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Tom Foley
10-08-2006, 08:35 AM
I am trying to resize photos using Adobe Photoshop Starter edition but all I can seem to do is to crop the photo to reduce the size . I want to be able to resize photos properly without losing that much clarity .I have not found an area of the program where you can type in the 640 x 640 size and resize it easily . Help !

Fish
10-08-2006, 08:39 AM
Tom,
here is a free program from microsoft that is incredibly easy to use. Once installed, all you have to do it put your mouse on any picture, right click and chose "resize image3". The smallest option is 640x480 (unless you use custom).

Scroll down about 3/4 the way down on the right hand side for the image resizer.exe program and click

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Slider
10-08-2006, 08:53 AM
I have been using Picasa from Google for a while now. It does everything and more. Sometimes a 640x480 still doesn't come in under 100K. Picasa will let you dumb down the quality and maintain the same resolution. It is also a photo organizer and will creates some pretty cool slideshows and gift CDs. It is free as well. Highly recommend it. The only time I open Photoshop is if there is something seriously wrong with a photo.

http://picasa.google.com/

Tom Foley
10-16-2006, 04:29 AM
Still having problems with powertoys , even choosing the smallest size available and even going to a custom option still comes up with a file size in the 800 - 900 KB size . I'm reloading the .45 now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fish
10-16-2006, 06:18 AM
tom, the smallest size is 640x480. are you seeing a box like this when you right clcik the pic and click resize?


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/makulaf/resize.jpg

Fish
10-16-2006, 06:19 AM
just curious, are the pics .jpg format?

pyro
10-16-2006, 07:00 AM
That's likely the problem. Check what file type it's trying to save it as. It should be JPG. In Photoshop, it will ask you to select the compression amount right before you click save, set the slider in the middle for decent image and small file size, use less compression when you want a really sharp image at the expense of larger file size.

Properly compressed JPG images at 640 x 480 should put filesize in the 30K-70K range, depending on exactly how much unique detail is in the image.

The Microsoft power-toy resizer works well and it's quick.

Casey
10-16-2006, 07:25 AM
it's simple, free and works great

http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=13760&p_sid=A7r5*eki&p_lva=61#

pyro
10-16-2006, 07:36 AM
The MS Powertoy resizer is an embedded program. You can right-click on any image icon and there will be an option added to the menu called "resize pictures...", then you choose the size (like 4 posts above ^ shows) and hit OK.

DEAD SIMPLE.

You can also choose whether it resizes and saves the image itself, or rather makes a re-sized copy, keeping the original.

It's real neat and easy...

Tom Foley
10-19-2006, 03:35 AM
I have tried it dozens of times and sometimes it works , sometimes it doesnt . I am trying to resize pics downloaded straight from the camera to the computer so it must be that they are in the wrong format . I don't know how to change the format of the pic once it is already saved in my doc file .

pyro
10-19-2006, 05:41 AM
If you're editing and/or re-sizing in Photoshoo, you can select the output file type in the "save as..." screen.