SteelTown Cachers Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 Can someone please tell me how to convert my pictures from my digital camera to smaller size so that i can upload to geocaching.com web site? my pictures are presently 411kb and I would like them to be no larger than 100kb. Can someone help me? Wicka Quote Link to comment
umc Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I use this program and it works awesome for resize along with a ton of other things. Download in and install it and if you have any questions at that point post back here and I will help you with it. Its pretty easy to use. ______________________________________________________________________________________ The 'idiot' who should be banned because he likes to spend all day annoying people while drinking beer. Quote Link to comment
SteelTown Cachers Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 k got it can you tell me how to use it for pics? Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I open the camera images, scale them to 640x480 and save them as jpgs at a setting of 7. If it's still too big, I either go to a smaller size, or a lower quality setting until I get it right. Quote Link to comment
SteelTown Cachers Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 do you know of a website where i can get photoshop or is this something i have to go buy? Quote Link to comment
Bradinn Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 I'm not sure what type of camera you use, but most digital cameras come with bundled software which can download the pictuers from the camera and store them on the hard drive. Once this has been done, almost all software packages have a method to export the image to either smaller sizes or different formats. Usually it is fairly straightforward, simply highlight the picture(s) that you wish to compress or change the format of, and select the export option (usually under the file menu, and may be called something different - refer to your documentation for details). This will prompt you to save the file as another name and will give you options for sizing and compression factors. This is generally easier than using a completely separate program, as it allows you to manage your photos from a single software package (and isn't as expensive as photoshop or some of the other high end commercial software packages). If you have any specific questions about the software you can email me, we have tried most of the packages that are commonly supplied with digital camers, and could probably put together a quick walk through for you. Gord, Team Bradinn "When I was a young man, I journeyed to the West to find myself......it turns out I had the wrong coordinates." Quote Link to comment
Bradinn Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 In reply to your question, Photoshop is a commercially available program that is quite expensive to buy, although it is regarded as one of the best image editing software packages for the prosumer available. It is available as a trial download from adobe which is good for (I believe) 30 days. There are of course other ways to obtain it which we will not mention here, since such things are of questionable moral value..... "When I was a young man, I journeyed to the West to find myself......it turns out I had the wrong coordinates." Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 If you have a Windows System, you can use the crude but free Paint Program (Start, Programs, Accessories, Paint) to open and shrink JPG files. Just make sure to do a "Save As" so as not to destroy the GOOD pictures. The shrinking process in Paint can be found under Image, Stretch/Skew - make sure you stretch both horizontal and vertical the same percentage. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
SteelTown Cachers Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 Thanks all for the help I read my manual and figured it out Geez you would think for $1500 the camera would do it all for you If you would like to see a picture of my african grey parrot with buddy the wanderer travel bug go here www.geocaching.com Quote Link to comment
+Freelens&Mosie Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 The pic turned out nice after all Wicka. Now if Buddy survives the Parrot. You can't be lost if you don't care where you are. Quote Link to comment
azog Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 irfanview I have a JamCam 3.0, and for some reason, when I use the Jam software, it saves the JPGs upwards to 400k in size. All I do is then open it in irfanview, and save it over the existing file (no editing). Whammo, it's suddenly under 100k. I guess the Jam software must be pretty cheezy. ---------- Chickenfoot! Come back! You're not a freak! You're just stupid! Quote Link to comment
+apersson850 Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 With my laptop, a light version of Photoshop is bundled as pre-installed software. Anders Quote Link to comment
Couch_Potato Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 If you're looking to actually purchase photo editing software consider Paint Shop Pro as an alternative to Photoshop. It does nearly all the same things for a fraction of the price of the full version of Photoshop. It's what I'm not associated with the company, but I've been using for years with no troubles or complaints. I'm not lost! I just don't know where I am. Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 quote:It's what I'm not associated with the company, but I've been using for years with no troubles or complaints. Yep, me too. I've had PaintShop Pro for years and have used it for all sorts of graphics. I'm sure there are programs that are more "no brainers" but this one seems to suit me well. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+ZachNLiam Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 I have received three copies of Elements in various digital imaging equipment I've bought, and it is REALLY powerful for how inexpensive it is. It does MOST of the things my Photoshop 7 does. The interesting feature for what you're trying to do is in Photoshop 6, 7, and Elements, and is called "Save For Web.." It doesn't require you to change your loaded image AT ALL. It brings up a split screen where you can see the "before and after" of your image, will allow you to save it as a different size, and even see the finished file size BEFORE you save it. I bring this feature up when I'm trying to make an image "web ready" change the IMAGE SIZE control to 640 pixels on the LONG side of the image, hit apply, and it's small. Then I tweak the .jpg quality settings to get the best balance of quality and image size. I try to hit around the 90k size for this website, because they claim they'll take an image up to 100k. This works great, and when you're done you won't accidentally overwrite your original LARGE image when you close the program. BTW, Elements RETAILS for $89, and for what it does it's a bargain. Quote Link to comment
Dru Morgan Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 Maybe this will make its way into a FAQ. Remember, you saw it here first. http://www.theheavenlyhost.com/geocache/image.html Serious cachers needed! www.theheavenlyhost.com/geocache Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted October 3, 2002 Share Posted October 3, 2002 I'll tag it with my alternative for using Windows Paint - looks really good as is, though. Mind if I just link to your explanation? Markwell Chicago Geocaching Quote Link to comment
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