resizing files for upload, email, etc

[Jerram]

OK so bear with me b/c I am very new to digital photography yet I have been blessed with what I think is an excellent set up. I received a B-day gift of a Nikon D70 with Nikkor 18-70mm lens. I have already taken a couple of hundred pictures (we just had a baby) so I trying to take high quality pictures under low compression. I was told that this would optimize quality then I could resize the pics using editing software for email. Well, I have several photo editing programs and none of them seem to let me resize the photo!!!

They include: Epson Film factory "(came with the printer)
Picture Project (basic)
Dell Picture home studio (basic)

The closest I have come is the Dell program that says I can resize with an upgrade (for a charge of course.)

PLEASE tell me I am missing something. There has to be an easy way to do this. I want to be able to create a smaller copy of the original then retain the original for printing/editing etc.

Thanks so much. Hopefully I can figure this out and upload some reasonably sized pictures for you guys to critique....

Jeremy aka Jerram

[melbaby]

If you store your photos in WINDOWS, it is so simple. You select the photos you want to email, then it asks you the choice of keeping original size or shrink for email, in which you would choose the latter.

If this is your method, we can go from there. Good luck. You have a very good camera, (same as mine and many people in byte.)

[melbaby]

Another simple method, you could use for uploading to byte is (I learned this here actually) right click on the photo. Choose resize photo from the list of choices. It has a few smaller choices to pick,,,for byte the largest dimension is best no larger than about 800-900.

This will resize your picture, and also retain the original. I tested with mine.

You can also do it in photoshop, but you probably don't have that yet.

Hope this helps.

[ratcheer]

Or download the excellent and free IrfanView application.

Tim

[Jerram]

Thanks to everyone for the input. I have adobe Photoshop 7(yes I know its older) which will work for now. right now it serves my purposes. Look for a couple of my first pictures to be posted soon. Thanks again and I look forward to learning a lot in the coming months.


Jerram

[robter]

Hey Jerram!

I recently discovered a web page that do this that you are asking for. I don't know how it works, but I found it F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C !

The link is www.dosize.com and they resize your photos and send them to your email box, and you don't have to register !

It's new I think because they are in the MOMB site.

Hope this help.

[famjad21]

Since you have PS 7 under 'Image' click 'Image Size' then choose the dimension you want. For Byte you want the largest dimension to be no bigger than 800 pixels. Click 'Constrain Proportions' and use 'Bicubic' under 'Resample Image'.

DON'T FORGET Do this on a copy -- Never alter your original.

Frank

[robter]

What you are saying of PS 7 is right, but what I’…’‚‚´m trying to say is that with this www.dosize.com you don't have to worry about the thing you are talking about (no bigger than 800 pixels. Click 'Constrain Proportions' and use 'Bicubic' under 'Resample Image'.)

You just enter send them and recive them resized, not doing anything else

Great or what ?!