I have tried scanning with my printer using the lowest dpi (96) but still the scans are too large for the auction. What can I do to make the size a lot smaller to fit the required maximum bytes or whatever unit is used. Any help would be appreciated. I've tried using my camera rather than my scanner but the files are still too large.
capetown
Roy...I have Picasa3 that I use for cropping all the time...but do not know how to use it to downsize the file to make it a lot smaller.
I also have Infranview that I use for panoramic images, but again don't know how to use it to make files smaller. Am I missing something? When I tried to download the Infranview site you mentioned I got a whole bunch of different sites but nothing mentioned making a file smaller. Can you enlighten me...thanks, capetown
ps...don't know if I have 32-bit or 64-bit...does it really matter
"ps...don't know if I have 32-bit or 64-bit...does it really matter"
Yes, it matters. 64 bit won't install on a 32 bit computer. But if you are already running Irfanview, obviously it's ok.
But if you want to check: I presume you are running Windows. If your computer is reasonably new, it is likely 64 bit. To check, click on your "Start" icon (lower left corner) and choose "computer" from the menu. Click on "System Properties" at the top. Under "System" look for "System Type". That will tell you.
To resize an image with Irfanview:
a) open an image.
b) from the menu choose "Image"
c) choose Resize/Resample
Choose the options as in the following picture:
(Sharpen is optional - sometimes reducing the size of an image substantially blurs detail - a "sharpen" of about 20 restores some of this )
Definitely use "Resample" rather than "resize" -- much difference in quality.
Be sure "Preserve Aspect Ratio" is checked before you change the size parameters.
Irfanview will remember your most recently used option choices, so you won't always have to check them, just change the size you want as needed.
Roy
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Thanks for the details on recommendations for resizing with IrfanView and, also, thanks to Dave for the FastStone Photo Resizer application recommendation which looks extremely promising as a general purpose utility for working with stamp collecting related scans and sharing the results through internet connections and on Stamporama as well.
If you look on the upper right side of the screen image that Roy provided, you will see standard dimensions that can be selected. I usually select the 800 x 600 pixels and never have any sizing problem.
Thanks Roy and others for all your helpful information...Roy's step-by-step explanation and diagram worked like a charm...first time! Plus it was a lot of fun doing it. Thanks again to all of you...capetown
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