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Taking and Posting Pics
leapinlew:
Download Microsoft's image resizer. It's free, easy to use and is very small.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe
Once installed, you can right click an image and select resize. You can also select multiple images to resize at once.
To post them - click the "Additional Options" text at the bottom of the window when your typing your email. (see attached pic) :)
Cakemeister:
I just use GIMP and resize the images with the "best quality" option.
XyloSesame:
--- Quote from: Cakemeister on September 20, 2007, 09:41:33 am ---I just use GIMP and resize the images with the "best quality" option.
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Another vote for GIMP. There's a bit of a learning curve, but this is the best open-source editor I've found if you can't afford (or don't want to pay) for editing software. Irfanview is good as well, as long as you don't need to crop/edit the photos.
Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: shock_ on September 20, 2007, 06:31:35 am ---Regards the autosizing-in-place thing, I think that's a built-in feature of the forum software which works automatically on any image as small as 640 x 480 (or 480x640).
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I have found that on this forum it is really nice to size pics to 600 or 640 pixels wide. 640 is the max before getting a pop up tab/window when you click it...It is nice if your pic stays within the same tab.
Also, if you take a really good shot, with good lighting and a steady hand, 600 wide will do your photo justice. IMO it is actually the best size to display pretty much any photo on the web.
I use adobe photo shop elements 3.0 and am happy with it. If I wasn't happy with it I would be checking out the free MSN thing that LeapinLew pointed out.
my 2 cents. ;D
xmenxmen:
When taking picture, set the size at the max. Much easier to shrink and retain quality than enlarge a small picture.
As for resizing, I also use Irfanview. Quite easy to use, and most importantly handles about every pic format out there and SUPER fast and lightweight. I use to use acdsee, but it's too huge now for basic task. For other task, I turn to photoshop.