Software question

Diver1111 · 10-27-2006, 08:24 PM

Hi All,
I have numerous photos taken with my digital camera of neat artifacts and pieces of Winni history I have brought up from the depths of while diving. I'd like to post them on the Forum but they range in size from perhaps 300kb to about 1MB. I have tried witout success to mess with them in MS-Paint to reduce the file size to pass muster with the posting rules, but it just isn't working.

Any suggestions as to software I could buy (or Freeware?)
that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to simply get these things into a smaller file size? (as if I need more software).

Or-could I email them some Forum member who could reduce them, then mail them back to me so I can post them?

Thanks!

Skip · 10-27-2006, 09:13 PM

Mee-n-Mac summed it all up nicely with the links and advice contained here.

Good luck, looking forward to your photo gallery,

Skip

SteveA · 10-28-2006, 04:50 AM

Diver 1111

I've used this software for about six months....

Simple way to resize entire "batches" of pics off my digital camera... and it's free!

http://www.download.com/FastStone-Ph...ml?tag=lst-0-1

SteveA

Mee-n-Mac · 10-30-2006, 06:40 PM

Although it's a list of viewers, most have some simple (and not so simple) image editting capabilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._image_viewers

For a list of editors you might want to peruse this just to become even more confused.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...aphics_editors

10-27-2006, 08:24 PM	#1
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 603 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,032 Times in 227 Posts	Software question Hi All, I have numerous photos taken with my digital camera of neat artifacts and pieces of Winni history I have brought up from the depths of while diving. I'd like to post them on the Forum but they range in size from perhaps 300kb to about 1MB. I have tried witout success to mess with them in MS-Paint to reduce the file size to pass muster with the posting rules, but it just isn't working. Any suggestions as to software I could buy (or Freeware?) that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to simply get these things into a smaller file size? (as if I need more software). Or-could I email them some Forum member who could reduce them, then mail them back to me so I can post them? Thanks!

10-27-2006, 09:13 PM	#2
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	Shrinking those treasures down to size! Mee-n-Mac summed it all up nicely with the links and advice contained here. Good luck, looking forward to your photo gallery, Skip

10-28-2006, 04:50 AM	#3
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	I use this one... it's FREE! Diver 1111 I've used this software for about six months.... Simple way to resize entire "batches" of pics off my digital camera... and it's free! http://www.download.com/FastStone-Ph...ml?tag=lst-0-1 SteveA __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

10-30-2006, 06:40 PM	#4
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Some lists FYI Although it's a list of viewers, most have some simple (and not so simple) image editting capabilities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._image_viewers For a list of editors you might want to peruse this just to become even more confused. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...aphics_editors __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH