need help in downsizing

• the_fallen

  31 May 07, 21:07

  anyone who knows how to reduce the size of the photos?
  
  but the problem is that I dont have photoshop already, what programs or any free websites whereby i can reduce the photo size?
  
  
• thoreldan

  31 May 07, 21:11

  try gimp
  http://www.gimp.org/
  
  a screenshot
  
• dork3d

  31 May 07, 21:12

  Or you can try Paint.Net...
  
  http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html
• ditzy

  31 May 07, 21:13

  www.irfanview.com
• the_fallen

  31 May 07, 21:53

  thanks, i'll give it a try
• mochou

  31 May 07, 22:01

  You dont need extra software, Microsoft paint can reduce picture size too.
• the_fallen

  31 May 07, 22:06

  Originally posted by thoreldan:

  try gimp
  http://www.gimp.org/
  
  a screenshot
  

  is this program good?
  
  i've being to the web site and see that there to date still have a lot of bugs being fixed, is this program stable yet?
• the_fallen

  31 May 07, 22:13

  Originally posted by mochou:

  You dont need extra software, Microsoft paint can reduce picture size too.

  serious?
  
  i didn't know that the normal paint can reduce picture size.
  
  can teach me the steps on how to reduce the picture size?
  
  i just tried using it.
  
  but sad to say, the highest dpi is only 96 which will reduce the quality of the picture, which i don't want. any better suggestions or alternative?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  31 May 07, 22:32

  Originally posted by the_fallen:

  is this program good?
  
  i've being to the web site and see that there to date still have a lot of bugs being fixed, is this program stable yet?

  Yes. Look under the stable release, don't look at the development release. Generally, development release aren't stable yet, and are for tech-savvy users to download and test it.
  
  http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
  
  Download directly from this site.
• mochou

  1 Jun 07, 00:09

  In MS Paint, just click on "Image" and then "Stretch/Skew."
  You can only stretch by % though, so for enlarge, you input % more than 100.
  To reduce, just stretch by a % below 100.
  
  I use ACDsee for pic viewing, so i use it for enlarge/reduce image size also.
  Using MS paint is troublesome if you want to reduce to exact resolution, you need a calculator.....
  
• mystee

  1 Jun 07, 00:10

  maybe try this...
  
  open up ur picture.. save it again using another name.
  it will reduce the picture size.
• mochou

  1 Jun 07, 00:16

  by the way, i tried it and it didnt lower the ppi value.