Playing with pictures

 

 

 

 

Did you ever have one of those "why didn't I think of this sooner" moments?  I finally figured out a somewhat simple way to resize my photos on my own PC - not using one of the web sites like photobucket.  In the past I would have to crop/save, crop/save/ crop/save forever until I finally got something that was about 1/4 of the original picture - in order to get under the 500KB required.  Then I would have ro resize it to "fit" well in the posted page, once uploaded.

 

As I was sipping my morning coffee, it hit me..........open the picture in MS Paint.......it has an easy resize function!  ( I am using MS Vista - other OS will vary) Here's how I did it:

 

Mouse your pointer to the picture you want to post and right click the file/thumbnail- a submenu will appear -

Left click "Paint"-

 

The picture will open in MS Paint.  On the top toolbar:

Left click "Image" and a submenu will appear-

Left click resize and a submenu will appear-

 

The above pictures are 25%, 20% and, 23% descending down the page (I like 23%).  Pick the size you want and then click "OK".

 

I then click on "file", then "save as"

 

My pictures are numbered, such as; 100_0034.  I save the resized picture with a different file name, such as; 100_0034z - in order to preserve the original.

 

The above picture was 1.49MB, as it came from the camera.  The bottom resize (23%) is 158KB, the top resize (25%) is 171KB!  Well under the 500KB limit.

 

You can compare this with the original post/picture here:

 

Here's another:

 

 

And the original:

 

And another:

 

And the original post:

Maybe my posted pictures won't look so bad, in the future.  I'll be able to show the whole picture - not just 1/4 of the original....and it's WAY less effort! 

 

 

 

 

 

Yet another reason I miss XP.  I haven't stumbled across a similar function in Vista.  All I have found so far is a function that sets the "save quality" of photos - low, med, high - with corresponding file sizes.  I have mine set to low and may try bumping it up to med to see if it makes any difference in quality - while remaining under 500KB.

 

I use the Kodak Easy Share software that came with the camera but can easily drag them to MS, if I want.  I have heard mixed reviews on Windows 7.

 

So, now that we have established that many of you know how to post pictures, may I ask

 

Where are your camping pictures??????

 

I did when first posted......cool & thank you!!!  I've been busy with home projects and haven't had a lot of computer time at home to reply as much as I would like.   It's great that some of you are still getting out.  If only it weren't so far away.............