Posting photos question

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Posting photos question

19 Jan 2006 11:57

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Hi! Cool site, or as we say in NH, "Wicked Pissah!"
Can anyone give advice on posting photos here? How do I shrink down a pic to under 100 kb? I don't know squat about computers, so keep it as simple as possible... Thanks!

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19 Jan 2006 15:02

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I use Photoshop to change image size. I preview the post before submitting. If the (img) thingy isn't in the preview, along with my text, I know I need to resize the pic. Again.

I'm tell you right now. You MUST master this skill quickly! These guys love pictures and will not stop asking for them!!!

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20 Jan 2006 11:11

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Photoshop- Is that something I'm going to have to buy? I don't know much about it... I would love to send in a pic of my new baby.

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20 Jan 2006 12:07

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Use IrfanView it's free, easy, and simple, the three most important things to me

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20 Jan 2006 12:56

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Microsoft Paint, a really crude program that comes with windows, can do an adequate job. Use the image crop function and size it to a smaller percentage both H and V the same. Save it and get properties on the image file and see how big in byte size it is...

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20 Jan 2006 13:16

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Still can't figure this out. You guys must think I'm retarded. I downloaded IrfanView, cant get to Image on the Menu. Can't find Microsoft Paint either. Like I said, no good with computers.

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20 Jan 2006 13:41

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In Irfanview it's "File" "Open" then search for the image you want and open it, then "Image" and "Resize/Resample" and just select the size you want it to be, then click on "File" "Save As" and give it a name (letters and numbers only if you want to post it here) and save it somewhere. If you don't click on "Save" or "Save As" after resizing the pic, then it won't work

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20 Jan 2006 14:48

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Screw it, time to eat

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20 Jan 2006 16:18

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Sh*t, lost another one...

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20 Jan 2006 21:11

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ive been trying to downsize an image w/ photoshop, making it incredibley miniscule, yet i still got the "too big" flag. i now see i should have saved it...i'll try again...

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20 Jan 2006 21:14

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i really just wanted a small avatar pic but i'll leave that for another day...

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20 Jan 2006 21:18

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Here you go

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