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X-WL2K-Downloaded-From: ftp://winlink.org/Help/Photo.txt at 2006/02/03 17:14 (UTC)

How to create smaller picture files with Microsoft Photo Editor: 

First, make a copy of your hi-res original picture, with a different name, 
so there is no chance of overwriting the original. 
(We're assuming JPEG picture files from a digital camera, typically a few hundred kilobytes
 and too big for sending via Pactor). 

Then start Microsoft Photo Editor and open the new copy. 

Then crop the picture as needed: Click the "Select" tool button (dotted rectangle), 
drag a selection box on the image, right-click inside the box and select "Crop". 
(Use Edit/Undo if you don't like the results). 

Next, select File/Properties from the menu, and change resolution to 72 
(or thereabouts- this is the approxamate resolution of a computer screen). 

Now select Image/Resize, you will see some rediculous dimensions based 
on the original number of pixels and a new, lower resolution. 
Change the width to 6" or so. (The height will scale accordingly). Click OK. 
Now go to the Zoom control on the toolbar and select 100%. Look OK? 
If not, use Edit/Undo to undo the resize, and pick a different width. 

Lastly, select File/SaveAs, give it another new name so that it won't 
overwrite the hi-res original, and save it. If you click the "More" button then 
you can also select a lower or higher JPEG quality, but our experience is that the 
default "50" setting is a good compromise between file size and quality. 

To see the effect of the new resolution you need to re-open the saved picture in a new window, 
otherwise you are still looking at your original before JPEG compression. 

Now check the file size with Windows Explorer (don't forget View/Refresh if needed to update 
the display) and repeat the resizing if the file is still too big. Files between 10 and 20K are 
quite reasonable for sending via Pactor-2 which typically transfers 1-3K bytes per minute. 
Sending pictures via Pactor-1 is simply not practical. 

73, Jim ke6rk