How to shrink a photo?

poppielia

Hi, was wondering if anyone can help me at all?
I am trying to upload a photo onto a website but it appears the photo is too big to upload. How do i shrink it to fit?

Thanks in advance i am a bit pants at this kind of thing.

Chester_Draws

I would suggest downloading Picasa 2.

Then you can resize it and set the pixels for webposting (96)

Free download, very useful, give it a try.

http://picasa.google.com/download/index.html

john0612

http://www.imageshack.us/

should manage it

HalleluiahMan

If you're running Windows XP, then nothing is simpler than the XP Powertoy "Image Resizer". Just right-click the image or images within a directory window, and choose from small, medium or large (or custom) image size. It's really quick, and soooooooooooo simple.

Download from http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

F1F1

Chester_Draws wrote:

I would suggest downloading Picasa 2.

Then you can resize it and set the pixels for webposting (96)

Free download, very useful, give it a try.

http://picasa.google.com/download/index.html

72 dpi is usually thought adequate for images on the net.

reehsetin

you can do it on paint (no need to install anything)
i made a guide about it on my own site if you want me to show you? its very easy

poppielia

Hi. Have tried resizing the photo on paint ect but this is the message i keep getting when i try to upload the image onto the website.

Error
One or more of the images or attachments you uploaded exceeded the maximum allowable upload size (which is 30 kilobytes). These images or attachments have been removed from your post. If you would like to include images or attachments, upload new files after you make sure that the size is not greater than 30 kilobytes

Not sure what to do now? Any suggestions lovely people in the know?

reehsetin

if the image is very small pixel wise, youve reduced it in paint pixel wise, it might be quality wise you need to reduce it
only way that i know of to do it is in photoshop

HalleluiahMan

poppielia wrote:

Hi. Have tried resizing the photo on paint ect but this is the message i keep getting when i try to upload the image onto the website.

Error
One or more of the images or attachments you uploaded exceeded the maximum allowable upload size (which is 30 kilobytes). These images or attachments have been removed from your post. If you would like to include images or attachments, upload new files after you make sure that the size is not greater than 30 kilobytes

Not sure what to do now? Any suggestions lovely people in the know?

For a 30Kb file limit, you're probably talking about an image of 350 pixels square, or thereabouts. How does that compare with what you're trying to upload?

poppielia

Have also tried resizing it with the suggestion HalleluiahMan gave but that didnt do the trick either.
Told you i am rubbish at this kind of thing (sorry)
Might give photoshop a try then.
Thanks

poppielia

The image i am trying to upload is bigger than 350 pixels square (me thinks!) lol even after resizing. Am sure i can do it but may need to sit for a week to figure it out lol.