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What\'s the best way to resize pics for the forum if you don\'t have photoshop??

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bus356 Officially Full-On Dubber

319 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#161115
For the less computer literate among us, I'm wondering what's the best way to resize pics...

I've been using Microsoft Photo Editor (right click the photo's file and go to -Open With, then -Microsoft Photo Editor) which I think is a standard program that comes with Windows...

In -Properties -Resolution, I've been changing it from 180 down to 20, and in -image, -resize, I've been changing the width to 20 (which automatically changes the height to 15) and it seems to take it down to 30 - 40 kb, which seems to work well and look good and give enough detail for the pic...

Is there a better way to do it, ie giving bigger size with less resolution, but still giving a good pic for forum purposes?

bus356 Officially Full-On Dubber

319 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#161125
that's better than Microsoft Photo Editor?

bus356 Officially Full-On Dubber

319 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#161140
6.0.3?

bus356 Officially Full-On Dubber

319 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#161217
Hey Frenzix, thanks for the info and sorry to bother you so much but I started downloading via phoneline and it was taking ages! 11mb! gotta bail for tonight cos I gotta make a phone call... reckon it's worth downloading or am I just as well off using MS Photo?

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#161219
In windows XP I open up the folder where your pic is stored in windows explorer (right click start and then click explore) - when you open up the folder right click on it and then click resize - small which will mostly cut it down to size below 50
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Bugged Again Wolfsburg Wizard

507 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#161240
Why not just use paint

comes with all window programs
use the percentage ie 50%