Quick lesson on making scans smaller

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Posted By: leon

Since many folks seem to have an issue with making scans smaller here's a 1 minute lesson and the way I do it. For the record I greatly stink at computers and technology. (even though I sell them) After you have your scan made right click on the little icon of your scan. Then you "open with" the program called "paint". Almost all pc's will have it on them. When it opens look at the top of the screen in the instruction bar. There is the word "image"...click on it. Then the 2nd item in the pull down menu is "stretch/skew". Click on it. Then you will see 2 "100"'s in the boxes. Make them any number smaller and then hit enter. You will have a smaller image. You can do it as many times as you want to any pic. I always keep both numbers the same so the image isn't distorted. A teeny bit of practice (literally 5 minutes)...and you should be a pro. I hope this helps as the smaller the image posted on this board the better....best regards

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

If you're using Windows XP and have the current updates you should be able to rightclick on your picture in My Pictures and automatically resize them -resizing to the smallest size is perfect for this board.

unfortunately imageshack has changed their URL codes they give you and I haven't figured out how to change the URL like you used to be able to do to automatically make your image smaller.

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

One quick suggestion - Save the image with a different name so that you can maintain the original file (image) size.

Changing the the number 100 will reduce or increase the size of the image by the (number)percentage you insert into that particular field. If you put "50" into the box then the image will be reduced by 50%. Keep in mind that there are TWO number fields to fill in:

The two 100's represent height and width.

If the numbers you insert into each box are different then the image will become distorted with the uneven ratio provided for the height and width field. Use the same number for each field to keep the same ratio of change for both the height and width.

Now that I've probably confused everyone - good luck...

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Posted By: steve f

All of these hints help.

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Posted By: jP

Thanks guys for the info.

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Posted By: peter ullman

thanks for the info...i'll try it in the future!

pete in mn
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