual of course - is to get an apple computer. OSX includes the application "image capture" which lets you automate download procedures (i.e. you can tell image capture to download all/a certain number of pics and whilst downloading them image capture will resize them according to your settings and afterwards delete them from the memory card of your camera if you wish so). the excellent shareware application graphic converter ( http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/graphcon.htm - only mac, appr. 50 USD) lets you perform batch conversions easily whilst importing 175 graphic formats and exporting 75 formats and offering one of the best picture managing and slide show options.

by the way: the full version of photoshop costs $649, the mac mini starts at $499...

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

--
. . . infanview ... a free download on the internet to resize my
images.

Good luck, and ...

Happy Shooting !

Mike Chinnock
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[tjfreemanjr]

You can download a powertoy from microsoft for windowsxp that allows you to right click on one (or many) image(s) and resize them. The default it to make a copy, but you can deselect it and resize the original. I find this very helpful when doing and entire batch. Hope this helps...

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[Brad Fluitt]

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[David the ROF]

I use 'Easy Thumbnails' (www.fookes.com/ezthumbs) when I am DLing pictures that I have taken of my wood burnings to put on pyrography web sites (woodburner.com). It does a nice job to get the size that is easily viewed. Try it , you might like it. It's free
David the ROF

 

[tjfreemanjr]

Brad Fluitt wrote:

This is real easy to use because it is integrated with your normal windows menus and doesn't require you to open another application. Oh and it too is free. Can't beat the price.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[tjfreemanjr]

http: download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

This is real easy to use because it is integrated with your normal
windows menus and doesn't require you to open another application.
Oh and it too is free. Can't beat the price.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[Srf_Cast]

1. Right click the image and choose “Send Images by Email”
2. Choose the size and quality and hit “apply”
3. Experiment and repeat step 2 if necessary until the image is under 50K

4. From the “Send or Save” tab choose save folder where you want to save your resized image

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[Brad Fluitt]

Ok I have downloaded this, but there are no icons or anyway of prompting it for use, am I missing something? The download is done but when I pull a pic I don't see anyway of manipulating it with the powertoy.

download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

This is real easy to use because it is integrated with your normal
windows menus and doesn't require you to open another application.
Oh and it too is free. Can't beat the price.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[tjfreemanjr]

Once you downloaded and installed the exe, that's all you had to do. You don't have to open the picture to resize it. From a windows folder window you can just right click on one or more images (files) and see the new option to resize them. Click "resize pictures" and you will get their little interface with a couple of options to select from.

download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

This is real easy to use because it is integrated with your normal
windows menus and doesn't require you to open another application.
Oh and it too is free. Can't beat the price.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad

 

[Brad Fluitt]

Got it thanks

download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

This is real easy to use because it is integrated with your normal
windows menus and doesn't require you to open another application.
Oh and it too is free. Can't beat the price.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

Where can I get powertoy from MS?? Thanks sir

How can a pic be shrunk after downloading from camera to pc without
using an outside source ie photobucket etc. Can a pic thats taken
at full size be shrunk down to under 100 kb and keep fairly good
quality? Just using Zoombrowser, XP, etc.. Then saved for futre
use. Thanks Brad