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BTW, I love the way you incorporate your photos into your
posts. What software do you use? I'd love to
be able to do the same thing. Will also does the same thing and his
posts are also really great.
Doug
= 2 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Mar 28 2008 5:08 pm
From: "Edward Frank"
Doug,
Incorporating the photos is a two step process. After I pick out the
ones I want, and grab the maps I want from the park website. I use a
photo editing program to compress the photo hideously. I try to set
my file size to the longest side 300 pixels and save as a jpg
format. In Thumbs Plus (other programs have pretty much the same
settings) I set the quality to 80%, best compression, and check the
remove file info. This creates an image from 20 to 40 kb usually. To
incorporate them into the post I am using Windows Mail that came in
Windows Vista. I move the curer to where I want to insert the image
(I create an empty line by hitting the return), and choose from the
menus at the top: Insert - Picture and then select the photo to
insert at that point. I am not sure how it can be done using Yahoo
Mail or Gmail as I don't have accounts with those providers.
Ed
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Fri, Mar 28 2008 8:12 pm
From: James Parton
Doug,
Outlook Express in Windows XP will also downsize a photo
considerably
if you choose " Make my pictures smaller " when attaching
a photo.
JP
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Mar 29 2008 12:32 am
From: "Edward Frank"
James and Doug,
I like to do the two step process because it gives me better control
over the images that appear. I have the opportunity to recrop them,
to adjust contrasts, brightness, and sharpness as I shrink them. If
they don't look good using my default settings, then I try it again.
Often the solution may be to crop out a smaller section of the
larger image then shrink it to the selected size. Some images simply
do not shrink well and I I can then opt to make them a different
size. For maps, signs, and stuff with text, I want them to be a
small size, but still be legible. so if I do it by hand I can reach
a balance of size and legibility.
The images I choose are generally nice one of course, but I try to
choose ones even if they are not the best to illustrate the feature
I am talking about in the text. If I have a good chunk to say about
something, I am sure to find a photo to include in that section. One
example of this is the giant painted "apple" fom
Winchester Virginia in the Shenandoah report. The full sized image
is actually blurry. I sharpened it, and then knew if I shrunk it to
a smaller size, its apparent sharpness would increase. It looks fine
at a small scale.
I usually, if it is a longer article, write it in Word or notepad,
then cut and paste into the email. If you us word, the program you
are using may import photos embedded into the word document when you
do this cut and paste or maybe not - you would need to try it and
see.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: [ENTS] Attaching photos to your posting
Ed, For the benefit of everyone in the group would you describe
how to attach a photo to a posting. Some of us cannot figure it out.
Thanks, Larry
Larry,
It varies with your email program. I would recommend reading the help file for your particular email client to see how to do it with your particular program. With Windows Live to insert a photo into the text select from the top menu Insert --> Picture then browse and select the photo you want. To attach the photo to the message click on the paperclip icon at the top and then select the file you want to attach.
In Hotmail to attach an image click on the paperclip icon and either select the file option (quicker) or the photo option (which takes forever but lets you resize the image ) You should resize the images to a reasonable file size before attaching them or pasting them into your email.
Ed
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