todosj 102 Report post Posted November 3, 2009 To Resize Pictures for Web Display: Download the free Image Viewer "IrfanView" from: http://www.irfanview.com/ Install IrfanView, and open the program. Click on "File - Open" to locate and open the image file you want to resize. The image file should now be displayed on your screen. Click on "Image - Resize/Resample" to get the dialog box where you can specify the size needed, or wanted for the resized file. Once you choose your options, and click OK, the resized image will now appear on the screen. Click on "File - Save as" then choose a new name for the resized image file. You can also choose different options like the type of image file, i.e. JPG, PNG, GIF, etc, and the different compression options that go with each file type. Once you click OK, your newly resized file will be saved in the place and format you chose. For most purposes, JPG or PNG will work best on websites, and you can use the default choices for saving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
todosj 102 Report post Posted November 8, 2009 To Choose Only a Certain Part of a Picture to Upload: This is also called "Cropping" Download the free Image Viewer "IrfanView" from: http://www.irfanview.com/ Install IrfanView, and open the program. Click on "File - Open" to locate and open the image file you want to resize, or "crop". The image file should now be displayed on your screen. Click and drag your cursor to make a square or rectangular "frame" over the part of the picture you want to keep. The rest of the picture, we will discard in a minute. If you dont get it right the first time, don't worry, you can easily change this. - Either right click inside this new "frame" and drag it around until it is over the part of the picture you want to keep, or - Hover the cursor arrow over one of the frame borders, until it changes to a vertical or horizontal double arrow, then click and drag this border to the desired size. - Or just click somewhere else on the picture, the frame disappears, and you can start again. Next, click on "Edit - Crop selection" and the part of the picture you selected, will be the only part left visible. Click on "File - Save as" then choose a new name for the "cropped" image file. You can also choose different options like the type of image file, i.e. JPG, PNG, GIF, etc, and the different compression options that go with each file type. Once you click OK, your newly "cropped" file will be saved in the place and format you chose. For most purposes, JPG or PNG will work best on websites, and you can use the default choices for saving. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mod 135640 Report post Posted July 19, 2010 Online resizers are available free as well http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mod 135640 Report post Posted July 19, 2010 Also for windowsXP users microsoft has a "PowerToy" called image resizer that is not yet available (as far as I know) for Vista and Win7 but a clone has been made for vista and win7 here http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/image-resizer-powertoy-clone-for-windows-7vista/ This adds a menu item when you RIGHT CLICK On a image. It's very handy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
