Shrink a photo for me

[sjgYFZ200]

hey guys how do i do this. all of my photo's that i take a gigantic, thats just the way my camera takes them. how do i shrink them down to get to this site? i dont have photoshop...btw, i think it takes them in 1240-1280 pixles

it wont even let me post them here, the smallest i have is 100 pixles over the limit of 800 i think. im trying to get them down to use in my sig

 

[iowaboostin]

Download IrfanView from wherever (google it, probably on download.com). Open the pic in there, then /Image/Resize Resample and change the res in there.

 

[Herbal Essences]

Probably be easier to open the pic in paint and goto Image > Stretch/Skew > then in the stretch box I usually put 25 in both Horizontal and Vertical. Experiment and see.

 

[sjgYFZ200]

ok, i tried doing it in paint. it should show up after this i wanna see how it looks

haha ok nevemrind waaay to small

 

[Herbal Essences]

ok, i tried doing it in paint. it should show up after this i wanna see how it looks

haha ok nevemrind waaay to small

It shows up in paint, so just look at it and shrink it till it's right.

 

[Herbal Essences]

It shows up in paint, so just look at it and shrink it till it's right.

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[Pizzy]

^^^
Agreed.

If you look in the menu Image --> Attributes it'll tell you exactly how many pixels high and wide the pic is. You can use this info to give the resize a proper adjustment.

For example, if the pic is 1600x1200 and you want your pic to be 800 pixels wide, select Image --> Stretch/Skew and change the Stretch values to 50% each. Your image should now be 800x600 and within the required pixel size.

For the best quality when resizing always stretch/shrink the pic in both directions equally. Also, it looks best when resizing by a power of 2 (50%, 200%), decent by a power of 4 (25%, 400%), and pretty much horrid otherwise (37%, 359%).

 

[iowaboostin]

This is EXACTLY why I suggested IrfanView.. it'll take 2mins to download and it'll make it a breeze.. or hell, send the pic to me and I'll resize it for you. [email protected]

 

[sjgYFZ200]

hey man i would, but my email doesnt work anymore

but if i someone could IM me or something, i can send it to them and they could shrink them. thanks

DSMGST91
^screenname

 

[Pizzy]

This is EXACTLY why I suggested IrfanView.. it'll take 2mins to download and it'll make it a breeze.. or hell, send the pic to me and I'll resize it for you. [email protected]

It's not brain surgery, I just thought I'd be specific and offer tips as opposed to your "download this" without any instructions. If the guy can't resize a pic in MSPaint how is he supposed to do it in a completely foreign program without direction?

 

[Herbal Essences]

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Resizing a picture is sooo simple why download another program.

 

[IHeartTurbo]

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Resizing a picture is sooo simple why download another program.

Because Photoshop owns.

 

[sjgYFZ200]

u guys are making me feel like an idiot...ill get it done im not that stupid thanks for the help tho

 

[Herbal Essences]

u guys are making me feel like an idiot...ill get it done im not that stupid thanks for the help tho

Just follow the steps I posted. Come on now, I even took screen shots for it.