Problems with pics
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Problems with pics
Every pic I take with my digital camera exceeds the permitted 180kb file size for uploading to this forum. Is there a way to reduce the file size?
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Yes - the easiest way is to change the camera settings (before the photo is taken) to reduce the quality of the picture; quality and file size are directly related.
Otherwise, you have 2 options (after the photo is taken); the first is to crop the picture (ie make the picture physically smaller) or alternatively reduce the picture quality using a photo edit software package. Usually,digital cameras are supplied with basic but effective such software. Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Photo Gallery are good too. (Adobe)
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Otherwise, you have 2 options (after the photo is taken); the first is to crop the picture (ie make the picture physically smaller) or alternatively reduce the picture quality using a photo edit software package. Usually,digital cameras are supplied with basic but effective such software. Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Photo Gallery are good too. (Adobe)
Hope this helps
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Further to Rob's advice, I prefer shooting at a very high camera resolution - my pictures are usually about 1.8 megs. Then, using the Photoshop elements or any of the other editing programs, crop and zoom in on the subject you want - with that much resolution, you will not lose any quality, particularly if you are using the image for viewing on the monitor. Then resize the photo to your PHYSICAL demensions, either pixels or inches. (500 pixels fits nicely on this BBS), Then save or export the photo in jpg format at 35 or 40 percent - When I do this, my resultant picture is about 35k.
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I just used Corel Photo Shop, very simple it lets you reduce in stages.
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this is a freeware program called picturetray which will let you resize your pictures. I suggest you take the pictures at the highest resolution and then use picturetray to resize the pictures.
you can download the program at <a href="http://www.picturetray.com" target="_blank">www.picturetray.com</a>
you can download the program at <a href="http://www.picturetray.com" target="_blank">www.picturetray.com</a>
