re-sizing jpeg photos for message boardsfor all of us who work on Windows PC machines,
we can use the built in MS "Paint" program to re-size our digital photos before we post them.
this is a here's-how I put together
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Resizing photos in Microsoft PaintHow to re-size jpeg photo files on a Windows PC
even if you don't have any type of photo editing program
the program "Paint" is built into the WINDOWS OS operating system.
A full sized jpeg file from my digital camera is 3776 x 2520 pixels.
I need to reduce the size of these files to post them on a message board
or to upload to a photo album / slide-show account like Flickr or Picasa
On a Windows PC machine > Open your Paint program (it's in Accessories)
under "File" > Open - a large, original jpeg photo file
If I go to Image > Attributes - it tells me the pixel size of the file I just opened
I need to make a file that is around 600 pixels wide &or no more than 600 pixels tall.
Using a little simple math,
divide 600 pixels by 3776 pixels and we get a fraction = .1588
which means that 600 pixels is around 16% of 3776 pixels
Using 16% we go to Image > Stretch/Skew
and change both Horizontal & Vertical to 16% > OK
when I look at the Attributes of the new file it reduced it to 605 x 404 pixels
which is perfect for message boards, emails, photo slide-show sites
Now re-name (Save As) this new file !!
Do not save the file by the same name where it is stored now
You will destroy your original large pixel file