Images too large

[lalaky]

I can't upload some of my art pictures because your website says the file size is too big.How do I fix this? And please don't just say make the file smaller, cause I don't know how to do that. Thanks!

[ehoeveler]

Sorry, Lalaky but if you have a computer you have a program to make your
file smaller. For starters do you have a photo manipulation app? E

[lalaky]

I don't believe so.....

[ehoeveler]

What operating system do you have?
Do you have a Mac or PC? E

[lalaky]

PC

[ehoeveler]

OK. That means you have a Windows OS.
Go ahead and look to see what kind of writing or media handling
program within your system (click bottom left on the Windows icon - you'll see a start-up menu
and at the top of the menu, you'll see 'all programs'. E
C'mon, you can doooo eeet!

[lalaky]

Gotta run an errand, be back to try that in about an hour....

[Singular]

Follow this link http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/?tag=mncol;1 and download the free software on that page. It is called Irfanview and I use it for all of my image resizing. It will compress the image without losing the quality. Perfect for the web.

Let me know if you have any questions.

all the best,
Joe

[lalaky]

I'll give it a try. thank you thank you thank you!

[lalaky]

I'm still confused. I downloaded that program, and tried to reduce the pixels, and then it says save, and it seems like its doing nothing. Maximum size for this website is 3072 kb, and my image is mb. It's not working. Is there any way you can walk me through it. Pretend I'm a little kid, and you have to tell me exactly what buttons to push. Step by step.

[Singular]

ok. Open your image in Irfanview. Then in the top menu bar, select image -> Resize/Resample. Then enter your new dimensions. Your image should not be more than 800px in either direction. If it is already smaller than that, ignore the resize part. Then select file -> save as. Make sure that you are saving as in the jpg format and on the right saide choose 80% image quality. It should be defaulted to that.

Now if you look at your image, it should be a lot smaller in size. Please let me know if it worked for you.

all he best,
Joe

[lalaky]

OMG Joe! I did it! It took me two hours but I figured it out! I know, it took me forever, but I'm proud of myself. It gave my brain a good workout! Thank you so much!!!!

[Sarah Gren]

If you're still looking for solution follow these simple steps:
Select your image file, right click >> Open with >> Paint (MS paint) >> Save as JPG. Done. This will reduce image size (memory) without affecting its quality.

[eddieblz]

I use Gimp
http://www.gimp.org/ It's free.
Open the image in Gimp.
Click on the word (image) in the top menu.
Go down to (scale image). Click on it
The scale image box will open.
In the image size boxes take the width or Height which ever the larger number.
change that number to I think its 500 pixels.
then go to the bottom of the box and hit scale.
Now here is the important part, you will want to save your image in a form that this forum will accept.
I Personally like PNG images. But that's me.
You'll have to go to the file menu.
Scroll down to export, click on it.
in the export image box pick a folder then go down to (export all images) in the bottom right corner. Click on the down arrow.
All the different formats will pop up. Pick a format. I'll just use the { PNG image (*.png) } format for an example. Click on it.
Then go to the name box at the top. Name your image lets say- Image.png. just that way with the .png after it.
then go to the bottom hit export.
A properties box will open. Check what ever properties you want to use.
then click on export again.
you have your image. A very clean image.

[Concept007]

If your image is too large (dimensions wise) you can use this free online resizer: https://bulkresizephotos.com/
If your file size is too large you can use optimize your image using: https://tinypng.com/

I use these if I'm uploading a couple of images onto a site. It's easier and quicker than loading up photoshop

[Singular]

If your image is too large (dimensions wise) you can use this free online resizer: https://bulkresizephotos.com/
If your file size is too large you can use optimize your image using: https://tinypng.com/

I use these if I'm uploading a couple of images onto a site. It's easier and quicker than loading up photoshop

Thanks for the great tip!