Help with the computer
Jul 3, 2021 13:55:57 #
rck281
Loc: Overland Park, KS
Just use Faststone Image Resized to reduce the size for email. Easy to use and it's free.
Jul 3, 2021 14:05:30 #
rck281 wrote:
Just use Faststone Image Resized to reduce the size for email. Easy to use and it's free.
What if he doesn't want to email a reduced size?
Jul 3, 2021 14:18:22 #
Print the photos in whatever size you want..Place in envelope and use snail mail....LOL
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Jul 3, 2021 14:34:43 #
rck281
Loc: Overland Park, KS
Longshadow wrote:
What if he doesn't want to email a reduced size?
Then he will have to use Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive or another service to transfer large documents. Email is limited to 20-25 MBs
Jul 3, 2021 15:38:37 #
As noted by Longshadow earlier, there is a limit to what attachments and email size can be. For Gmail it is 25 MB. Here is what Google support says:
"You can send up to 25 MB in attachments. If you have more than one attachment, they can't add up to more than 25 MB. If your file is greater than 25 MB, Gmail automatically adds a Google Drive link in the email instead of including it as an attachment."
Other email clients will have similar but maybe different limits and definitely diverse ways of handling the over-the-limit attachments.
All cameras are going to have different size jpeg files they generate, and the subjects of each photo will also cause the ending jpeg to be of a different size from the next photo. Moving to a new camera usually results in much larger photo files.
One solution that works on some photos is to put the files in a new folder and zip (compress) the folder. Then attach this zipped file to an email. Give a try and see how much compression this gives you. It may not be a lot depending upon your photos. Zipping a file in Windows is a lossless process. You will not loss any detail in your photos. --Richard
"You can send up to 25 MB in attachments. If you have more than one attachment, they can't add up to more than 25 MB. If your file is greater than 25 MB, Gmail automatically adds a Google Drive link in the email instead of including it as an attachment."
Other email clients will have similar but maybe different limits and definitely diverse ways of handling the over-the-limit attachments.
All cameras are going to have different size jpeg files they generate, and the subjects of each photo will also cause the ending jpeg to be of a different size from the next photo. Moving to a new camera usually results in much larger photo files.
One solution that works on some photos is to put the files in a new folder and zip (compress) the folder. Then attach this zipped file to an email. Give a try and see how much compression this gives you. It may not be a lot depending upon your photos. Zipping a file in Windows is a lossless process. You will not loss any detail in your photos. --Richard
Jul 3, 2021 16:04:43 #
therwol
Loc: USA
profbowman wrote:
As noted by Longshadow earlier, there is a limit t... (show quote)
"Zipping" JPEGS doesn't result in much saving in size. JPEGS are already highly compressed. I've never tried it with .tif or RAW files.
Jul 3, 2021 17:06:03 #
therwol wrote:
"Zipping" JPEGS doesn't result in much saving in size. JPEGS are already highly compressed. I've never tried it with .tif or RAW files.
The compression schemes are not the same for jpeg and zip files. In fact, I just now placed 24 files in a folder and their total size is 27.3 MB. After I sent them to a zipped folder, the total size is now 18.8 MB. So, the first file would not go as an attachment in Gmail while the second one could. The zipped file is 68.8% of the original.
Jist keep this idea in your back pocket, so to speak. --Richard
Jul 4, 2021 01:08:55 #
pdsilen
Loc: Roswell, New Mexico
rlv567 wrote:
Emailing Pictures Tests: br br I have had no prob... (show quote)
I use Google Drive and Dropbox. They both work very well.
Jul 4, 2021 09:30:26 #
Delta49
Loc: Central Indiana
Thank you everyone for the many suggestions and comments, they have given me a lot to think about and different options to try. It is awesome to know when something has me stumped here in rural central Indiana that I have so many friends like you all over the world that are willingly to help me out. I will put your suggestions to use and find what works best in what I'm trying to accomplish. Thanks again so much appreciated.
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