E=mailing photos: I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could...

nikonnewbie Loc: Rochester, NY burbs

I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could decrease the size so the D/L would go faster. Now I have a Dell computer with windows. How can I reduce the size and still keep good resolution and make it easier for my family to quickly upload the pictures to their computers.
Thanks in advance for your UHH advice/
Ron

snowbear

Most, if not all editors will allow you to resize the image.

Of course, you could always go back to Mac :D

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

snowbear wrote:

Most, if not all editors will allow you to resize the image.

Of course, you could always go back to Mac :D

Changing the size of the images is easy what program are you using? When I upload to a site like this one or send photos via email I make a copy of the large file adding the word "web" to the file name. I usually make these images not larger than 8 x 10 @72 dpi. This gives a nice size on the screen but is still compact enough to be uploaded or downloaded with some speed depending on the quality of your internet connection.

photo guy Loc: Chippewa Falls, WI

There are a number of programs on in windows that you could use. Paint is one of them and photo gallery is another.

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

nikonnewbie wrote:

I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could decrease the size so the D/L would go faster. Now I have a Dell computer with windows. How can I reduce the size and still keep good resolution and make it easier for my family to quickly upload the pictures to their computers.
Thanks in advance for your UHH advice/
Ron

I have been using Faststone image viewer for some years as a very easy to use viewer. It will do all sorts of things including a very simple quick re-sizer - you can re-size an image to the size you see it on the screen with just one click. I use it all the time for re-sizing photos I am going to email. It is free for home users and you can find out about it here:

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

have a look and see what you think.

alienmurphy Loc: Alaska

Windows comes with Paint. You can resize photos there. No need to download or purchase software just to resize photos.
Start
All Programs
Accessories
Paint

Uncle Dave Loc: Spiritwood, SK (Canada)

nikonnewbie wrote:

I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could decrease the size so the D/L would go faster. Now I have a Dell computer with windows. How can I reduce the size and still keep good resolution and make it easier for my family to quickly upload the pictures to their computers.
Thanks in advance for your UHH advice/
Ron

It's easy if you have Photoshop or Elements. When I submit my photos to the newspaper I work for, I first open them in Photoshop and then do a "Save As". In the process, I select medium compression, which reduces the file size, but not the size of the photo itself. A 2.0 meg photo will reduce to about 350 k or so.

RaydancePhoto

I use a program called Easy Thumbnails. You can resize a whole folder of images and add an extention etc. http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/

jsenear Loc: Hopkins, MN.

Free Picture Resize Starter. Just google it. Great program

hitdog Loc: Pennsylvania

nikonnewbie wrote:

I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could decrease the size so the D/L would go faster. Now I have a Dell computer with windows. How can I reduce the size and still keep good resolution and make it easier for my family to quickly upload the pictures to their computers.
Thanks in advance for your UHH advice/
Ron

Select photos to email
Right click
Select sent to
select Mail Recipant
Select size from drop down window that appears and attach to

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

In Windows just right click on the file, select SEND TO, select MAIL RECIPANT, select SIZE from the dropdown window then your e-mail program will open with a new e-mail with the file attached waiting for you to put the address.

RocketScientist Loc: Littleton, Colorado

If you have M$ Office on the machine the photo and picture program will allow you to re-size easily.

RocketScientist Loc: Littleton, Colorado

hitdog wrote:

Select photos to email
Right click
Select sent to
select Mail Recipant
Select size from drop down window that appears and attach to

Easiest method.

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

nikonnewbie wrote:

I have my Nikon D5100 set to fine and large. I noticed that when I send just one or two photos, the time to download them is extremely long. With my old Mac I could decrease the size so the D/L would go faster. Now I have a Dell computer with windows. How can I reduce the size and still keep good resolution and make it easier for my family to quickly upload the pictures to their computers.
Thanks in advance for your UHH advice/
Ron

And that's one of the many sacrifices of Windows, OS & OSX are a close relative of Linux.

RocketScientist Loc: Littleton, Colorado

wlgoode wrote:

quote=nikonnewbie I have my Nikon D5100 set to fi... (show quote)

I'm no defender of Micro$oft, but man, that's bandwidth and file size, not the Operating System.