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Old 01-22-2006, 10:56 PM   #1051
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Try this free one. http://www.irfanview.com/
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Old 01-23-2006, 07:29 AM   #1052
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I'm using an HP photosmart 435 camera. The software is HP photo and image director. (came with the camera). I'll try another one this evening and see how I do, now that you have given me some pointers. Thank you all so much.
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Old 01-23-2006, 10:59 AM   #1053
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I Second that IrfanView emotion, it's the easiest way to go (and free!)

Capnhowdy, just drag your pic to it, choose Image -> Resize/Resample and then use 'Set new size as percentage of original.' and pick a percentage. That's the quickest way to shrink it down and keep the picture quality. Cropping is super easy as well, just click/drag to select an area of the pic you want and Crop/CTRL-Y.

I usually resize my camera pics down a bit (50%?) to view fully on the screen, crop a bit to zero in on what I want, and then resize a bit more to make it manageable for email/posting.

IrfanView rocks!
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Old 01-23-2006, 11:37 AM   #1054
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dar512 suggested Irfanview to me when I had the same problem - it's really easy to use & meant I could finally email my photos. It's well worth checking out.
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Old 01-23-2006, 12:50 PM   #1055
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If your pics are too big and you are working with regular Windows u should have the program PAINT? I think u can just shrink them in there... Open Paint, File >>open , u search your pic , open it , go to Image and you take the second one...to shrink and.... u fill in the % horizontal and vertical...everything below 100% is shrinking...everything above 100% is enlarging...
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Old 01-23-2006, 02:19 PM   #1056
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Unless I've been missing that particular feature after using paint for years (which is entirely possible, as I only found out after three years of driving my car that it has fog lights) ... it's sufficiently primitive that you have to do the actual math to resize images in both the horizontal and vertical directions. It doesn't do the calculations for you.
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Old 01-23-2006, 04:02 PM   #1057
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I went and checked it out - you can resize the pictures using the stretch/skew feature. It lets you pick which percentage you want to shrink/ enlarge it by.

Beyond that, I don't know anything else about paint cuz I only use Photoshop.
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Old 01-23-2006, 05:06 PM   #1058
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MS paint is from the dark ages, software-wise and its use is only slightly less painful than pounding nails into your head. Irfanview is free and useful and a pleasure to use. Do yourself a favor and download Irfanview.
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Old 01-23-2006, 07:01 PM   #1059
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Talked me right into it. Be back soon with another wtf from my wtf town......
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Old 01-23-2006, 07:57 PM   #1060
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Since they passed the no smoking ordinance where I live we have a new restaraunt, which is really booming. Hope I got the resizing straight this time.

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Old 01-24-2006, 01:55 PM   #1061
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sweet!
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Old 01-26-2006, 11:54 AM   #1062
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Old 01-26-2006, 12:01 PM   #1063
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wolverines?
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Old 01-26-2006, 10:59 PM   #1064
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Wombats I say !!!
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Old 01-27-2006, 10:27 AM   #1065
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I was going to guess bears.
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