making pictures smaller

[seb]

i have some bitmap images whichar 2mb...

can i changfe them to be smaller? can i do this by opening them in paint and saving them as jpeg?

ideally i would like them circa 150kb but at least smaller than they are presently!

ta

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Yes, open in paint and save as jpeg will do the trick.

 

[unofficialPete]

Even better download Image Resizer (if you have windows XP)

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

Once installed just right click on any pic and select resize, sod knows why this isn't a part of Windows to start with!

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Thing is this resizes the picture and doesn't keep the same size. Saving it as a jpeg keeps the dimensions but compresses it (file size).

 

[seb]

coolio, cheers fellas, i'll look into it!

 

[TheCake]

Alternatively look into a piece of software called Irfanview. Its the dogs danglies.

 

[Darren S]

Alternatively look into a piece of software called Irfanview. Its the dogs danglies.

Similarly, I find XnView to be superb. It's a free download too - www.xnview.com

D.

 

[KDF]

I use The Gimp for all my imaging needs.. its free to download.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

I use The Gimp for all my imaging needs.. its free to download.

I've used GIMP at work (and IrfanView), have you got a link for GIMP as I've tried finding it before but couldn't see it.

 

[ViolentJ]

http://www.gimp.org/