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Attaching jpegs to emails

Dec 28, 2004 6:45AM PST

I only have a dial up connection, sometimes it is connected at only 14.4 kbps. I would like to email some jpegs I have taken on my digital camera, but when I try to attach the file when composing my email, it takes a long time to download the file and I eventually loose my internet connection altogether. Is this because I only have dial up and its 14.4kbps? I have a 56k modem on my pc and I have been able to attach other pics before.

The jpegs are photos from my digital camera, that I would like to email.

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Maijab, Two Solutions That I See
Dec 28, 2004 6:59AM PST

One is to get a faster intenet connection.

The other is to reduce the size of the jpg file sizes. Photos from digital cameras can be quite large depending on the maximum pixels that you use. To reduce the size of the file, I use a free picture viewing program called "Irfanview". Download it from the link below:

http://www.irfanview.com/

Once the program is installed on the computer, open Irfanview, then click on "File" in the upper left, choose "Open", then navigate to the picture that you want to reduce in size and open it. When the picture is displayed in Irfanview, click on "Image" in the upper left, select "Resize/Resample", then change the size to something smaller. Save the picture with a new name.

Try to make the picture size 100 mb or smaller. They will transfer easier on a dial-up connection and are easily viewable on another computer.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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(NT) (NT) Oops, I Meant 100 KB not MB...
Dec 28, 2004 9:01AM PST
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try this- it worked for me!
Dec 28, 2004 7:01AM PST

I simply reduced the size of rhe pictures and then e mailed them. The file size is alot smaller. The recipient can then resize them after downloading!

Best Wishes and Happy New year,

Tony

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Another recommendation
Dec 28, 2004 7:10AM PST

Tony, I addition to the excellent advice you ahve received if you're using Windows XP go to the link below and download & install Image Resizer for Windows XP. After it's installed you would just right click on the .jpg file and choose Resize Picture and then choose the smallest size. It will create a smaller size picture and you would then e-mail this picture instead of the original picture. It works very well.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Tufenuf

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another alternative
Dec 28, 2004 7:24PM PST

You can also use a service like Ofoto to upload pictures then send a link to friends or family to view. They have the choice to download them or buy prints. Reducing the size does make it faster and easier to send via e-mail. But the photos won't print out as nice as they would full size. So I make a CD for those who have a dialup service, send it through the mail and let them decide if they want to print it out or not.