resizing photos

[trinibob]

hi all
want to share some picks on this forum but i have never had to resize my picks can you talk me thrue this i am using roxio media creator 8 and the photo i am trying to resize are at 1.21 MB (1,271,177 bytes)

[trinibob]

no help ???

[Wynngd]

I'm quite confuse with your question. You want to resize the filesize or the size of the picture (length x width). Basically the smaller the picture size the smaller the file size (bytes). Filesize also directly proportional to the quality of the Jpeg picture. The more details the picture has the higher the file size (bytes). Hope this help.

[SMcEvoy]

Look for the Transform button. Inside it, you should find options that include the following, Crop, Rotate, Flip, Straighten and Resize. It should be the resize feature you are looking for.

[trinibob]

Originally posted by wynngd
I'm quite confuse with your question. You want to resize the filesize ?

yes sorry i have to reduce the file size not the photo size

[trinibob]

Originally posted by smcevoy
Look for the Transform button. Inside it, you should find options that include the following, Crop, Rotate, Flip, Straighten and Resize. It should be the resize feature you are looking for.

yea looked there resize only wanted to shrink the photo size not the file size?

[Andrask]

Do you know the image format of your file? The most common is jpeg and if your image name is my-image then the file will be my-image.jpg.

I don't use the Roxio software but I can recommend a freeware image editor, Irfanview which is excellent for converting images from one format to another. If you have a jpeg image file, it is then a question of getting the best compromise between size and image quality by selecting the jpeg quality; try 80% and work downwards till you get the size you are happy with.

[trinibob]

Originally posted by andrask
Do you know the image format of your file? The most common is jpeg and if your image name is my-image then the file will be my-image.jpg.

I don't use the Roxio software but I can recommend a freeware image editor, Irfanview which is excellent for converting images from one format to another. If you have a jpeg image file, it is then a question of getting the best compromise between size and image quality by selecting the jpeg quality; try 80% and work downwards till you get the size you are happy with.

yes they are jpeg
any freeware links that will do that would be verry helpfull.

[Wynngd]

I don't have Roxio but I have an alternative suggestion. Once you're done with editing your photo in Roxio you can open it in micrsoft photo editor then click file and save as. Then on the list file type you click more. In that option you will see the Jpeg quality meter. To decrease the file size you need to lower down the quality factor. That will save you file size.

[trinibob]

micrsoft photo editor Microsoft Windows XP Professional?
is this a already installed program that comes with i have never used that program but i will look for it tonight.
thanks

[Wynngd]

Yes, just right click the file and select open with. You will see the microsoft photo editor in the dropdown menu.

[trinibob]

thanks for your help i did find the tab in that program!

[Wynngd]

you are most welcome

[Big-H]

Bit of a late reply, but look up one of these:
Irfanview
xnview
Faststone (now my preference)

All offer excellent viewing resizing and basic image editing.

Howard