Changing the resolution of your digital JPEG images

Have you tried to send your pictures via email to friends or relatives and you get an error that the file is too big or it takes forever to upload the images? Have you tried posting articles for sale on eBay or Craigslist and you get the error that the file is too big? It is usually because the pictures were taken at the highest camera resolution (measured in megapixels). The higher the pixels (7 MP and higher), the better the picture turns out for printing. For sending images via email or posting, it is better to use smaller files with lower resolution (1 MB or less).

Changing the resolution of your digital pictures to send via email or to post items for sale on eBay or Craigslist is easy. If you have just a few, you can use any draw or paint program that can import JPEG images. Just open the image and save it again (use Save As) in JPEG format. This will reduce the size of the image. However, if you have a lot of images, you can easily do that with Irfanview, free software you can download and install in your computer (http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm).

You can also crop, enhance, sharpen, rotate, resize and apply effects to your images.

The FAQ section of their Home Page and the Help menu both have instructions on all the image editing features.

Download and enjoy!