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« on: June 20, 2009, 07:19:34 PM » |
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I just got a new camera. It takes great pictures but they take up way to much memory for posting. I make them smaller but they still seem to use up to much space. What is a good way to decrease the amount of memory that the pic takes wihout schrinking them down to the size of a dime?
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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2009, 07:30:12 PM » |
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Scooch do you have the kodak picture software? If you do you can do an edit on the picture and do a save as with the size for the web and then that will post fine
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2009, 07:56:03 PM » |
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Irfanview is also good for resizing..I tend to resize them too small, but they will resize to whatever format you like.
I think it's still a free download. Easy to use.
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2009, 08:12:41 PM » |
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Are you able to reduce the size (the quality) of the photo from within your camera? I have mine set to the lowest setting to be able to post pics here.
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 08:25:09 PM » |
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I have windows XP and when I email photos there is an option to make them smaller so that is how I resize the ones I want to post... (I send them to myself, save them on the desktop, post them, delete them)....
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2009, 09:16:38 PM » |
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When there is a choice, use the highest resolution setting on the camera so that the picture you have will be the highest quality. It will probably also be way to large to send or post online. To resize a picture, you can use freeware software. There are amny programs on the market which will allow you to touch up the photos and you can test them out: http://www.tucows.com/ and search for photo editor |
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2009, 09:36:42 PM » |
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Start by adjusting the camera resolution down to the lowest setting, try that, then work up from there.
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2009, 09:46:28 PM » |
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What size are you talking? 1600x1200 is a common 'fine' setting and reducing to 40% would take you down a Web friendly 640x480.
'Fine' on my other camera is 4288x2848, I need to reduce to 15-17% to be Web friendly.
Some software will not open very large files and you would have been supplied an editing program with the camera if that is the case.
Setting the lowest resolution will result in smaller files but you will not be able to blow them up without blurring.
I shoot, save, copy file to play with. Then there is always a good quality record of my shoot.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2009, 09:47:57 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 09:07:25 AM » |
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Irfanview is also good for resizing..I tend to resize them too small, but they will resize to whatever format you like.
I think it's still a free download. Easy to use.
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Still free - works great for resizing and you can actually do a whole lot the the program - like resizing, incremental rotation, even create HTML coded web pages complete with thumbnails. It is one of the best free programs out there. Also Kodak Easy Share is nice - can do all kinds of color corrections, special effects etc. |
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 10:25:31 AM » |
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I guess what I was asking was not for resizing but decreasing the resolution of the saved piece. I want the image to be of a decent size but take up less memory. I don't want to decrease the resolution that the original picture is taken at or saved at.
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 10:47:35 AM » |
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Do you have Adobe Photoshop on your computer? If so, let me know and I'll post instructions on how we decrease size/resolution on our computer.
I also have Kodak EasyShare, but I don't know how to adjust size or resolution in it (we use Photoshop to open all of our photos once they've been loaded onto the computer). Can someone post instructions on how to reduce the size on EasyShare?
We used to always use the highest resolution on the camera, but we've started decreasing it recently to open up more space on the memory card unless it's a picture that may be blown up to a much larger than usual size. Typical snapshots still turn out great.
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« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2009, 12:25:51 PM » |
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A hint from a guy that knows nothing about this stuff:
When you resize - rename too. That allows you to keep the original pic in it's original size and format. You may want the quality at a later date, if you plan to print the pic.
Also, cropping the pic down to what you really want to illustrate- sans background, helps.
The various programs mentioned by others are all pretty good.
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