Do you like to send photos to people often, and they always take a long time
to send? Well you can fix that but optimizing your photos. After you have
scanned or downloaded your pictures, how about opening up a graphics
program like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop to size your photos down to an
appropriate size? Then you can send them with less of a hassle.
In Paint Shop Pro
- Start Paint Shop Pro. From the File menu, select Open and find the
picture you want to shrink. - Click Open the file.
- From the Image menu, select Resize. A dialog box opens.
- To reduce by pixels, click the radio button and enter the pixel height
and width. - To reduce by percentage, click the Percentage of Original radio
button. Type the percentage value you want to decrease the picture by. - To reduce the actual size in inches or centimeters, select the
Actual/Print Size radio button. Select inches or centimeters from the
drop-down menu and type the size in the boxes to the right. - After doing so, if you see the picture is not what you want, click
File menu and choose Undo to return the image to its original size. - Save your photo when finished by clicking File and selecting Save or
Save As.
In Photoshop
- From the File menu, select Open.
- Find the file you want and click Open.
- From the Image menu, select Image Size. A dialog box opens.
- Select Percent from the drop-down box next to Width. Type the
percentage you want to decrease the picture by in the Width box. The Height
box will automatically change. - After doing so, if you see the picture is not what you want, click
the Edit menu and choose Undo to return the image to its original size. - Save your photo when finished by clicking File and selecting Save or
Save As.
