How do I compress pix to email?

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

I would like to email, as attachments, some pictures I took while in Seattle. We met with my niece & her daughter and I want to send copies to her siblings and Mom, but the attachments are very large...Four of them from 1403KB to 1933KB each. I know my sister's PC won't accept any of them, and I don't know about the others. But I don't know how to compress them. Help please. TIA.

[camachinist Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close camachinist]

Assuming Wintel platform, some freeware...

http://www.irfanview.com/

Iteration I have used allows customizable compression for JPEG and conversion from other image formats.

I work in the Macintosh platform and use Photoshop but have dabbled in Wintel stuff in the past.

Also, if you get a Photobucket (or similar) account, it automatically compresses the pictures when uploaded, but you don't have control over the parameters. That's another way of sharing pictures. Just send the links.

http://www.photobucket.com/

Pat

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

Thanks Pat. Those sound like great programs. I did some exploring within and found that the program will email compressed pictures. I think I have to do it one picture at a time, but that's OK too. But I will try to download the links for future use.

[camachinist Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close camachinist]

IRFanview does batched conversions, IIRC. You set the compression parameters and it applies them evenly to all selected pictures.

I use a similar program on my Macs called Graphic Converter. I actually use it more than Photoshop, especially for on-the-fly editing/compression. Fast and simple, although my wife might disagree

Pat