Scanned Pictures

[Uzoma]

Hello again. I am having immense difficulties with some pictures I'm trying to uphold. They must be 600 x 600 pixels and under 240 KB. How can I amend my pictures to fit this? It seems when I get the pixels right, the pictures end up in MBs instead of KBs. HELP!

[terambulan]

Klik on the pic and look on page (left bottom) to see size in kbs/mbs. Kbs is small for most pics. Do you have Ms Photo Editor? I load pics there & lighten/darken & file the pic with an 'x' (ann = annx) to show you have worked on the original.

Now check if the annx is smaller/bigger than the original ann. Upload the smaller kb file.

[kempie]

File size measured in MBs sounds like saved as bitmap (*.bmp)

Smaller file sizes require a compressive format such as *.gif or *.jpg

[terambulan]

some high resolution (millions pixels) cameras are megabyte (Mbs) sized photos even though they're filed in jpeg.

[Uzoma]

Ok guys. I thought I was on top of all things technical but it seems that this has left me completely stymied. Am I being really dense? I'm assuming that there is nothing I can do to make the picture/file smaller. Is 600 dpi the same as 600 x 600? Nothing I do seems to work . . .

[terambulan]

Put your picture on here and adjust to smaller size.

http://www.snapfish.co.uk/tourediting

This will reduce to what you require. To test, put your picture on Word, if it takes up half a page its too big and needs reducing to fit quarter of the page.

[terambulan]

dpi = dots per inch nothing to do with physical size only quality of print.

[kempie]

terambulan - we are considering a 600 x 600 pixel image i.e. 0.360 megapixels.

600 x 600 refers to the physical dimensions of the pic; 600 pixels wide and 600 pixels tall.

DPI resolution is only really relevant when printing pictures not when viewing on screen (screen resolution is normally below 100 DPI)

[terambulan]

Specially stayed up to help here....over to you Kempie, you obviously understand the situation better.

ps like your art.....any freebies?

[kempie]

Uzoma - which photo editing programs do you have access to?

I would suggest Irfanview (it's free)...

http://www.irfanview.com/

Open up the pic in Irfanview
Select from menubar "Image"
"Resize/Resample..."
"Set new size" (set the largest number to 600)
"Preserve aspect ratio"
and click OK

then Save as... JPG

[rojash]

As has been noted, 600x600 is a size, whereas 600dpi is a resolution. Looking at your earlier question, you say these are for the web. The normal resolution for the web is 96 or 72dpi, so you are scanning at far too high a resolution. Even good quality magazine pics are normally only 300dpi.

[ianmunt]

Download fastimage resizer,drag and drop files to it and its done virtually instantly
.http://adionsoft.net/fastimageresize/

[ACtheTROLL]

talk about a mountain .....

it's easy enough to do - but 600x600 is a bit of a problem - because most pictures are wider than higher
800x600 1024x768

the size you require is square ... so resizing will either make people long and thin - or short and fat
the ideal is to crop the picture and then save it as a JPG
(you can usually play with the compression to reduce the Mbs

the gimp is free - and I also like Irfanview.

another option is post it on www.tinypic.com
and I'll do it and tell you how

[Uzoma]

AC, if you could help me with this or talk me through this step by step, I would be extremely grateful.
I'm happy to load this on to the website you suggested.
I agree that most of the programmes make it end up as 501 x 600 or 600 x 800, not really 600 x 600 but if you can help me out, that would be so great. I owe you one!

[ACtheTROLL]

right .... I've started with a huge bmp
3.8Mb (ok not that big - but big)

lets use irfanview

save a COPY of the real pic
open it in Iv

start by dragging a square with the cursor (no tools - just the pointer)
the pointer turns into a cross ... and when it's in the square a magnifying glass with a cross
when its over an edge it becomes a double heated pointer <->

you have two options - you can either use as much of the whole pic as you can
or you can take a particular part of the pic

either way it's pretty much the same - but we don't really want to make anything bigger

start by using the whole pic

draw your square - and drag the top and bottom edges so they are at the edges of the pic
look at the top of the window and it will show various numbers - 274, 200; 900x1200; 1.920
the 900x1200 is what we need

we need to bring the edges in so the display shows 900x900

when you have the bit you want
edit | crop (or ctl+y)
so now we have a square - but it's too big

Image | resize/resample
in set new size enter 600x600
ok
now save asname it and make it a .jpg
at the side you'll see an options window - leave it at 80% for the moment - save the pic

and that's it - done
Ideally you should always downsize - enlarging isn't a good idea unless you have to

[Uzoma]

RESULT!! AT LAST!!!
Just when I thought that I had computers and scanners down to an art, I've learnt something simple but the solution to what kept me up till early this morning!
I appreciate everyone's help with this but ACtheTROLL, you're DA MAN!!
Thanks so much!!

[mollovi]

hi, my picture is 600x600 pixels, but 1.02 MB, how to make it 240 KB? you can also call me at 202 370 7744

[Uzoma]

Hi Mollovi. My understanding is that if you compress the picture, it will reduce it accordingly. How you do it will depend on the 'picture programme' that you are using. Let us know which programme you have & I may be able to talk you through.

[ACtheTROLL]

UZ
always good to see a plan come together ;)

mol
download irfanview - it will make life much easier

first - in future I suggest you post an e-mail created for this sort of thing (not your main one) and certainly NOT a number - who knows what "help" you may end up with.

if you've done EXACTLY what was shown
my guess is the file is saved as a .BMP ot Tiff

open it again in
use save as . drop the file type box and select .JPG

[mollovi]

act, thank you, using a combo of ifran and resize worked out fine