For emailing or uploading to a website

 

Remember your pictures straight from your camera are usually much larger than you need and the file size is often too big to be easily emailed.

 

To make pictures easier to email means reducing the size of your picture.

 

A straightforward way is to:

 

·        Right- click on the picture you want to reduce

·        Select OPEN WITH and then PAINT

 

The picture opens in PAINT and is usually very large so that you cannot see the whole picture in the screen. Now we need to reduce the size.

 

·        Select IMAGE in the top menu (on the left)

·        Then select STRETCH/SKEW

 

·        Now click OK

 

The complete picture should now fit comfortably in the screen area.

If it is still too big and doesn’t fit, click on EDIT and then UNDO and repeat making the numbers in the boxes smaller.

If the picture was too small repeat the above and make the numbers in the boxes bigger.

 

Now you need to save the picture.

·        Click FILE (top left)

·        Then click SAVE AS

 

Check where it will be saved by looking in the SAVE IN box so you can find it later. Give the file a new name in the FILE NAME box

 

·        Click SAVE