[access-uk] Re: Accessible batch photo resize application please?
- From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:08:55 +0100 (CET)
Hi,
Thanks for that, it worked like a charm. Photos resized and sent on their
way.
All the best,
H.
> Try the following:
>
> Have your mail program running. (Saves time later)
>
> Go to the folder containing the picture you wish to re-size.
> Highlight just two or three of them for now. Right click on the group
> selected, and from the menu which comes up, select "Send to:". From
> the next menu, select "Mail Recipient".
>
> A very simple dialog will come up which contain a drop down list of
> sizes, and below that the estimated size of the total of the resultant
> files.
>
> Select a size you feel should be O.K., and click the O.K. button.
>
> A mail message should pop up with the files attached. Send it to
> yourself and see what you think. If you are not happy, try a different
> size.
>
> I do this regularly to reduce the size of pictures to be uploaded to
> web sites, and find the results more than satisfactory.
>
> Note, this does not re-size the dimensions of the picture, merely the
> resolution. These is a re-size option in the first menu for changing
> the physical size.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Hussein Patwa
> Sent: 24 December 2009 03:08
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Accessible batch photo resize application please?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm sure many would agree that access to graphics-related tasks has
> got to
> be one of the more challenging aspects of being VI. Up until now I've
> been
> fortunate to be able to use packages such as Photoshop, etc.
>
> However, now partly due to screen reader incompatibility and partly
> due to
> my systems still recovering from major intensive care treatment 'grin'
> I was
> wondering if anyone could suggest something to help with the
> following.
>
> I'm looking for a free application that can batch resize some photos I
> want
> to send to friends and family by e-mail but maintain their aspect
> ratio.
> I've come across a few that do the former, but they all leave the
> photos
> looking like the photographer was squinting at them through a very
> long
> telescope (pardon the analogy).
>
> If anyone can help that would be great. Also, if anyone here is
> familiar
> with graphics, what size would you consider reasonable for landscape
> photographs originally taken at 5MP (2536x1944 pixels) for sending by
> e-mail
> but still looking decent?
>
> Thanks very much. Appreciate you're all probably wanting a break in
> time
> for Christmas, but would really welcome your input.
>
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>
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