Shrinking a Picture in My Signature?

Juliette Dupree · Sep 5, 2011

Help! I tried to put in pictures of my book covers in my signature, but they showed up humongous! That was just in the preview--I never saved it because I didn't know if it would shrink them down, or they'd stay huge and really piss of the mods! The original pics are too big, I guess, but I have NO idea how to shrink them down. Any suggestions? Thanks!

FrederickCross · Sep 5, 2011

If you want to do it yourself, you can use a free program like www.gimp.org, as it's not that complicated.

Or you can ask someone to do it for you. It takes about 10 seconds to do it anyway

adtabb · Sep 5, 2011

I use a couple of programs to shrink pictures. Save them and name them as small, or thumbnail, or something like that. You will need them again.

I think t his one is my favorite: http://www.resizemypicture.com/

However, only do one at a time.

A few others I have used include:
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
and
http://www.resizepictures.com/users.php?action=Login

Have fun!

Juliette Dupree · Sep 5, 2011

Thanks, guys. I used an online website, it worked pretty well.

Brutal Mustang · Sep 5, 2011

If you have Adobe Elements, that's great. Elements not only shrinks pictures, but degrades their quality from print to web, which greatly reduces their KBs. A picture can lose a ton of quality, without it being noticeable from a computer monitor (but it would be noticeable if the pic were printed out).

Juliette Dupree · Sep 5, 2011

Unfortunately I don't have PS Elements, just GIMP, and I'm still lost using that. But I'm able to get my covers made, so I'm happy with it.

Shrinking a Picture in My Signature?

Juliette Dupree

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