The 'What the fuck!' thread - Page 71

busterb · 01-22-2006, 09:56 PM

Try this free one. http://www.irfanview.com/

capnhowdy · 01-23-2006, 06:29 AM

I'm using an HP photosmart 435 camera. The software is HP photo and image director. (came with the camera). I'll try another one this evening and see how I do, now that you have given me some pointers. Thank you all so much.

gtown · 01-23-2006, 09:59 AM

I Second that IrfanView emotion, it's the easiest way to go (and free!)

Capnhowdy, just drag your pic to it, choose Image -> Resize/Resample and then use 'Set new size as percentage of original.' and pick a percentage. That's the quickest way to shrink it down and keep the picture quality. Cropping is super easy as well, just click/drag to select an area of the pic you want and Crop/CTRL-Y.

I usually resize my camera pics down a bit (50%?) to view fully on the screen, crop a bit to zero in on what I want, and then resize a bit more to make it manageable for email/posting.

IrfanView rocks!

Sundae · 01-23-2006, 10:37 AM

dar512 suggested Irfanview to me when I had the same problem - it's really easy to use & meant I could finally email my photos. It's well worth checking out.

York · 01-23-2006, 11:50 AM

If your pics are too big and you are working with regular Windows u should have the program PAINT? I think u can just shrink them in there... Open Paint, File >>open , u search your pic , open it , go to Image and you take the second one...to shrink and.... u fill in the % horizontal and vertical...everything below 100% is shrinking...everything above 100% is enlarging...

wolf · 01-23-2006, 01:19 PM

Unless I've been missing that particular feature after using paint for years (which is entirely possible, as I only found out after three years of driving my car that it has fog lights) ... it's sufficiently primitive that you have to do the actual math to resize images in both the horizontal and vertical directions. It doesn't do the calculations for you.

seakdivers · 01-23-2006, 03:02 PM

I went and checked it out - you can resize the pictures using the stretch/skew feature. It lets you pick which percentage you want to shrink/ enlarge it by.

Beyond that, I don't know anything else about paint cuz I only use Photoshop.

dar512 · 01-23-2006, 04:06 PM

MS paint is from the dark ages, software-wise and its use is only slightly less painful than pounding nails into your head. Irfanview is free and useful and a pleasure to use. Do yourself a favor and download Irfanview.

capnhowdy · 01-23-2006, 06:01 PM

Talked me right into it. Be back soon with another wtf from my wtf town......

capnhowdy · 01-23-2006, 06:57 PM

Since they passed the no smoking ordinance where I live we have a new restaraunt, which is really booming. Hope I got the resizing straight this time.

If you can't see what's written in the cigarrette, it says: Bring your butts on in.

LabRat · 01-24-2006, 12:55 PM

sweet!

John · 01-26-2006, 10:54 AM

lumberjim · 01-26-2006, 11:01 AM

wolverines?

zippyt · 01-26-2006, 09:59 PM

Wombats I say !!!

Clodfobble · 01-27-2006, 09:27 AM

I was going to guess bears.

01-22-2006, 09:56 PM	#1051
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Try this free one. http://www.irfanview.com/ __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-23-2006, 06:29 AM	#1052
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'm using an HP photosmart 435 camera. The software is HP photo and image director. (came with the camera). I'll try another one this evening and see how I do, now that you have given me some pointers. Thank you all so much. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-23-2006, 01:19 PM	#1056
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Unless I've been missing that particular feature after using paint for years (which is entirely possible, as I only found out after three years of driving my car that it has fog lights) ... it's sufficiently primitive that you have to do the actual math to resize images in both the horizontal and vertical directions. It doesn't do the calculations for you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-23-2006, 04:06 PM	#1058
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	MS paint is from the dark ages, software-wise and its use is only slightly less painful than pounding nails into your head. Irfanview is free and useful and a pleasure to use. Do yourself a favor and download Irfanview. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-23-2006, 06:01 PM	#1059
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Talked me right into it. Be back soon with another wtf from my wtf town...... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-23-2006, 09:59 AM	#1053
gtown Master of the Domain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 238	I Second that IrfanView emotion, it's the easiest way to go (and free!) Capnhowdy, just drag your pic to it, choose Image -> Resize/Resample and then use 'Set new size as percentage of original.' and pick a percentage. That's the quickest way to shrink it down and keep the picture quality. Cropping is super easy as well, just click/drag to select an area of the pic you want and Crop/CTRL-Y. I usually resize my camera pics down a bit (50%?) to view fully on the screen, crop a bit to zero in on what I want, and then resize a bit more to make it manageable for email/posting. IrfanView rocks!

01-23-2006, 10:37 AM	#1054
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	dar512 suggested Irfanview to me when I had the same problem - it's really easy to use & meant I could finally email my photos. It's well worth checking out.

01-23-2006, 11:50 AM	#1055
York Operations Operative Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tienen , Belgium Posts: 537	If your pics are too big and you are working with regular Windows u should have the program PAINT? I think u can just shrink them in there... Open Paint, File >>open , u search your pic , open it , go to Image and you take the second one...to shrink and.... u fill in the % horizontal and vertical...everything below 100% is shrinking...everything above 100% is enlarging...

01-23-2006, 03:02 PM	#1057
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I went and checked it out - you can resize the pictures using the stretch/skew feature. It lets you pick which percentage you want to shrink/ enlarge it by. Beyond that, I don't know anything else about paint cuz I only use Photoshop.

01-23-2006, 06:57 PM	#1060
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Since they passed the no smoking ordinance where I live we have a new restaraunt, which is really booming. Hope I got the resizing straight this time. If you can't see what's written in the cigarrette, it says: Bring your butts on in. Attached Images __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please. Last edited by capnhowdy; 01-23-2006 at 07:00 PM.

01-24-2006, 12:55 PM	#1061
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	sweet! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

01-26-2006, 10:54 AM	#1062
John Operations Operative Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 562

01-26-2006, 11:01 AM	#1063
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	wolverines? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-26-2006, 09:59 PM	#1064
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Wombats I say !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-27-2006, 09:27 AM	#1065
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I was going to guess bears.

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