Here's
how to do it using the Windows Paint program.
Resizing Photos for
E-mailing With Windows Paint
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Before e-mailing a photo, it's a
good idea to reduce its file size. This is especially true if you are planning to send
multiple photos in an e-mail. Here's
how to do it using the Windows Paint program. |
1) Open the Windows Paint
Program
2) Choose File, then Open and select the picture you want to resize.
Your picture will appear very
large. You may only be able to see a small corner of your picture on the screen. Example:
3). Under the Image menu select "Stretch/Skew".
4) As a start, change both the Horizontal and Verticle parameters under Stretch to 25 (for 25%) and hit OK. Leave the parameters under Skew set to zero. This will reduce your picture to a reasonable size. (If you are not satisfied with the resulting size, just click on Edit, Undo to undo the resize, and then repeat the "Stretch/Skew" operation with a different percentage). Example of image above reduced to 25%:
5) When you're satisfied with the reduced image, go to the File menu and
choose "Save As.."
WARNING: do NOT choose "Save" or you'll overwrite your
original image!
6) Give the image a different
name -- for instance if the original image is called "reunion lunch tent,"
name the file "email-reunion lunch tent." This way you'll know which file
to e-mail-- and more importantly, you won't overwrite your original image file.
7) Below the filename, change "Save as type" to: JPG - JPEG files
(if it is not set to JPEG already).
8) Hit Save.
Now you have a reduced-size image suitable for e-mailing. While it's true that the
reduced size image is not the same quality as the original, it will still look quite good,
and people will thank you for not bombing their inboxes with giant files!