General Chat

June, You can use the "Paint" programme on your Windows Accessories. to alter the size of your pics. (Stretch/Skew). You can also modify the .ext from .bmp to .jpeg etc.

I agree that it's unusual not to get some software bundled. But the mechanism for reducign the size isn't always obvious. In the software I use (ACDsee) I simply open a picture and then "save as" and there's an option to alter the compression ratio - higher compression = smaller file size and therefore smaller image when opened.

What camera do you have? It is very unusual not to get some software with a camera, which will allow you to reduce the file size of your pictures. They come large so if you want to print them out the size of your living room wall you can do so without losing too much detail! However, the file size will be huge and take ages to load onto the screen of the person you have emailed them to. The best format for emailing photos is JPEG (that's the file type). If you know anyone else with camera software, borrow the disc and download onto your computer - the image manipulation bits are fairly general. When you have resized and spruced up your photo, save as a JPEG file.

June, Have a look here: http://www.snapfiles(.)com/freeware/gmm/fwdigi.html Crista

I got my Digicamera and excitedly took photos, even mastered emailing them, only to be told by more than 1 person, they need editing, they are too big. Very kind friends suggested various programmes to download free, I can't find them, I know I am thick when it comes to puters,but why oh why aren't these supplied with the camera? Then I thought, I know another way round it is to put my card in the cardreader, print them off, scan them and email. Tried to do that, the card reader tells me I need an adaptor for my card. One day I will have some pictures to send!! Can anyone recommend an image reducer/edit programme that is SIMPLE enough for me.