need some help

[fireman]

I seem to be taking larger pictures on my digital camera. my question is if i took some pictures at 5.0 megapixals it seems it takes awhile to upload so how can i change the size of a picture that has already been taken? I know how to change the megapixals but i'm more wanting to change the size of pictures already taken.

thanks for the help!

fireman

[Aeronikl]

There may be other ways to change the size and file size after you download the image to your computer, but this is how I do it to post photos here without using the photo posting sites. I assume you want to do it to post photos that open up faster, etc., when posting to a web-site. The easiest way I've found is to simply open up the file in Windows Explorer, which opens it in Microsoft Photo Editor. Do a "save as" and change the file name, I just add s for smaller, or whatever you choose, after the file name, before the extension (.jpg or whatever)and then do an "Image", "Resize". Take one of the dimensions, usuallly the larger, and scale it down to 25% or so of the original, and the other dimension automatically goes to the correct ratio. Save the image, again, and you will see that the file size is now much smaller. Experiment to see what is needed to open fast enough for you. I normally get a 1+ meg file from a 5.0 camera, and you still get a very good image for posting when going to about 25% or smaller in size, and the file size will go way down. One example was 1.71 meg down to 122 kb. Remember not to do this to the original file, or it will be changed forever. I hope this is helpful.

[Dutch]

Read the book with your camera. I can take good pics and reduce the size to email or vga right in the camera.

[jdmidwest]

Take the pics in the highest resolution possible for the best quality if you want to make prints. When you download them to the computer, the software that came with your camera should let you resize and edit your photos. 800x600 is fine for email. Save the original file for printing and rename the new file for emailing or posting on the www. If you did not get any software with the camera, go to this site and download Faststone image viewer for free. www.faststone.org

Great freeware prog for editing photos.