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edit a photo to reduce file size

Asked by grhaus

how to reduce the file size of a photo for emailing to others.
The photo is 2.4mb.

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Best Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

There are lots of ways to reduce photo size for example reduce resolution, colour depth convert to a different type e.g from tif to jpg

There is more information of image file types here:
http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html

You can change file type, resolution, etc. with any decent picture editing software such as GIMP which if not installed already can be found in the software centre.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Could use imagemagick too, it has the command 'convert' in it which can help manage images.

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grhaus (grhaus) said : 		#3

Thank you Warren,
I cchose to go to GIMP.
My son also uses that.
Best regards, GH