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Old 08-08-2003, 01:32 PM
Denis Denis is offline
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My Dummies' Guide to Resizing Digital Camera Photos for Posting on the Web:

STEP 1: Copy the photo from your camera to your computer. Double-click the filename to open your photo editor.

STEP 2: Find the menu command to RESIZE the photo. Change the picture's width to, say, 800 pixels. Don't worry about height.

STEP 3: Find the "Save As..." command under the File menu. There should be a compression setting there--pick HIGH compression for smallest file or MEDIUM compression for better picture quality. Press Enter to save the file under a new name (preferred), or the same name as before.

The file you created in Step 3 is the one you want to post on a website or email to others.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
- RESIZE THE PICTURE TO NO MORE THAN 800 PIXELS WIDE
- "SAVE AS" A NEW FILE, USING MEDIUM TO HIGH COMPRESSION
- SHARE THE NEW FILE WITH OTHERS


If you follow these instructions, a typical 360K digital photo will shrink down to 30-50K (depending on compression you pick) with no appreciable degradation in picture quality. That's a 90% savings. Whoopee!

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