How to down size a photo to fit myspace?

Question

I just bought a new camera but when I go to put the photos on my space they say it is to large and needs to be down sized! I tried a photo editing site that myspace suggested but I couldn't figure out how to shrink it down to 600k or less! Please help! I couldn't even attach it to my yahoo mail to send to a friend it was taking forever to attach and it just wouldn't work!

Answer 1

I got this from a message board I'm on... follow these directions and it will be easy:



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Did you donwload IRfanview? If not, go here:



http://www.irfanview.com/



Open the program.



Use the little, yellow folder icon in the top, left-hand corner to find the pic you want to re-size. It will tell you the height, width and size. Click OPEN.



Click on IMAGE, then RESIZE/RESAMPLE.



You can now re-size the pic using either the SET NEW SIZE option, SET NEW SIZE AS PERCENTAGE OF ORIGINAL option, or, SOME STANDARD DIMENSIONS.



I just played around with SET SIZE AS PERCENTAGE until it falls within the limits. So long as your pic is in JPEG format, you only need to worry about the whole pic being under 60K in size.



Make sure the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO box is checked!











If you are running Windows, you can also use Microsoft Paint, which is in the Accessories Folder in the Program Files list.



Instructions to resize using Microsoft Paint:



Launch PAINT

Click File, then navigate to your picture

Click Image

Click Stretch/Skew

In the stretch boxes, enter 30 % (If, say, your original pic is 1600 x 1200 pixels, Reducing it to 30% is good...)

Click ok

Now click File, and Save As, and give it a name.

Be sure it is saving as a JPEG and you will be good to go!



*depending on the size of your original pic, you may need to play around with the reduction percentages...you can check the size of the reduced image by clicking Image, then Attributes...I would say, try to keep the width of the pic between 400-600 pixels. An average size pic would be 300 x 400 pixels.



Hope this helps.

Answer 2

There are many tools to resize your images and still retain the

quality of the image.



You can use built in Microsoft Photo Editor or Ms-paint (may result in quality loss).



Alternatively, use one of the following:



1. Compupic Express or others

2. Coffee Cup Image Resizer

3. IrfanView

4. Acdsee

5. Kodak Imaging tool under Win 98/ME



Or look for small tools or programs on the Internet with keywords "image resizer" or "picture resizer" on either Google or yahoo.



For resizing a gif type image you can use the Gifworks.com tools. Which retains the animated part of the image and helps in cropping or resizing it.



That's it!



;) Hope I get the best answer.

Answer 3

Hello. I've looked at the input already given, and it seems good. I thought though I'd give you another way that may be easier. Go search for PhotoGadget. It's a small great app that you can use to reduce the image's size either by the pre-sets on it OR by doing a customized reduction to your exact needs. It works well and will NOT mess with your original image. This way you've got your original as well as your smaller version.

Answer 4

Irfanview works great! download this little program called Irfanview! It resizes photos with an ease...





I have a camera and I put my pics on my myspace page, I always resize my pictures with Irfanview.



go to http://www.irfanview.com or download it at http://www.download.com