# Trying to change digital pic from 50K to 7K can you help?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762 "2003-06-10T01:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/21 "2005-11-25T18:36:35Z")
Resize Digital Image Free Picasa software lets you crop, **resize** , organize & more - Try now! The above was one of the Google ads at the bottom. Does anyone know how to resize using Picasa??? I can’t figure it out myself. ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/22 "2005-11-26T16:55:00Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Resize Digital Image > Free Picasa software lets you crop, **resize** , organize & more - Try now! > > The above was one of the Google ads at the bottom. Does anyone know how to resize using Picasa??? I can’t figure it out myself. From the Picasa FAQ: [How do I resize my pictures?](http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13821&topic=1143) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/23 "2005-11-27T00:17:43Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > What’s a reasonable compression I can use for 4x6 pictures: > > Physical size (pixels) > DPI (for batch processing) Those two sizes are related only in respect to DPI being an embedded number in the eader. I resize my photos to 180dpi for given print size so for a 4x6 I have an image 720x1080 pixels. I think you’ll see little or no detectable difference using a higher resolution image unless you are examining a photo with a loupe. I use Paintshop pro to edit. An extremely good poor man’s photoshop with lots of in depth editing features. > [@](#): > > –JPEG compression (1-11) I never use less than highest quality JPG. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/24 "2005-11-27T00:34:49Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > I never use less than highest quality JPG. In my experience if you do that, you get a larger filesize with no additional quality. I stick with around 80% most of the time, depending on the image content. In Photoshop’s “Save For Web” which is what I use it for, 50% is all I need, but for printing or other higher quality settings, when I don’t save as BMP, I save as around the number 8 or 9 for a JPEG. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/25 "2005-11-27T01:37:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > In my experience if you do that, you get a larger filesize with no additional quality. I won’t disagree with that but most people edit in JPG instead of a purely lossless format. Modest compression isn’t significantly different but if a file is repeatededly saved the accumulated compression cycles can make changes and introduce artifacts. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/26 "2005-11-27T01:45:28Z")
FWIW per what others have said unless a pic is fairly simple detail wise an (initially) complex pic reduced to 7K is going to look pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/27 "2005-11-27T06:34:14Z")
Anybody that sends or links to a picture of more than 100K without a warning to dial-up folks needs to be took out behind the wood shed and read to out of the book. For email, IM’s and message boards, their ain’t no excuse… IMO ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762/28 "2005-11-27T06:39:03Z")
Oh, and you guys that are pointing a guy that is so new to digi pics on and off the puter that he does not understand the 1.5 Meg or Gig or why making one of them a 7K avatar is not a great idea, , well you are just mean. IMO, photo shop level programs are not a nice thing to dump that poor guy into. IMO, Ifranview™ or Lview™ are much better to start and learn on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-change-digital-pic-from-50k-to-7k-can-you-help/180762.md?page=1)