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 Sep 25 2004, 08:32 AM
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John -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Sep 25 2004, 12:33 PM
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If you have XP Home or Pro, then you can try something else, without having to use another application. It may work in other Windows, but I have not tried yet.
Right-click the file and select copy. Right-click the copy and select rename. Rename it the same, but add ".gif" (without quotes). Right-click the file again, and select properties. Take a look at the (byte) size. If that is enough, then E-mail this file, instead of the JPG file. If it isn't enough compression, then repeat the rename step, but instead of gif, put bmp or tif. If the above does not compress it enough, then you may need a utility to do it for you. -------------------- We are all curious like a cat. We wonder, we ask, we learn.
Please post back when a suggestion works, so that others may learn. |
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Sep 25 2004, 01:06 PM
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 Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Tg1911: phawgg, Do you use Irfanview?
I've been using it since version 3.8 (about 2 yrs.) It's amazing, what all, this little freeware program will do. Plus, there are tons of free plug-ins available for it. jgweed: I have been using the application for some time now, but your quick walk-through was very good and useful to an amateur such as myself. I had it to play with a while back, and was impressed. Like many others, I removed it when I experienced difficulties not really related to it or the dozens of others I had. Now I face getting back to them all, and deciding which to use and how. For those reasons, I'm happy you share your experiences with it. I will also refer to them as time goes on, and maybe ask more specific questions about techniques as I reload my data again. 
-------------------- patiently patrolling, plenty of persisant pests n' problems ...
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Sep 25 2004, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE(phawgg @ Sep 25 2004, 01:06 PM) Tg1911: phawgg, Do you use Irfanview? I've been using it since version 3.8 (about 2 yrs.) It's amazing, what all, this little freeware program will do. Plus, there are tons of free plug-ins available for it. jgweed: I have been using the application for some time now, but your quick walk-through was very good and useful to an amateur such as myself. I had it to play with a while back, and was impressed. Like many others, I removed it when I experienced difficulties not really related to it or the dozens of others I had. Now I face getting back to them all, and deciding which to use and how. For those reasons, I'm happy you share your experiences with it. I will also refer to them as time goes on, and maybe ask more specific questions about techniques as I reload my data again. Just, give a holler. I'll help if I can. -------------------- |
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Oct 3 2004, 02:06 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Irfanview is back on board. Re-sizing is a beautiful thing. A far cry from being stuck with a .bmt of a little error message on my desktop that is so huge it pops the seams if I post it. I just throw the sceenshot into Paint, adjust the image size. File it as a .jpg in folder "screenshots" , adjust it in Irfanview and give it to Photobucket online. Post it or the link and I can communicate exactly what I see, should a problem develop. So, now if an unusual thing happens, I just screenshot it before I decide how to react (allow, deny, etc.) That way, I can double-check the decision with others if a further problem develops. Odd firewall log entries? Same thing. Help menu running me in circles? Let's see about that.
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Oct 3 2004, 03:36 PM
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SPAM Magnet Group: Site Admin Posts: 16,154 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
QUOTE(phawgg @ Oct 3 2004, 02:06 PM) I just throw the sceenshot into Paint, adjust the image size. File it as a .jpg in folder "screenshots" , adjust it in Irfanview and give it to Photobucket online. You can do all of your screenshots, in Irfanview. Just hit "Print Screen" / open Irfanview / Edit / Paste Then you can crop, resize, etc........ -------------------- |
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Oct 3 2004, 05:59 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Good, even better.
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