Question on resizing pics for photo album

[MARIS61]

I want to post some pics from hawaii, but they are all 4-8megs and approx 3800 x 2800ish.

any secret to doing this? it says they must be 1.95 megs or less and 600 x 600.

 

[e_blazer]

I want to post some pics from hawaii, but they are all 4-8megs and approx 3800 x 2800ish.

any secret to doing this? it says they must be 1.95 megs or less and 600 x 600.

You need photo editing software like Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or even the software that probably came with your camera. If you don't have software, you can download Picasa from Google for free here: http://picasa.google.com/

Or if you don't want to use software on your computer, you can use this website to do the job for you: http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

 

[MARIS61]

I've got Nikon Picture Project, but I guess I don't know what resizing means. I can crop them down to 600 x 600, but that doesn't leave much of the photo, and they are still too many megs. Is there a way to resize the whole pic?

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

I use fotosizer.

http://www.fotosizer.com/

You can select an entire folder and set the size you want each image and it will do them all.

 

[MARIS61]

I've got picasa2, but never used it.

It only says how to resize all pics you email, but I'm not emailing?

 

[e_blazer]

I've got Nikon Picture Project, but I guess I don't know what resizing means. I can crop them down to 600 x 600, but that doesn't leave much of the photo, and they are still too many megs. Is there a way to resize the whole pic?

Resizing the way you're talking about it is usually referred to as "resampling". You say that your original file is around 3800 x 2800 pixels in size. In order to reduce the image to a maximum dimension of no more than 600 pixels in either direction, you need to resample...that is, use a software function that analyzes your image and rebuilds it with fewer pixels...basically reducing your 10 megapixel file to a 1-2 megapixel file. I'm not familiar with Nikon Picture Project, but I would think that it has to have a resampling function since that's a pretty basic tool. BTW, if you're at all serious about digital photography, you really ought to get a copy of Photoshop Elements. If you're a member, you can pick PSE 7 at Costco right now for about $50 with the coupon in this month's newsletter.

One more thing, when you save the file in jpeg (.jpg) format, you get a choice of compression levels to use. You'll need to pick an amount of compression that fits within the maximum file size parameters. You may have to experiment a couple of times to figure out what compression level that is in your software.

 

[MARIS61]

I got Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition 3.2 free w/my pc, but it doesn't seem to have that feature.

I think my wife threw out the costco flyer!

 

[maxiep]

I got Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition 3.2 free w/my pc, but it doesn't seem to have that feature.

I think my wife threw out the costco flyer!

You can just show up at Costco and ask for a new one. They'll always give you an extra book at the membership desk.

 

[DaRizzle]

Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate


Free 30 day trial...dont need to enter in any info...Does exactly what you need

 

[MARIS61]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!

I used fotosizer and it works great!