Need some help.

[Purrde Flower]

I need some help shrinking some pictures. my ex sent me pictures from this weekend zipped up and it was still HUGE! the file was like 192M! I also know I don't have the skills to shrink these nor the programs. Anyone feelin charitable tonight?

 

[Nora]

And you might wanna tell 'em that they're all over 2MB apiece and that there's a kazillion of them!!

 

[Purrde Flower]

Well i thought I would lay a trap first! hehe

 

[Weird Harold]

I also know I don't have the skills to shrink these nor the programs. Anyone feelin charitable tonight?

www.irfanview.com is where youwill find the freeware program irfanview.

It does a very good job of resizing and converting fromone format to another. It also has a thumbnail browser and slideshow so you can easily manage large numbers of pictures.

I can handle resizing large pictures without taking all day about it as it makes very efficient use of what memory you have. I haven't found a picture too big for it yet.

If large bunches of big pictures are going to be a frequent problem for you, check out PaintShop Pro from www.jasc.com -- it's waht irfanview wants to be when it grows up and is only about $125 if you buy it online. I found my copy in CompUSA for $99.

 

[Nora]

oops

 

[Purrde Flower]

*cryt* site isn't loading for me. Is it just my computer? Or is it not loading?

 

[Asendin]

*cryt* site isn't loading for me. Is it just my computer? Or is it not loading?

loads for me

but try http://216.253.111.10/english.htm

 

[Purrde Flower]

it tells me can not be displayed

 

[Asendin]

it tells me can not be displayed

ok grab it from my site and ill delete it when your done getting it

http://www.asendtechnologies.com/iview375.exe

 

[Jedi_Outcast]

it tells me can not be displayed

yeah, i can't get there either. I would reccomend paintshop pro. they should still have a 30 day demo version. the last version I used, allowed you do do a whole lot of stuff that you probably don't need to do.

do you know if he sent them to you as bitmaps (.BMP) or JPEGs (.JPG)

if they are bitmaps they should be easy to squish without resizing, if they are jpegs you are probably going to have to resize them.

 

[Purrde Flower]

ok I got it. i think hehe.

Thanks oodles hun! appreciate it!

 

[Asendin]

ok I got it. i think hehe.

Thanks oodles hun! appreciate it!

no problem

 

[sarahuk4]

Have you managed to sort out your picture problem , if you havent send me a copy and i will willingly shrink it and send it back to you .......

 

[Purrde Flower]

I am gonna work on the picture problem or TRY to to help with my dissapointment over my car and a broken lunch date because of it

Right now all I can remeber aboutthe pictures is that if I priented them out they could be mini posters.

 

[Weird Harold]

I am gonna work on the picture problem or TRY to to help with my dissapointment over my car and a broken lunch date because of it

Right now all I can remeber aboutthe pictures is that if I priented them out they could be mini posters.

Unless you're hard up for drive space, shrink COPIES of the pictures for sharing via e-mail and posting. Keep the High resolution originals for printing or ahsring with someone who wants to print a "photo-quality print." Youcan't rgain the resolution you'll inevetably lose when you shrink them.