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  • Bartleby
    Purple People Eater
    • Sep 2001
    • 803

    #1

    Compressing Pictures

    Simple question, what is the best and quickest way to compress pictures? I don't have photoshop so i can't use that. All i have is what comes with XP. Thanks for the help.
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  • nippinout
    FUSP
    • Jan 2002
    • 1231

    #2
    Well, are you tryint to resize or make the file smaller?

    *.bmp files are humongous. All you have to do is open the file with MSPaint and then save it using 'Save As' but change the file type to *.jpg

    To make a picture smaller in size, you can use MSPaint again and use a function in Image called 'Stretch/Skew' and change the horizontal and vertical to something like 50%

    Hope this helps!
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    • nippinout
      FUSP
      • Jan 2002
      • 1231

      #3
      Hey!

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      • paintbattler
        Mags > Cockers
        • Nov 2001
        • 2754

        #4
        Originally posted by nippinout
        WTo make a picture smaller in size, you can use MSPaint again and use a function in Image called 'Stretch/Skew' and change the horizontal and vertical to something like 50%
        yea exactly that..i would suggest not doing it 50% though..i say like 70%..also keep both horizontal and vertical the same percent
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        • Bartleby
          Purple People Eater
          • Sep 2001
          • 803

          #5
          see, i've got a digital camera that takes shots as jpg, and they end up being anywhere from 800k to 1.5mb a piece. I've tried converting them into everything and anything (jpegs, jiffs, gifs, and pngs) nothing seems to do the trick. anyways, i'll try to figure something out. thanks for the help.
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