1. How to RESIZE your photos with XP | |
( First you may need to download the Windows XP 'Power Toy' Image Resizer - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx ) 1. Open Windows Explorer. ( Windows key + E or Right click my Computer > Explorer or START > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer ) 2. Find your photographs on your computer, in this case C:\Temp2 3. Change to 'Thumbnail view' 4. ( With 'Image
Resizer' download and installed ) 5. This menu will pop up.... 6. If you click on 'Advanced' you
get 2 more options, make sure you DO NOT 7. Select - Medium (fits a 640 x 480 screen ) 8. Click on [ OK ] 9. A copy of the photo (photos) will then appear in the directory named something like PIC1234 (Medium).JPG 10. The new photo (photos) are resize and
compressed down to 640 x 480 11. ".....and that's all there is to it !!!"
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2. How to EMAIL your photos with XP | |
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Open Windows Explorer. 2. Find your photographs on your computer. 3. Change view to Thumbnails. 4. Select Photos you want to email. 5. Release the Ctrl key, 7. A Menu should pop up like this... 8. Click OK 9. This will then open up your mail program (
Outlook express ) 10. Send me your photos! - martin@modelboatmayhem.co.uk
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3. How to Resize ( Compress ) your photos in Paint Shop Pro 7. | |
I use Paint Shop Pro for nearly all my photo editing. You can download a free trial ( rather a large download on a modem! - or it's nearly always on a Magazine cover disk every month here in the UK )
Here a few guidelines on how to resize
your photos in Paint shop Pro 7.
Click any photo to
enlarge - click on your BACK button to return to this page. |
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Start by locating your picture, in my case SS.
Cockatiel ! It is a file size of 1600 x 1200 pixels ( pixels are little magic fairies that live in side your computer) & 130Kb in disk size (that real big for a web page or an email ). NB. This first image one is Very large! |
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Load / Start Paint Shop Pro
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Use browse icon or File / Browse or Ctrl + B to open up the picture browser. Locate your photo e.g. c:\My Documents\My Pictures |
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Hover the mouse over the photo you want - note file size details. |
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Double click the photo to open for editing. |
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Image should now be fully open. |
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First we need to resize the
physical size of the photo - from 1600x1200 down to 800x600. Select the Resize tool by clicking or Image / Resize or Ctrl + S
Select / click Pixel Size, Ensure
'Resize Type' is set to 'Smart Size' and 'Resize all
Layers...' & 'Maintain Aspect Ratio of: ' boxes are
ticked. ( The aspect ratio is usually 1.3333 ) |
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You should see image size
shrink on your screen - This will depend on your screen resolution settings. My monitor is set-up to 1024 x 768 |
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To check image's TRUE size
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Click on
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Now we need to reduce the
File Size of the photo. Select Jpeg Optimizer - , or File / Export / JPEG Optimizer. |
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Click & hold "Target" icon in-between the 2 pictures and select the most important part of your picture ( in this case the eyes ). |
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The left hand photo is the
original photo - the right hand shows the final output quality that this
step will produce.
Note file size difference. |
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Move Slider to adjust Final output quality & file size. Less than
20,000 - Good Aim for 40,000 to 70,000 Bytes |
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Click OK and choose
a file name and location, the same folder is the best place. Click Save |
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New Files size 800 x 600
Pixels & 20,000 bytes and not much loss of quality. Job Done ! |
How to email your Photos..... Outlook Express 6. | |
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Open a new mail in Outlook
Express in your usual way... Click on Create Mail or click on a name in your Contacts list. |
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If your new email looks
like this .. This is Plain Text format. You can attach photos
using the icon. |
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Alternatively, you can convert your email to Rich Text (HTML) format and insert the photos right inside the mail. This format tends to get through more emails systems. |
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After entering a Subject &
your message, click on the icon to Insert Picture |
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Browse and find your newly compressed images as outlined in the above section of this page. |
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Job Done! Send me your email. |
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Here a few things that you can write about your model or project... | |
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