Adjusting Quality of Photos for E-mailing (Page 2): l use Google photos or my PP software, I can create a link on either for an album or just a single photograph, which can be inserted...

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

l use Google photos or my PP software, I can create a link on either for an album or just a single photograph, which can be inserted into your emails.

hcmcdole

r.grossner wrote:

You might try "FastStone Photo Resizer". It's freeware. It can batch process files. Resize to your specs ... I use it for email since I can only send ONE pic at a time at full res JPG thru many ISP's. I think someone on this forum mentioned it. I used to use other software but it wouldn't run on Windows 10.

This is what I use as well. I set a standard size in inches (10") and convert each folder (of the day) and direct the output to a subfolder simply called email. The reduction in file size is around 98% but the viewing size is perfect for email so I can send dozens of photos instead of a couple at a time.

jimpitt

Thanks to eveyone. Very helpful comments and resources. I have downloaded the Nikon software and it works fine. It is actually an update to View NX2 which came with my D80 a decade ago. Sure would have been nice to have a disc with the D500. I also loaded FastStone and might use the the future. I'm set.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

For printing I save in png, a lossless format. Saves all the details. Then to post in e-mail, on UHH, or elsewhere I re-save as a jpg at half compression which allows posting, especially multiple pics. Yes, there's a loss of detail but pics adequate for the situation.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

For 10 bucks a month you can be prepared to do anything with your photos. LR/PP/Bridge/ACR........

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

brucewells wrote:

I labored with this for a while until I gave up trying to send images in email. Even if your mail system allows it, there's a good chance the recipient's won't. For free, open a DropBox account, set your images out there, get a link to them and mail the link. Works great! Then, size/dimensions of the image become a moot point. After they've been shared for a period of time, you can delete them and make room for more images to share.

Easiest Solution

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

Dropbox works well for you but can be a problem for others. A photo of Cousin Suzy can be perfectly viewable as a 85kb file but the original in Dropbox is 4.3mb then the viewer gets 4.3mb of their data limit used instead of 85kb.
Many folks are using accounts with measured data limits.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

CPR wrote:

Dropbox works well for you but can be a problem for others. A photo of Cousin Suzy can be perfectly viewable as a 85kb file but the original in Dropbox is 4.3mb then the viewer gets 4.3mb of their data limit used instead of 85kb.
Many folks are using accounts with measured data limits.

You simply download the whole file and view it in whatever you use for other photographs. Dropbox delivers the whole file. The only limit is the owners total Dropbox limit.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

CPR wrote:

Dropbox works well for you but can be a problem for others. A photo of Cousin Suzy can be perfectly viewable as a 85kb file but the original in Dropbox is 4.3mb then the viewer gets 4.3mb of their data limit used instead of 85kb.
Many folks are using accounts with measured data limits.

To add to Dsmeltz's comment, if you use the special Photos folder, and set up a sub-folder with images in that folder, you can right click on the sub-folder name in Windows Explorer or Finder to get a url that you can send to someone in an email. Then they don't have to download anything or even have a Dropbox account to see the images.

They will see the full size version of the file on a Dropbox server, and they always have the option to download the image if they like, without an account or any data limits. I do this all the time.

Here - check this out - it's an out of the camera unedited image, and a very large edited version as a psd file. The folder with the two files is 541 mb.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ga978s01x7qmtsn/AAColzFwiWoYKpgdBAESbAkVa?dl=0

hcmcdole

Gene51 wrote:

To add to Dsmeltz's comment, if you use the specia... (show quote)

There is a 2 GB limit (free) to Dropbox. If you run over the limit then you are hounded by Dropbox to buy more space, so I delete files from time to time. I usually upload 100's of reduced size photos to dropbox to share with friends and family (if they want the full size then I can send them that another way).

rck281 Loc: Overland Park, KS

r.grossner wrote:

You might try "FastStone Photo Resizer". It's freeware. It can batch process files. Resize to your specs ... I use it for email since I can only send ONE pic at a time at full res JPG thru many ISP's. I think someone on this forum mentioned it. I used to use other software but it wouldn't run on Windows 10.

😀😀

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

brucewells wrote:

I labored with this for a while until I gave up trying to send images in email. Even if your mail system allows it, there's a good chance the recipient's won't. For free, open a DropBox account, set your images out there, get a link to them and mail the link. Works great! Then, size/dimensions of the image become a moot point. After they've been shared for a period of time, you can delete them and make room for more images to share.

This is also what I do. I send hundreds of photos to people this way. For example last winter I shot a curling bonspiel and sent the link to about 70 people for almost 800 photos. Works great.

alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia

I've used WeTransfer.com to send multiple jpegs without resizing. It's free unless you want the upgraded version, but the free one always worked for me.