resizing photos to post
 

how do you resize photos to post on pelican...my photos always are too large. thanks , ben

quickest and easiest way for me is to go to irfanview.com and download irfanview. Open picture with irfanview, hit ctrl-r for resize, choose size, and ctrl-s to save.

Photoshop for the win!

For one or two at a time, I use Irfanview.
For resizing entire folders full of photos, I use JPEG Resizer.

Both are free, unlike p-shop.

Quickest is ms office.

alright thanks all will give it a try. ben

you can use irfanview to resize batches of files all at once...well except the ones that are of a different orientation (landscape vs portrait)

Did not know that.... I guess I should read the docs.

got my answer thanks to all, ben

The only pics I can post here are the ones taken with my iPhone. I cannot resize the digital camera's photos to get them to upload no matter what I do. The "auto resize" feature went away a few months ago and I miss it!

mspaint isn't sexy, but it gets the job done:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1340144945.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1340144973.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1340144998.jpg

YMMV

What I want to know is how do you post a screen shot?

If you press Alt-PrtSc it will copy your active window to your clipboard, then you can paste it into paint. I use a free tool called PrintKey2000 that you can use to drag a rectangle to capture only a portion. SnagIt is another popular one. I like Printkey because you can just run the .exe without needing an actual installation.

Hit the "Print Screen" key.
Open MS Paint.
Hit Ctrl+V.
...
Profit.

I use Picassa to do my resizing. It's free and easy to use, You can find it here: Picasa

Good luck!
-Michael

Google Screenhunter 5.0 free. It will allow you to capture only what you want. Save to a dump file or clipboard etc. Been using it daily for years.

J

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http://downloads.zdnet.com/search.aspx?kw=screen+capture&osfilter=&licfilter= free
http://tucows.com/search.html?search_scope=win&tree_id=&cost=&tag=&s earch_terms=screen+capture&search_type=soft

If someone is still using WinXP, there's a neat little MS application called Power Toys. It has an Image resizer.

Rick Click, select resize image, and bang. Gives you a couple different size options, and whether or not to resize the original or make a copy.

Sure wish they'd make PowerToys for Win7.

Store your photo at photobucket - they have resizing options in their editing features - and then link to it with the image link function here at Pelican... that way, if for some reason you don't want that photo to be seen at a later date, you can delete it at photobucket, and it will 'disappear' from anywhere you have created a link back to it. You will have better control over the 'lifetime' of the photo.

Even google archives?