dummies guide to resizing pics

[Mikekx65]

well we all know that to post pics on this forum its nice if the pic isnt the size of a billboard so i have made an guide to easily resize those humoungous pics you have

step1. open paint
step 2 when in paint open your hudge pic
step 3 with the pic selected at the top there is a tab called image click it
step 4 after you click the tab image there will be a button called strech/ skew click that
step 5 a box will pop up in the strech section replace the numbers 100% with 50% on both the horizontal and verticle sections
step 6 click ok
step 7 you pic will now be half the size of the orginal if it is still too big repete steps 3-6 until you get the desired size

hope that help everyone so we can elimante the pics that are too big off this forum if you have an questions or need help just pm me thanks

 

[SVEN]

I use windows image resizer. Right click on the picture, click Resize, and select the size you want (or custom size).

Here's a link for the download (5th from the bottom): http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Grizzly4x4]

repost
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=616

but still a nice thought. "thumbsup"

 

[Thorsteenster]

yes, powertoys is the way to go, like sven said.
also with my sony cam i take vga pics which end up about 150kb, then i just open em with paint and save em and they are usually about 30 - 60kb, for those with sony cams, may work also. i have a dsc-p150

 

[Grizzly4x4]

I'm going to try the powertoys, I like the idea of resizing all my pics at once instead of one at a time. :roll::lol:

 

[Mikekx65]

i just figured i would post this because not everybody wants to go out and download different things paint is pretty straight foward

 

[Thorsteenster]

yeah its a great tool and has a few different sizes to choose from.

 

[Shaun (yota)]

how come when I do it I have to make them this small before they will be under the 97.0 kb

 

[Mikekx65]

is that using paint or the other program?

 

[Shaun (yota)]

that is using paint. Try to down load the one from the second post now I can't find it on my computer ( I'm dumb when it comes to these thing)

 

[Mikekx65]

send me a pic of the full size image ill try my luck at it what kb do you want it at?

 

[Thorsteenster]

shaun - do you have the image resizer? if you do you just right click a pic and resize.
also if your cam has a setting to take pics at lower res do that too.

 

[Mikekx65]

yea your camera is probaly set to take high res pics which would explain why its so small and almost 98 kb

 

[Shaun (yota)]

Should I lower the M.P. or the exposure?

 

[Thorsteenster]

MP's, will make pics smaller in kb's, then you'll have a smaller pic to shrink to size, hopefuly not shrinking it so much. my cam is a 7.5 MP and i use it on vga quality which is the lowest.

 

[Shaun (yota)]

Thanks guy's for helping out a dumb a$$

 

[DUDE]

I'm going to try the powertoys, I like the idea of resizing all my pics at once instead of one at a time. :roll::lol:

you will love it, try out the custom feature for you next avatar.