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quotePosted at 11:31 on 12th June 2008

Hi Sue,

Sorry about not responding sooner.

Roy and Peter are correct (thanks both), there is a 5MB file size limit on the photo upload at the moment, so you'll need to resize the ones that don't make it through. As Peter suggests, hover over the thumbnail of the image and it should tell you the size.

Here is the upload page for Hay on Wye: http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Herefordshire/Hay-on-Wye/pictures/add

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quotePosted at 13:20 on 12th June 2008

I've done the hovering and I see what you mean, and now I have to ask one more question. How on earth do I make them smaller?

I'm so dense, It's obvious that I need to learn how to use the computer as well as the camera.

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quotePosted at 13:21 on 12th June 2008
P.S. Thank you everyone for your advice.
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quotePosted at 15:09 on 12th June 2008

Sue what photo editing program have you got?

 

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quotePosted at 15:30 on 12th June 2008

Most editing programs work in a similar way. In mine, I go to the drop down menues, Image, image size, and make sure that "maintain aspect ratio" is ticked, this is very important. If you dont tick the box, the photo will only be resized on the edge that you chose. You should have measurements in pixles and inches or centemeters. You just reduce the size from there. To make sure that you dont alter the original photo, save as (new name) to a separate folder. That way you still have the original in your photo file.

If you havnt got an editor, you can download "Irfanview" for free. Just google it. I think with Irfanview you alter the size in percenages.

Good luck and let me know how you get on. Hope iv'e explained that in a way that you can understand.
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quotePosted at 17:48 on 12th June 2008

If you're using Microsoft Windows (XP or Vista etc) on your computer, you should also have the program 'Microsoft Paint' which comes free with it. That will resize your photos too, though I can't vouch for the quality as I've never used it for that purpose.

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quotePosted at 20:40 on 12th June 2008

Well I did it! What I did I couldn't tell you beyond plonking a few numbers in a box and crossing my fingers. I must take a class.

So thank you Peter, your instructions were perfect (though I couldn't find a 'maintain aspect ratio' any where.

And thank you POE, I'll keep Paint in mind if I can't figure our Photoshop.

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quotePosted at 21:51 on 12th June 2008
Photoshop is what my son uses, its too complicated for my tiny mind lol I use Corel-Paint11 or you can download Picasa2 from Google for free, thats a good program
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quotePosted at 22:54 on 12th June 2008
I must have done something right as several of my picture  got through and await POE's mark of approval.
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quotePosted at 23:21 on 12th June 2008
Glad I could be of some help Sue. I have never used photoshop, but my photoplus x2 is almost exactly the same.
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