How do you compress a photo?

[Xana]

I have received two emails in the past week asking you compress a photo. I have no idea myself, but I am sure someone here knows. So, how do you do it? ;D

[Hendel D'bu]

OK, so I figured it out!

I uploaded my pics (from my computer) to photobucket, then used the edit feature to resize the photos (you can choose which size you want, and I chose 'website/email', but you could make it an avatar, too, which I thought was cool). I probably used a round about way, but then I 'shared' them with me (!) by sending them to my email, then saving back onto my computer. Then uploaded with my application, and it worked like a charm.

Hope that all made sense!

~Hendel

[rebelscum]

If you have Photoshop (or Photoshop Essentials, which is cheaper), you can do it this way.

1. Open the picture file

2. Use the Resize Image function to get the picture to the physical size you want

3. Use the Save for Web function to write out the file. There is a box that sets the amount of compression to use for the output file. Adjust the slider to get the right balance between picture size and quality.

[Darcu RyMal]

There's a great freeware solution called XnView that I use to do batch conversions of images before posting on website, emailing to friends, etc. It works great as an image viewer and slideshow utility, too.

Get it here:
perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enxnview.html

Good luck!

[J'aii-Gun Jiinn]

ok to what size do I put them at?
Ok I did everything and it taking a half an hour to upload!it shouldn't take THAT long! am I doing something wrong?

[Darcu RyMal]

The amount of time it takes to upload really depends on a variety of factors, such as the number of pics, file sizes, your Internet connection speed (up, not down), the speed of the server or service where you are uploading to, etc.

If your web connection isn't top-notch, you're doing lots of high quality pics, and the file sizes are larger, 30 mins is not out of the question. Unless posting reference photos of actual movie content for costuming purposes, I wouldn't usually make the "large" file more than 800x600 in resolution.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

[JediKai]

I you have Photoshop Elements, you do Image>resize>image size and then I usually make them 640x480 for the web. It also has a feature to "process multiple files". I save my full res edited photos in one folder and make a new folder as the destination for the resized images. I use this feature to resize the entire bunch in one swell foop.

[J'aii-Gun Jiinn]

This stuff is beyond me. I'm technology illiterate.

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

If you have M$ Photoeditor (used to be standard with Windows) you can re-size pics very easily. Actually any phot editor will do it. You usually choose the tools menu and resize/resample or something like that........I do it all the time.

[Xanus Paragon]

You can also open it in MS Paint and then just re-save it. That will make the file size smaller. Of course, you can resize it and everything as well in there. (<---- admitted photoshop illiterate)

[JediKai]

.jpg is "lossey" meaning every time you re-save it, you loose pixels. Better to learn how to edit once from the original (and always keep your orginals for that very reason, in case you want to re-edit it).

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

MMmm. Yes. To Jedi Kai you listen.

[Schph Gochi]

What I usually do is open the photo in Microsoft Office Picture Manager (if you have Microsoft Office)...
and in Picture Manager there is an edit...
and compress feature..
you can compress to one of 4 sizes..


edit...lol..
I just noticed this was posted last year.....
I am sure you figured it out by now....

[Xana]

lol! I forgot how, so I have to go back and read anyway.