How do I shrink a digital photo?

[landry_p2000]

Can some one please help me? I am trying to find out how to shrink my HUGE digital photos. Any input would be greatly appreciated. :confused:

[dorokusai]

I know in the movie TRON they worked that out AND then some, but to date, no resolution is possible.

What program are you using?

[trubluluc]

Most digital cameras come with some sort of rudimentary software program that will allow you to do this on your computer. If you have an aftermarket program such as photoshop, it's a breeze.
If you have no software, you will have to set your camera to a smaller file setting so that it doesn't take photos with huge files.

-Luc

[Frank Z]

Use "PaintBrush".
Open the pic you want to edit/shrink and then click on the "Select" button...the dotted rectangle.

Put your cursor on the picture and RIGHT Click your mouse.

Left click on the "Stretch/Skew" option.

In the window that pops up you enter the percentage that you want to shrink the pics. Use the same value for horizontal and vertical.

You can play around with various percentages untill you find the size that works best for you.

[landry_p2000]

I know in the movie TRON they worked that out AND then some, but to date, no resolution is possible.

What program are you using?

HP Photosmart.

[dorokusai]

Frank just offered the MS idea, so try that. I use MS Picture It! mainly but have the HP shindig also.

[landry_p2000]

I got it now fellas. DUH?! On the HP photosmart software it has a place where you select the picture, and go to resize, and play with the vertical and horizontal resolution. I am so impatient. (dumba$$)

Thanks a million!

[Toxis]

I use Photoshop.

Image -> Image Size

[VR3]

Paint Shop Pro... (Image > Resize)

Microsoft Paint (as mentioned above) is a fast and effective way, but it really drains the picture in quality though... sucks - but ya know...

I've had a few versions of Adobe Photoshop - never quite found the liking to it or saw a real use to what it does. It DOES drain alot of resources though, I know that much!

[trubluluc]

........when you go to save the resized picture, hit "save as"
not "save", that way you will get a resized copy, but won't mess up (shrink) your original photo. If you ever want to print out a picture, a larger file will yield a sharper image.

-Luc

[landry_p2000]

Got it. Thanks.