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   EdHarrow | Dec 09, 2003 10:03pm | #1

   I use my camera software, click on "image" and then "resize".  I typically bring the width down to 350 - 600.  I think 700 will about fill my monitor.  There may well be other ways.

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   rslatm | Dec 09, 2003 11:09pm | #2

   http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html

   Free program to change file sizes
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   jimshome | Dec 10, 2003 12:01am | #3

   Check the thread "Whats your connection?" in the Woodworkers Cafe on this site

    This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, Thou cans't not then be false to any man      Hamlet

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   stevemorris | Dec 11, 2003 03:03am | #4

   check out irfanview, down loadable free software, try http://www.irfanview.com

   caulking is not a piece of trim

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   Manchild | Dec 11, 2003 03:18am | #5

   I get the pic open and in preview or whatever they call the place where you can play with the image. Then I crop it. alot of the time you don't need the stuff around the subject. Have fun!

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   forestgirl | Dec 11, 2003 04:12am | #6

   Several factors that affect file size:

   DPI (dots per inch, pixels per inch)
   Size of image on screen
   Format it's saved in
   Degree of Compression

   If you don't need the pic for anything but web posting, take it at 100dpi, not 600, or 1200 or any of those other huge numbers.

   As mentioned above, crop out all the unnecessary stuff around the edges, reducing the overall size.  I don't see any reason for most pics to be more than 1/4 the size of the monitor screen, and most can be quite a bit less.  Up to about 480 x 480 or so.   Save in .jpg.  Compress by 20-30%

   Here's a 55kb of my grandson and his favorite car (4th of July).  That's as big as I make 'em for the internet.

   View Image

   forestgirl Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)  you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

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   SparrowHawk | Dec 11, 2003 02:24pm | #7

   If I have a jpg and want to super shrink it, I use a free jpg optimizer from http://www.xat.com Generally I can shrink a 640x480 jpg down to about 15K without losing too much clarity.

   Ken

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   forestgirl | Dec 11, 2003 07:28pm | #8

   Thanks for that link, Ken.  I like the idea of making my own screensaver!forestgirl Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)  you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

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   10fingers | Dec 11, 2003 09:26pm | #9

   Thanks for the help.   I realize the older I get, the slower I learn.  Learning new computer programs is harder than learning to cut dovetails.

   Chuck

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   forestgirl | Dec 12, 2003 03:18am | #10

   I had my first experience with digital photos and FTPing files in 1996.  Practically took therapy to get me over it!  It was a day-long nightmare of failure.  Once I learned, though, it all seemed rather easy.

   Feel free to drop me a line if you're in a pinch.forestgirl Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)  you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)