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Title: posting pics
Post by: spkywlnt73 on January 14, 2012, 10:38:23 pm

 Can someone point me in the right direction on how to post pics? I've tried to do it in additional options, but it saying the files to big! I don't know how to make it any smaller. :dunno

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: BobA on January 14, 2012, 10:53:39 pm

Download irfanview.  It allows you to shrink files.  Very good utility.

Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.ca/)

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: spkywlnt73 on January 15, 2012, 01:51:03 pm

Yeah, I downloaded irfanview, but I couldn't use it because it required me to buy something to use it. An less i'm missing somthing here? I,m not interested in buying anything just to post a few pictures. There has to be an easyer way!

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: Dawgz Rule on January 15, 2012, 02:38:18 pm

Have done this one in a pinch:  Right-click the photo or photos and select "send to mail recipient".  Windows will prompt you to re-size the photo.  You may also want to check CNET downloads for a free utility that can do it.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: CheffoJeffo on January 15, 2012, 03:26:35 pm

Even MS Paint resizes easily.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: crzywolf on January 15, 2012, 04:49:49 pm

www.faststone.org (http://www.faststone.org) has software you can use for free. I use FastStone Image Viewer 4.6 but, they also have  FastStone Photo Re sizer 3.1 both programs are freeware( non commercial use) .

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: drventure on January 15, 2012, 06:20:14 pm

If you downloaded IrfanView and it required you to purchase something, you got a something that isn't the real irfanview.

Go here

http://www.irfanview.com/ (http://www.irfanview.com/)

The real thing is completely free. No strings, no gimmicks. But there are repackaged versions that will say you need to pay money for it. Those are a scam.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: spkywlnt73 on January 15, 2012, 08:24:40 pm

Hey guys, this is frustrating! But here what its doing. When I try and load an attachment, its saying the file is to big. Some of the pics are as big as 5,400KB and it says they can't be any larger than 2048KB. How do I change that? I don't get it. It's funny I can build cabs, but I can't figure out how to do something as simple as posting pics!

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: BobA on January 15, 2012, 11:02:13 pm

I tried the download link for irfanview and it is a totally free download.   If using irfanview just load the image you want to change then choose image resize/resample and choose the size you want.  Then save the image again to another name so you can identify it for upload.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: spkywlnt73 on January 16, 2012, 09:02:39 am

OK, So I was able to download Irfanview and re-size the pictures. Now I'm gonna try and load them up in project announcements. Thanks for your help guys! Hope this works.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: Donkey_Kong on January 16, 2012, 11:26:10 am

You could try Google's Picasa 3. It's free and is nice for re-sizing and compressing photos.

Title: Re: posting pics
Post by: Gray_Area on January 16, 2012, 04:09:56 pm

Just use Imageshack.