Elaine H Loc: fairfax, va

WOW...This site has helped me alot. Thanks alot for the help and the time some of you took to explain in detail what I need to do. " YOU ROCK "

user2071 Loc: New England

Unless the recipients are going to print them, 72 dpi is plenty and the files are pretty small in jpg.

anotherview Loc: California

For the record, Adobe Photoshop offers a re-size feature: In Photoshop, click on File > Save for Web. A new window will open allowing for resizing an image.

Some of the other options here appear simpler and far less expensive.

Bob.J Loc: On The Move

I upload my pictures to Picasa (or one of the many photo sharing sites) then I send a link to the photos. The recipient can either view them or download them at their preferred resolution. There is also an option to print them. It's much faster than email too. This method overcomes the size limit most email programs have. Many people don't empty their email inbox so they are close to their data limit and cant accept any large files. PS some of the other posts mentioned 75 DPI, that's because all monitors only display at 75 DPI, but to get a good print or enlargement you need 300 to 600 DPI or the maximum your printer can print at.

Bobbee

Well, here a question. When you look at the folder with Windows Explorer you have the pictures in what does the col with the heading 'size' say. Most mail system choke at 5 and 10 meg. oth on the sending and/or receiving side.

There is a thread going on somewhere in this place about repositories for pictures so people can view them. Go find that, upload your pictures to there and send your buddy the link to the gallery. there are many good places to do this. Just off the top of my head from the Topic there is Kodak, Walgreens, etc

dfalzone1 Loc: Williamsville NY

Humm, If you think the photo's are too large you can download Picasa 3 for free (safe from Google) and edit the photo size. How? Import the photo to Picasa. Once your done editing a photo you can Select the Export feature (on the bottom of the page) and change the pixel density to something smaller. Once done you can export the photo to a folder on your hard drive. Try sending the photo from there

Bob.J Loc: On The Move

I also use a Eye-Fi memory card in my cameras, it has a nice feature to automatically upload your pictures wirelessly to a number of sites, like Facebook or Picasa and automatically notify anyone on a list you specify that new pictures have been uploaded. It uses wi-fi hot spots so you don't even need to be near a computer. Gives GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken too.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Elaine, are you trying to email your pictures to a friend or are you wanting to send them into this forum?

terrysmay

In Picas, you can go to the tools menu and set up your email to reduce pictures to an appropriate size (640x480, for example) and that will be done every time you email pictures. If you want to send a full-size file, perhaps because you want the recipient to make a nice enlargement, you can opt for that as well.

Elaine H Loc: fairfax, va

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boncrayon

You must know the server restrictions of the person to whom you are sending the attachment. The recipient may have a "full" mailbox account which restricts further KB's or Meg's into that portal.

The attachment when reduced will not be of the same resolution or clarity as the original jpeg file, and cannot be brought back to the original size by the recipient.

The best way to reduce the file is through a photo edit program such as Adobe PhotoShop which allows size reduction (always name it different when saving with an "sm" for "small" so as not to save over your original higher-resolution file.

If you are sending a "draft" you would most probably send a lower resolution so that any editing of the original file is in your possesion! Since multiple friends have PhotoShop, It might take it out of your control. You can put a "DRAFT" transparency over your photo so the recipient cannot use it as thier free copy!

Bon Crayon Commercial Arts

gessman Loc: Colorado

Okay. First, you must resize the images to no wider than 600 pixels. You've been given several examples of how to do that so I won't repeat that.

Then, you must know where in your computer the images are so you can navigate to that folder to attach the images to your entry or post, as it's called.

Up at the top of any page in the forum there is, on the bottom left in the heading, "Create New Topic." Click on that a white drop down box will open in which it says "Main Photography Discussion."

Click on the down arrow on the right and the selections will expand downward. Select "Pictures" and you'll be taken to another page where you will need to give a title and description of what your pictures are about.

After you've done that, below those boxes you will see "Choose File" with blank spaces out to the left. Click on the first "Choose File" button and navigate to the folder where you have your pics stored. When you select the first one to open, the name of it will appear where it now says "No file chosen." Repeat for the next two and then click on "Send." If you decide to "Preview" and click on that, it will detach your pics and you will have to repeat the process of choosing all of them. I don't use "Preview" because it only causes more work.

Another thing is that some users using various versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox for their browsers are having trouble with their posts making the trip. They've found that downloading Google Chrome and using it as their browser has fixed the problem. You can try it with what you're using but if it doesn't work, Chrome may be in your future. If that's the case, you just get Google up and on the menu bar up near the top, you want to select "more" and then "even more" and there you'll find Google Chrome. Clicking on it will install it on your computer and you should be on your way. If you get stuck, let you can send me a Private Message (PM) and I'll try to walk you through it. Good luck.

saichiez Loc: Beautiful Central Oregon

PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION to what PawPaw Bill said. The easiest way to lose your original photo is to edit the photo to reduce it and when you save it, inadvertently overwrite the original. This is a NO recourse situation.

A proper image resizer will not involve a "save" or "save as" to get a smaller COPY of the file for e-mailing.

If your e-mail utility does not prompt for a smaller size when you attach a photo, then the responsibility is yours to create a small copy - emphasis here on COPY.

If you happen to be using Windows XP, then you can download a very small file called "image resizer" which is part of Microsoft Power Toys for Windows. Download and install it. Then when you right click on a picture in your folders, there will be a new menu item in the context menu, "resize pictures". There are four choices for size laid out on the next screen. Chose medium or large and it will be an appropriate size for e-mailing. It will also be resized as a COPY in the same folder where the original resides.

At that point you have an image you can now compose a new email and then attach the smaller image.

The new smaller image will not print up as big as the original, which is why not overwriting the original is important. If the person at the other end wants to print the image big, they can contact you and make arrangements to get the big file from you, perhaps by putting it on a CD and "snail mailing" it.

1) So, there are a number of options starting from a proper email utility (program) like Outlook Express, which prompts for a smaller image. Or as mentioned the function in Windows 7.

2) Barring that, a simple resize program that won't possibly overwrite the original, much like image resizer or some of the third party simple resizers.

3) Last and most risky is any editing procedure that may overwrite original files, by simply reducing the pixel count or file size, where the program must "save" or "save as" the file.

My final point is that you don't have to worry about losing originals if you have a HEALTHY backup habit for your files. This means that after you load your files from the camera, BEFORE you do ANY editing, you put copies of all your original files on some separate media from the computer, label them and store them away. I use an external hard drive, but you can use CD's or DVD (much more cumbersome to use than an external drive). I do not use jump-thumb-flash drives for backups. Too easily corrupted OR LOST due to size.

I teach computer classes, primarily Windows, and file/folder management. If you have any questions on this post, PM me.

gessman Loc: Colorado

To all of you wonderful, generous, helpful folks - I know you're busy and in a rush, but don't you think it would be beneficial to try to understand what a person is asking before everyone rushes to answer. This lady wants to upload pictures to this forum, not email them. In rushing to reply, we're wasting our time, our effort, and not helping with the answer in many cases, only creating or adding to confusion. I feel that we should be a little more cautious with our responses. If the question seems elementary, don't reply with a lot of jargon and vague references to issues not related to the question. That's not always easy but perhaps we should think about it.

PokerInsider Loc: Las Vegas, NV, USA

Best advice ever. That was my big mistake, since I did not know better, I cropped all my P&S pictures to 640x480 for emailing, but did not save the originals. Then, to save the cropping time latter, I began snapping all of my pictures at 640x480. It saved the space on my memory card, before they came out with cheap big cards). Now many of my best shots from the past cannot be worked with (mine are now 4000x3000 at 4 to 6 MB each, Thanks to HUGE hard drives).