Question for cetti

[sylvday]

You recently said that reducing the size of photos with Irfanview was a breeze. Would you mind taking me through it, becuse I've tried its 'resize/resample' menu, and while it changes the size of the photo on the sreen, I can't get it to save it in the reduced format.

[wildwood]

In case Cetti doesn't see this...

You gotto save the reduced image after resizing. If you want to retain the original save the smaller one with an identical name with a 'b' added to it. (file/save as)

[katiesara]

Thanks to Cetti's great advice have done this many times in the past couple of hours, use the resize/resample option - I just click on "Half" it shrinks the image on screen, then just use "File" "Save As", then type in your new file name - it really works and am thrilled to bits!!! (which is exactly as wildwood said - but am proving I've used an answerbankers advice!!)

[Cetti]

Phew - am I glad katiesara, as recommending a product can be fraught with problems because what suits one person may be a nightmare for someone else!

I was fairly confident with IrfanView as it's so widely used, but still good to know you're happy. Thanks wildwood for your help :-)

[sylvday]

Thanks everyone. It's so obvious, once you know!

[Cetti]

Apologies if you already know this sylvday but another thing I had to learn the hard way was - try to keep your Output Resolution 150 to 600 dpi maximum as this will also send your file size sky high. I tend to stick to 600 dpi for a good clear colour image and select Resize/Resample as near 800x600 as possible.