Resizing Photos

cfabluenose · 11-09-2009, 05:38 PM

Ok, I'm one of the folks who's too dumb to know how to resize a picture on this board. How do you do it? Thanks.

BKV122 · 11-09-2009, 05:40 PM

You need to do it in a photo editing program, like MS paint, photoshop or google.com works wonders too!

ToadHollow · 11-09-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cfabluenose

Ok, I'm one of the folks who's too dumb to know how to resize a picture on this board. How do you do it? Thanks.

Are you wanting to resize for your signature pic or just to post some pics?

cfabluenose · 11-09-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ToadHollow

Are you wanting to resize for your signature pic or just to post some pics?

Probably both. I did post a photo awhile ago and it ended up being one of those ridiculously large images that you have to scroll through forever.

ToadHollow · 11-09-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cfabluenose

Probably both. I did post a photo awhile ago and it ended up being one of those ridiculously large images that you have to scroll through forever.

Which host are you using? Most will have an option allowing you to have the pictures resized as they're uploaded from your laptop. Normally, you want to choose 17" screen sizing. You can always edit before or after the upload as well.

Signature pics generally need to be 500x150 or smaller. I think the physical size cannot be more than 42k or something like that ....

jopa489 · 11-09-2009, 05:52 PM

Mihov Image Resizer is a cool little app I've used for years. Why bother firing up Photoshop when this little app batch converts images to any size quick and easy? Just Google for it, it's free and small. It's Windows only, but there's probably something similar for OSX. You can also use ImageShack's built-in resizing. Both of these options are good for posting photos.

For a signature, you'll probably want Photoshop to get the image and any text the proper size.

Seed · 11-09-2009, 05:56 PM

Use imageshack. You can resize on the fly:

Sia Bani · 11-09-2009, 06:47 PM

or tpiwwp.com (http://www.tpiwwp.com)

Buegie · 11-09-2009, 06:51 PM

most of the image hosting sites have little editing programs built in, though I use PS for basically everything

anthony @ eas · 11-09-2009, 06:51 PM

+1 ImageShack is the way to go. I couldn't live without the toolbar for FireFox.

samwoo2go · 11-09-2009, 08:31 PM

dude just host your pictures on photobucket and it will auto resize for you when you link a [img] tag here

Rosetta Stoned · 11-09-2009, 09:42 PM

If you use a Mac you can do some cool stuff with Automator. Create a photo resize workflow and any pictures you select in finder can be resized and resampled to 72 dpi with a right click, or even create a specific folder with a folder action that automatically resizes photos dropped into it.

Blind32 · 11-10-2009, 08:10 AM

Sticky this!

mike-y · 11-10-2009, 09:45 AM

also, check out Fotosizer. free little program that works well, and will resize a whole directory of pics at once.

http://www.fotosizer.com/

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mike-y just another bmw douche bag 195 Rep 3,640 Posts Drives: 1.9L of fury Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (4)	also, check out Fotosizer. free little program that works well, and will resize a whole directory of pics at once. http://www.fotosizer.com/
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