Image Resizing on a PC
Sometimes an image may be too large for emailing or uploading to a website. You can change the size of a picture by following these directions.
For XP users: Double click on your picture to view it full size.
Click on the icon in between the question mark and the Copy icon (looks like a disc) or type CTRL E on your keyboard to open up Paint to edit the picture.
In the top menu, click Image>Stretch/Skew. In the window that pops up, change the horizontal and vertical to 50% each in the Stretch box.
For Vista users: click once on the picture you want to resize, up in the menu bar click the down arrow next to Preview, and select Paint or right click on the picture and select Open with>Paint. In the top menu, click Image>Resize/Skew. In the window that pops up, change the horizontal and vertical to 50% each in the Resize box.
This step is crucial. You must rename your photo. While you want small images for e-mail or Web, you may want to retain your original image size for prints. Click File>Save As. At the top, you can use the pull-down menu if you want to change the location on your hard drive. Type the new file name (perhaps even just adding "copy" or "resized" to the original file name), and click Save on the bottom right.
You can check the size of your picture now by going into the folder where your picture is stored, right click on the newly saved picture and choose Properties. It will show you the size of the picture. If it’s still too big (mb instead of kb), repeat the process. Keep it below 100kb per image for recipients on dial-up internet access.
For XP users: Double click on your picture to view it full size.
Click on the icon in between the question mark and the Copy icon (looks like a disc) or type CTRL E on your keyboard to open up Paint to edit the picture.
In the top menu, click Image>Stretch/Skew. In the window that pops up, change the horizontal and vertical to 50% each in the Stretch box.
For Vista users: click once on the picture you want to resize, up in the menu bar click the down arrow next to Preview, and select Paint or right click on the picture and select Open with>Paint. In the top menu, click Image>Resize/Skew. In the window that pops up, change the horizontal and vertical to 50% each in the Resize box.
This step is crucial. You must rename your photo. While you want small images for e-mail or Web, you may want to retain your original image size for prints. Click File>Save As. At the top, you can use the pull-down menu if you want to change the location on your hard drive. Type the new file name (perhaps even just adding "copy" or "resized" to the original file name), and click Save on the bottom right.
You can check the size of your picture now by going into the folder where your picture is stored, right click on the newly saved picture and choose Properties. It will show you the size of the picture. If it’s still too big (mb instead of kb), repeat the process. Keep it below 100kb per image for recipients on dial-up internet access.