how do you compress a photo???

[spunkie1]

i want to send a photo via e-mail and would like to know how to compress it...i dont have any idea what that even will do to help it get to where i want it to go....

can someone please explain it to me???

[black mirror]

I just right click on the photo and choose compress and email and away i go Diane,, but i have winzip

[spunkie1]

when i right click the photo there is no where that it says compress...it says configure...but not compress...nowhere...:sad:

[zipulrich]

You need a file compression utility. The mac-daddy is WinZip (http://www.winzip.com/).

[smurfy]

Although if the image is already a jpeg, zipping it will achieve very little additional compression.

Grab irfanview (www.irfanview.com)

Open the photo and use Image>Resize/resample to reduce the image size.
Then File>Save As and select jpg and make sure "show options dialog" is ticked so you can adjust the compression slider.

[spunkie1]

thank you both..i have winzip but it only says configure...i will practice trying the way smurfy said..thank you both for the reply...