MAY 6 | |
| Posted by: Simon Lang | Comments |
If you upload images to your website and wonder why they take so long, there's a good chance you are uploading them at a very high resolution. Taking a few minutes to learn how to resize images on your computer can mean saving a good deal of time when it comes time to upload or email them.
Dimensions on your screen are measured in pixels.
That means if you want your image to fit neatly on your screen, it doesn't need to be any bigger than that. Most digital cameras these days default to enourmous resoultions of over 2000 pixels in each direction.
The best utility for quickly modifying the size of images is Irfanview. You can download Irfanview from here.
It's a very small download, quick installation and has more features than you could imagine. Opening an image in Irfanview you'll notice some numbers in the bottom left corner. This is the resolution. Pressing Ctrl+R allows you to resize your image. Make sure you have the "Preserve Aspect Ratio" box checked, select a size, and click OK.
All you have to do now is save your image. It couldn't be easier.
Irfanview even allows batch resizes (resize all your holiday photos with one click!).
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/irfantut/batchcon.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic50519.html
Finally, just for a quick example, you can use this form to resize an image. Give it a shot...
