Smart computer people, how do you compress images??

[Greg98]

hey! i just got a bunch of paintball pics developed, and along with the pictures i got a CD ROM that has the entire set of pics on it. but when i try and post them, it says they're too big, so how do i compress/resize them?? any help would be much appreciated!

[synreal]

you'll need some format of graphics tool (photoshop, paint shop pro, corel draw, any of the miriad of web graphic converter tools that there are on the web)

[pbstu]

just open it up with ms paint and then save it, but instead of a bmp save it as a jpeg.



stu.

[Greg98]

well thats the problem, it already is a JPG!! it says on the information about the pictures, this:

F1020020.jpg
MozillaJPEG
size: 641 KB
dimensions: 1028x1536 pixels

so can you offer me any other advice? thanks alot AO!

[paintbattler]

hey, send some of them to bshoun12injc@cs.com and i will resize them for you

[Restola]

Any basic image program (i use the latest photoimpact) will have an option to resize the picture.

[thevilduk]

jpeg is as compressed and high quality as it comes. I think that maybe gif is smaller but its sloppy looking. I always save my files as jpeg. And if they are too big try to make them smaller like paintbattler will do. And what size are we talkin about here?:confused:

[Greg98]

hey paintbattler, i sent ya 3 pics, thanks alot for your help! and if you possibly tell me how you did it, i'd be very grateful, as you can give a man a fish and feed him for the day, or teach how to fish and feed him for a lifetime! thanks again

[FooTemps]

gosh... the pics are huge! 1028 x 1536! I say resize them and save them at lower quality if you have graphics tooling program like paintshop pro or photoshop

[Greg98]

well i solved the problem more or less, thansk for your help everyone. and i have no photoshop programs or anything, i'm not really good at complex computer stuff, and i'm not really interested either. as long as i can get to AO and MSN, and a couple other sites, i'm happy! thanks again guys!

[krafty]

The latest version of PowerToys for Windows comes with a handy little picture-resizer, too. I'm not sure if it's compatable with anything except XP, though.

You can download PowerToys for free directly from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

[shartley]

Originally posted by autoduk
jpeg is as compressed and high quality as it comes. I think that maybe gif is smaller but its sloppy looking. I always save my files as jpeg. And if they are too big try to make them smaller like paintbattler will do. And what size are we talkin about here?:confused:
No offense is intended, but if you are going to give advice, please know what you are talking about. This is not correct.

JPEG is not as compressed and high quality as it comes. And a JPEG can have a WIDE range of compression ratios. Each JPEG is not the same. And the more you compress it, the more degradation you get. You have to be careful working with JPEGs, and I will leave it at that (because compressions are compounded, not set from the same starting point each time).

And then you go into GIF images… to make it short and sweet, they are often smaller because they use limited colors and color pallets. This is fine for some graphics, but “photo type” graphics often end up being too poor to use for much of anything but casual viewing with no real detail.

I think he has solved his problem so there is no need for me to get into it further. But please, next time stick to subjects you really know about. Notice I don’t give out “technical” information about paintball markers? I am not an airsmith. ;)

(Added: So you don’t think I am just being mean. I don’t have time to *teach* about it here on the forums, but here are some links for quick reading on image formats. And then you have Raster VS Vector images as well.

http://www.adpc.purdue.edu/PhysFac/prnt/Support/graph.htm
http://www.1960pcug.org/~imagery/graphic_formats.htm
http://www.uwm.edu/~frankkl/540430/graphics.htm (Great one explaining why when using JPEG images you need to be careful about data loss.)
http://www.lsc.cc.mn.us/admin/tech/file_type.htm (another good one with some good JPEG info)

There are loads more online about graphic file types. I would suggest using your favorite Search Engine, Directory, or Search Tool and use the words “graphic file types” and do an “exact” search. I hope this clears up any confusion, since it looks like there is quite a lot.)