If you are using Windows, you have a program called
Paint that can be used to resize pictures.
This is how to do it in Windows XP:
1. Go to
Start (bottom left on your main screen).
2. Select
All Programs.
3. Select
Accessories.
4. Select
Paint.
5. Once Paint is open, go to
File.
6. Select
Open and open the file you want to resize.
7. Then click on the
Image menu and select
Attributes. In that box you'll see the current size of the photo in width and height, the number you need to be concerned with is the
Width. For a picture to be posted here at HTC it has got to be no more than 700 pixels in width. So, using a calculator, do the following:
Put the width you want which is
700 on your calculator. Then divided by, the actual width of the current picture (step #7 above) you want to change. You'll come up with a number, which is the percentage in size of the picture that you want to change it to. For example: If my picture is
1280 pixels wide, I first put
700 on my calculator, then divided by
1280 and I come up with
0.546875.
Move the decimal place two places to the right and forget every number past the first two and I end up with
54%. By resizing the picture by
54% it will now be no larger than
700 pixels in width.
Now that you know the percentage needed, let's continue:
8. Select the
Image menu and then select
Stretch/Skew.
9. In the
Stretch box, put the percentage in
BOTH the Horizontal AND vetical places to evenly stretch the picture, then click
OK.
Note: Do not touch anything in the Skew box! They should both be "0".
10. Now all you have to do is save the picture in it's new size, select
File and then
Save as.
Note: When I resize a picture, I've gotten into the habit of saving resized pics this way: If the file name is Hemi07.jpg (for example) I always add the small letter "s" to the end of it. That way I know it's the "smaller" version of the same picture, for example Hemi07_s.jpg, and I have not lost my original picture size.
Your new saved picture is no more than 700 pixels in width and can be posted here at HTC with no problems at all.
Once you've done it, you realize how easy it is.
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P.S. Print this out and keep it handy.