Picture Resizing

[RidgeRunner]

I came across a couple items that helped me for pix resizing.

This is a web location that allows for free pic resizing and you don't have to download any software or another utility. This is very easy to use. I usually reduce 50% and that seems to work well for attachments. You can use a free Google Pack if you need to do more such as crop or sharpen your pix.


This site has a photo resizing utility you can download free called IrfanView. I have not used this but have read good remarks for ease of use.

The main reason to reduce the size of pix is to help our friends who may not have broadband. Dial up is still the only choice some folks have for their ISP and large photos really are a pain.

Also, by using the attachment manager, photos can be uploaded to this site directly from your computer and there won't be any broken links in the future when your photo residing at some net location moves for some reason.

And, it takes up less bandwidth for the server.

Hope this is helpful, if not, please ignore.

Mick

[Steve]

Great information for those who do not have photo editing capabilities.

Thanks for sharing.

Steve

[Toy Man]

If you have Windows XP then Microsoft has a free image resizing tool. Scroll down the page.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

For Vista, I use VSO image resizer (free)
http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

Toy Man