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Title: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Varche on 04 August 2011, 12:46:19
I used to have, before my PC went pop, a nice piece of software that when I uploaded to Email a photo or two they were automatically reduced in size.

Have searched the web for it or a replacement. Anyone know what it was or have a suggestion please for suitable piece of free software?
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Martian on 04 August 2011, 13:34:50
What mail client are you using?

Outlook Express, Outlook, and Windows Live Mail all do this by default if the user allows it.
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Varche on 04 August 2011, 13:58:34
Hotmail.
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: tunnie on 04 August 2011, 14:47:18
Got Office? Windows Picture Editor thing works well, use that on Windows when I need to resize a folders worth of images for e-mail or forum post.  :y
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Varche on 04 August 2011, 15:50:27
found it. Shrink pic

http://www.onthegosoft.com/sp_download.htm

Excellent utility  :y
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Richie London on 04 August 2011, 16:55:19
do you really need to shrink a photo if they are sent as a jpeg file as they are small anyway
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Martian on 04 August 2011, 17:04:42
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do you really need to shrink a photo if they are sent as a jpeg file as they are small anyway
Not necessarily, the actual data size of a jpg/jpeg wil depend on the amount of compression used when first creating the file.
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Richie London on 04 August 2011, 17:06:28
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do you really need to shrink a photo if they are sent as a jpeg file as they are small anyway
Not necessarily, the actual data size of a jpg/jpeg wil depend on the amount of compression used when first creating the file.


or even send as a compressed zip file
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Kevin Wood on 04 August 2011, 21:40:47
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do you really need to shrink a photo if they are sent as a jpeg file as they are small anyway
Not necessarily, the actual data size of a jpg/jpeg wil depend on the amount of compression used when first creating the file.

Yep, and if you start off with an 18megapixel file straight out of the camera, It'll be huge whatever happens. :y

I use the imagemagick tools under Linux, although they are available for windows too, but then I prefer to do things by command line. Call me a luddite, if you like.
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Varche on 04 August 2011, 22:28:27
Kevin , you are a Luddite...

Next you will be wanting a car with  a manual gearchange thingy  :y
Title: Re: Quick photo to Email sizing software Q
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 August 2011, 22:11:21
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Kevin , you are a Luddite...

Next you will be wanting a car with  a manual gearchange thingy  :y

Yes, please. :y