Quick and Easy: Use Micrsft Paint

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Posted by txilar on October 26, 2001 at 22:51:57:

In reply to: photo help! (kinda urgent) posted by Darlahood on October 25, 2001 at 23:03:16:

Hey D'hood,
I hope this is quick enough to help! A quick and easy way to scale
things down is to use Paint- which should be standard for a PC, if
we're talking Mac, I'm hopeless without Photoshop!

Anyway, open the picture up in paint.

Once there, go to (File bar) Image: Stretch/Skew.

A box will pop up with stretch and skew options both horizontal and
vertical.

On the Stretch options (only) clip the pics down however much you
feel necessary. Just remember that it has to be the same % amount;
you can't do 25% horizontal and 45% vertical.

I opened up a sample file that was almost 2MB in size and typed in
50% for both. Doing that took the sample file down to approximately
460MB.

Like everyone else I lend my praise to Photoshop. If you are a
student I know you can usually get a very discounted price on
Photoshop. As a last resort, Kinko's usually have graphic programs on
their computers.

I hope this helps!
: Okay, so I went over to my mom's office today to use their scanner
: and then just emailed the pictures to myself from over there...
:
: I open them up and they're HUGE! I can't post them anywhere or
send
: them to anyone like this! ACK! Does anyone know how to make the
: photos smaller? I don't have to download some huge program I won't
: know how to run to be able to fix this do I?
:
: Thank you all!

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: Hey D'hood, : I hope this is quick enough to help! A quick and easy way to scale : things down is to use Paint- which should be standard for a PC, if : we're talking Mac, I'm hopeless without Photoshop! : : Anyway, open the picture up in paint. : : Once there, go to (File bar) Image: Stretch/Skew. : : A box will pop up with stretch and skew options both horizontal and : vertical. : : On the Stretch options (only) clip the pics down however much you : feel necessary. Just remember that it has to be the same % amount; : you can't do 25% horizontal and 45% vertical. : : I opened up a sample file that was almost 2MB in size and typed in : 50% for both. Doing that took the sample file down to approximately : 460MB. : : Like everyone else I lend my praise to Photoshop. If you are a : student I know you can usually get a very discounted price on : Photoshop. As a last resort, Kinko's usually have graphic programs on : their computers. : : I hope this helps! : : Okay, so I went over to my mom's office today to use their scanner : : and then just emailed the pictures to myself from over there... : : : : I open them up and they're HUGE! I can't post them anywhere or : send : : them to anyone like this! ACK! Does anyone know how to make the : : photos smaller? I don't have to download some huge program I won't : : know how to run to be able to fix this do I? : : : : Thank you all!
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