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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Ridgerunner on February 12, 2008, 01:27:57 PM

Title: photo sizes
Post by: Ridgerunner on February 12, 2008, 01:27:57 PM: I'm having problems uploading pictures into my album or into threads. It says that the size of the photo is too large. How do I reduce the size of the photos to get them on here?
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 12, 2008, 01:34:14 PM: Windows Photo Gallery comes with your Windows operating system. You can open a photo with that program, click on the Fix button up top, then select crop and put the size you want it in. I suggest 800 pixels for the longest side of the photo for this website...

Shawn
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: huntingnut on February 12, 2008, 01:50:50 PM: I upload my pics in their original size to photobucket and the upload from there, is there a way to change the size when doing it this way?
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: Ray on February 12, 2008, 02:04:44 PM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on February 12, 2008, 01:34:14 PM
Windows Photo Viewer comes with your Windows operating system. You can open a photo with that program, click on the Fix button up top, then select crop and put the size you want it in. I suggest 800 pixels for the longest side of the photo for this website...
Shawn

That's not the way it works on all versions of windows. I believe that is for Windows XP.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 12, 2008, 03:18:32 PM: That's how it works in Vista...and I think XP. If you are using an older operating system then that I would suggest upgrading... :o
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: Ray on February 12, 2008, 07:52:38 PM: That's not what I see when I follow those instructions on vista. Anyway good luck.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: smdave on February 12, 2008, 09:28:27 PM: Vista users
If all you have is Windows Photo Gallery try using the "e-mail" tab at the top, it will give you size options and then open outlook to email it, once the email opens up just right click on the picture attachment to open it up and then you can save it back to your computer.

If you have a newer version of Office it should have Microsoft Office Picture Manager if you do use it for resizeing. open the picture then up top click on "edit pictures" and then on the right side you will have options to "rezize" and an option to "compress picture".

Dave
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: jackelope on February 12, 2008, 09:41:28 PM: Quote
I upload my pics in their original size to photobucket and the upload from there, is there a way to change the size when doing it this way?

huntingnut...this is already done for you when you upload to p-bucket. copy and paste the "direct link" of the 4 choices you have.

you can click on the picture in photobucket and it will take you into another screen where there is a resize option, but once you do this, there is no going back. it is usually to resize to a ssmaller size.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: Ray on February 12, 2008, 10:44:21 PM: smdave, you're right on the money.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 12, 2008, 10:50:01 PM: I don't know. I just checked it again on my other computer and in Windows Photo Gallery there is a Fix tab at the top. From there on the right side there is a crop button. When you select that you can choose your size. They don't seem to have pixels, but just choose a 4x6 or 5x7 and it resizes it perfectly.

I have Vista Home Premium on my computers. I'm not sure if all 4 of the Vista type OS's do this the same but it seems odd they wouldn't. I'll try it on my work computers tomorrow. That's the only free way to do it with a program that comes with your computer that I know of.

Shawn
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: Ray on February 12, 2008, 10:52:01 PM: Yes I see the crop option but I want to resize the picture instead of getting a portion of it.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: boneaddict on February 13, 2008, 09:07:51 AM: Quote
I have Vista Home Premium on my computers.

I'M SORRY!
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: smdave on February 13, 2008, 07:45:33 PM: For $30.00 go to eBay and purchase Photoshop Elements 4.0, they say it will does not work with Vista but it works fine on my computer.

I am not saying use this seller it is just an example of what is available

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GENUINE-ADOBE-PHOTOSHOP-ELEMENTS-4-0-for-WINDOWS-XP_W0QQitemZ120220917796QQihZ002QQcategoryZ86732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Dave
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: Ray on February 13, 2008, 08:23:01 PM: I use http://www.getpaint.net/
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: huntnphool on February 13, 2008, 09:04:01 PM: I've offered before but I doubt everyone saw it. If you are having problems or just dont want to mess with it you can email me your photos, huntnphool@aol.com and I will re size your pics any way you want them done, it only takes me 10 seconds, litterally, to do it. I will send them right back to you so you can post them.
Title: Re: photo sizes
Post by: popeshawnpaul on February 13, 2008, 10:41:52 PM: I got a chance to mess with Windows Photo Gallery tonight. Kind of a quirky program. Indeed, it locks the resolution on the crop no matter what size you choose. Essentially, the sizes you can pick such as 5x7 and 4x6 don't affect the picture or number of pixels on each image. It defeats the whole purpose of having the different sizes except to crop the correct ratio. However, when you use the aforementioned email option I believe it drops the resolution to 72 dpi. Crazy design.

Oh, I have had 0 problems with Vista so far. It was a bit frustrating when it first came out waiting for drivers but that issue has been resolved. It's much more stable than XP.

Shawn