I took some pictures on my digital camera of something I want to put on craigslist. I took them at a file size of 2.2MB. THey are too big to post on craigslist. Does anyone know how I can reduce the size of the file so it will allow me to post it on craigslist?
Changing File Size question
- Thread starter iluvrubs
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Open the photos up in either a graphics program (like PhotoShop) or a viewing program (like Thumbs, or ACDSee). The go to the image size function and reduce the size of the image. The file size will reduce proportionally.
Good question, it's fairly simple when you've done it a few times.
Open the file in Paint
Under "Image" click "Stretch/Skew"
Type in the percent you want it reduced, make it the same for each direction.
Under "Image", you can then click on "Attributes" to find out the size you've ended up with.
When you get what you want, save it as a new file if you want to keep the original photo.
Open the file in Paint
Under "Image" click "Stretch/Skew"
Type in the percent you want it reduced, make it the same for each direction.
Under "Image", you can then click on "Attributes" to find out the size you've ended up with.
When you get what you want, save it as a new file if you want to keep the original photo.
Another way to reduce the file size is to save it as a jpg and then select a higher compression ratio. I'm not sure if you can do that in paint, but almost all photo editors can do it.
