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Fri May 26, 2006 3:15 pm

64irvine wrote: is there a way to use microsoft paint to resize without loosing image quality. my pictures get ridiculously pixelly when i shrink them

-since i am using a work computer, i cannot download programs. that is why i am asking a ms paint question.

What size are you doing? I tried on a 1280x1024 picture I have, resizing it to various smaller sizes and lost no image quality.

Fri May 26, 2006 3:18 pm

i have actually had mixed luck with ms paint. i have two different pictures that are taken from two different digital camera (don't have specs on me). but my avatar that i just put up looks ok to me. picture was taken nightish so background is dark. its ok though.

Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:51 am

:D This information was extremely helpful and time saving. Thank you to all of you who took the time to post accurate and useful information! Much Appreciated!

Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:04 pm

For those on a limited budget, you can get a free program called The Gimp (Graphic Image Manipulation Program).
It can be downloaded for free here.
http://www.gimp.org/
This was started as part of the Linux movement, but has been ported over to Windows.
There are no Spyware, or AdWare attached to this program, and it has about the same power as Photoshop, without having to pirate it from your buddy, or use a crippled version.

Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:12 am

Make sure your virus and spyware programs are up to date before installing any of these. I used the microsoft link, and coincidence or not, immediately after photopaint would not load, I rebooted, and now I have several viruses on my PC. I can't definitely say it was that program, but the time sequence was clear.

Symptoms include browser homepage changes, winlogon.exe corruption, and a "Runtime error 216" message that indicated a particular virus.

I am posting this from work since my home PC is now hosed. My Norton was about two months out of date since CompUSA was late getting me my Norton CD, and now I am paying dearly for it.

Do a scan (spyware and virus) before and after installing any program, now matter how seemingly trustworthy the source.

Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:37 am

Virus checks are always a good recommendation

I seriously doubt a file from download.microsoft.com would be infected though.

Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:54 am

In all likelihood, no. But the timing is pretty clear, and those "powertpoys" are written by MS employees but are not "official MS software"-- they are provided without warrantee and may not go through the same QC checks.

It can also be coincidence. I'm just pretty good about never opening attachments, installing programs, etc. I've made no (known) changes to my system for many months. But sometimes it's a particular instruction or time that triggers a virus. I'll be back on the case tonight...

Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:24 am

Another awesome program I use (when I'm on Windows) is The FastStone Photo Resizer:

http://www.faststone.org

When I'm on my Mac:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32838

Dev Site:
http://www.optunis.com/imaging/ar_info.html

Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:30 pm

i] I apologize to all Samba users who are trying to have me put pictures of my items for sale up. I am computer illiterate and nothing I have read or tried has succeeded in enabling me to post those pictures. I will keep trying, that is all I can do.[/i]

Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:36 pm

You can always email them to me at everettb@thesamba.com and I can shrink them for you.

Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:38 pm

I have windows vista and having a hell of a time resizing photos what do I do ? :evil:

Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:06 pm

I don't have Vista so I haven't tried them but I know there are several available if you do a Google search.

Here is one that sounds good:
http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:05 pm

Another Samba user said:
Quote: Check this out. It integrates with Windows so that you can just right click a picture or set of pictures and have it batch resize. There was a decent one with the XP Powertoys but that doesn't work in Vista.
http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis/archive/2007/0...lorer.aspx

Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:12 am

If you have MS Outlook there's another way. I highlight the oriiginal pictures then right click. SEND TO---- (scroll down)
MAIL RECIPIENT
It will ask you if you want to make pictures smaller. Hit Yes or OK
An e-mail message will appear with your resized images as attachments.
On the message click File-Save Attachments, and save to whatever folder you wish.
With this method you can resize multiple images in a batch rather than one at a time. I have resized over 50 images in one batch this way.
Make sure you hold down the control key when you select multiple images for resizing.
I don't even use MS Outlook anymore except to resize batches of pictures.

Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:39 pm

here is a free simple avatar maker for those who want it.
http://www.freewr.com/freeware.php?download=avatar-sizer&lid=2253

Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:04 pm

I gave up in trying to resize, I changed the settings on my nikon dslr to take a crappy pic but infranview still wouldn't fit samba.

I have photos on flickr.com and I selected a picture...clicked on size....clicked on thumbnail (100X64) or something like that...coppied the url....coppied to the "photo from a site" button under upload button and BINGO i finally have an avatar...yeah me

Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:33 pm

sweet, worked great

Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:27 pm

Nobody loves the Samba any more than I do....but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to work with my photos! :evil:

I just spent an hour resizing some photos to 640X480 so I could put them in the gallery and use them in the forums. The gallery still won't accept them....says they're too large. They ARE 640X480, but they are still over the 300MB limit, apparently.

I hesitiate to download software off the internet....I've read about folks having imported viruses. Any other thoughts? Or do I just go on not using photos? :(

Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:29 pm

mailman wrote: Nobody loves the Samba any more than I do....but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to work with my photos! :evil:

I just spent an hour resizing some photos to 640X480 so I could put them in the gallery and use them in the forums. The gallery still won't accept them....says they're too large. They ARE 640X480, but they are still over the 300MB limit, apparently.

I hesitiate to download software off the internet....I've read about folks having imported viruses. Any other thoughts? Or do I just go on not using photos? :(
Get a Photobucket account. Once you select the default size, you just do a few clicks and Photobucket does all the work.

Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:12 pm

Glenn,

Thanks, man. I think I've finally figured this out. :oops: Check out my intial effort in the General chat forum...a post called "project stalled, need inspiration".....

I guess there's hope, after all! :lol: