| How to Resize Pictures for Email by Big Geek Daddy |
| Everyone knows how frustrating it is to receive an email with a bunch of photos attached that are still in their original format. As digital cameras have gotten less expensive and the pixel size has increase so has the size of the original photo. It's not uncommon to see photos that are 2-3 MB's in size. Sending these photos will often result in either the email getting bounced as it makes the inbox go over it's size limit or it just takes forever to download, especially for those still using dial-up Internet connections. Here's How To Resize Pictures for Email: Microsoft PowerToys are Free Programs to enhance the Windows XP experience. One Power Toy Big Geek Daddy uses on a regular basis is Image Resizer. Image Resizer is great if you send photos via email or want to use a photo as your desktop wallpaper as it can reduce a 2 MB file down to less than 100 KB. To use, simply download the program and double click on it to install. It will appear as if nothing has been installed. Select a picture file on your computer and right click on it to see the "Resize Pictures" option. Click that and the rest is easy. It won't change your original file as it just creates a smaller version in the same folder. Try Image Resizer, you'll like it. Here's another tip for using Image Resizer with Digital Photos. If you have a digital photo frame and want to get as many different photos as possible onto the memory card then resize all the photos before adding them to the memory card. An alternative method of sending pictures via email is shown here. |
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