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Old 02-17-2008, 12:14 AM
mikehrz mikehrz is offline
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One of the biggest issues is resizing pics so they will fit on the page correctly. I know attaching files imposes a strict limit on pixel dimensions and file size, but when pics are hotlinked, they are sometimes so large that they mess up the way the page is displayed.

Two questions: What is the maximum size a pic should be in order to not disrupt the template the board uses? And what software do you all use to resize your pictures?

I realize some of you have professional software (or professional employees) to do your image editing and/or a moderate to extensive knowledge of how digital images work in general, but I want this tutorial thread to be understandable even for a complete tech novice. At another forum I frequent, I asked for suggestions about a free, easy-to-use image resizer and got these suggestions:

Quote:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
microsoft free powertoys,including a pic re-sizer

i like irfanview
http://www.irfanview.com/

and xnview
http://www.xnview.com/
If anyone would like to try these and give me feedback as to what they think is easy to use, I'd appreciate it.
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