Posting Pictures in My Garage

[Mr 74]

What is the correct procedure to follow for posting pictures in my garage? My files seem to be too large to upload.

[J T]

If your files are too large to upload, you will need to crop and/or scale them down. You'll need a simple photo editing utility for that.

There are two popular, and free, photo editing utilities that will do the above and much more:

Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/

IrfanView is light and simple to use. As you only need to crop and/or scale the images down, I'd try IrfanView. You can even do batches of photos at a time.

Originally Posted by Mr 74

What is the correct procedure to follow for posting pictures in my garage? My files seem to be too large to upload.

[Mr 74]

thanks for the reply. I downloaded the IRFANView app and was able to change the pixel count. I am not sure how to crop or change the overall size of the file. The photos I am intending to upload are bit map files that are around 1.5Mb.

Can you tell me what steps or procedure I should follow to get the size down?

Thanks

[JimTN]

Originally Posted by Mr 74

thanks for the reply. I downloaded the IRFANView app and was able to change the pixel count. I am not sure how to crop or change the overall size of the file. The photos I am intending to upload are bit map files that are around 1.5Mb.

Can you tell me what steps or procedure I should follow to get the size down?

Thanks

Open the bit map file with either IRFANView or Paint, then "SAVE AS" a .jpg file. Upload the .jpg file instead of the .bmp file. The .jpg file will be quite a bit smaller.

[J T]

Cropping is simple. Use the left mouse button to outline area, click on Edit Menu and Crop selection.

As far as BMP, as mentioned, simply save the file in JPG - JPG/JPEG Format, which is a selection under Save as type (under the file name).

Just converting them from BMP to JPG alone should count for a significant difference in file size. However, you may still need to "crop" and/or scale the images down.

Originally Posted by Mr 74

thanks for the reply. I downloaded the IRFANView app and was able to change the pixel count. I am not sure how to crop or change the overall size of the file. The photos I am intending to upload are bit map files that are around 1.5Mb.

Can you tell me what steps or procedure I should follow to get the size down?

Thanks

[Mr 74]

thanks Jim and JT. I was able to post several pictures in my album.

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