Image Sizes - How to Easily Make them smaller (XP Users)

[brandon]

I have seen some HUGE images on here, because there doesn't appear to be an upload limit.  Do yourself and BPO a favor and resize them to something reasonable before uploading them.

For XP (prob works w/ 2000 also) users:
Here is a really nifty and quick utility from Microsoft that enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.  Just choose Image Resize and select the size you want them to be.  It's quick and simple.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

If you have XP, you want this utility! I love how easy & quick it is to use.

[mjjensen]

 Actually unless things have changed recently images are limited to 400kb. When you say huge are you talking about physical size of the photo or download size?

[brandon]

testing

<Tested a large image here, and it worked- Removed to save server bandwidth>

[brandon]

Hrm.. maybe it limited them in the past?
I meant huge for file size and huge dimensionally. 

[mjjensen]

Hrm.. maybe it limited them in the past?

�  That's odd! We had a new member come on just recently that was having problems downloading pictures and jabear came on and verified that she needed to downsize her images below 400kb. They must have changed that for some reason?
  I just looked at the limit and it's been changed to 40000kb. They're going to need a bigger server if people start downloading images that big.

[brandon]

I'm not really complaining , I just discovered that utility this morning and have fallen in love with how easy it is to use to resize stuff.  I normally open each photo one at a time, resize , save ,etc, but with this you just right click and tell it to resize the files/photos.

[mjjensen]

�  I'm probably as guilty of posting too large images as anyone here. I used to resize my pictures to fit my screen not thinking that I might be using a lot higher resolution than some folks. I only realized this when I sent some pictures to my Dad and he told me that he could only see part of the image without scrolling around. Hopefully I've been doing better lately. What is a good size for images that everyone can view and still maintain a reasonable amount of detail? I try to keep mine to a height of 800 pixels or less but maybe that's still too big. What do most people use for screen resolution these days?

[shangrila]

I like to do simple resizing & cropping using the microsoft photo manager. It comes with the microsoft office bundle that most people have and it SUPER easy to use.

And mjjensen, I usually use 400x600 when I am posting for the web

[jabear]

Hrm.. maybe it limited them in the past?

  That's odd! We had a new member come on just recently that was having problems downloading pictures and jabear came on and verified that she needed to downsize her images below 400kb. They must have changed that for some reason?
  I just looked at the limit and it's been changed to 40000kb. They're going to need a bigger server if people start downloading images that big.

It was my error when we were doing some testing things and I forgot to change it back.  You are right and the limit has been changed again to 400.

[brandon]

For web I usually go for 800x600 and aim for around 100kb's.

[jabear]

And mjjensen, I usually use 400x600 when I am posting for the web

Me too Heather. 

[mjjensen]

And mjjensen, I usually use 400x600 when I am posting for the web

Me too Heather.� 

  Thanks everyone for answering my questions. This is the first place I've downloaded pictures and I should have asked these questions a while ago. Maybe someone could make a "Sticky" (is that the right term?) with guidelines for downloads to help out new members.

[AC]

For BPO I keep my image widths to a maximum of 400 pixels wide and using the "save for the web" feature of photoshop I am able to keep the size under 100k without losing too much detail.

[ptkennel]

Are my pics too big?  We have XP, I will tell my hubby to install that program Brandon.  It sounds like it is very useful.

[lins_saving_grace]

What program do you have on your computer to edit photos?  There should be a resize option on whatever software came with your computer.  I have XP on my laptop and ordered it with Microsoft Digital Editor or something like that.