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Thread ID: 19436	2002-05-15 06:50:00	png. format to jpg	Guest (0)	Press F1

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48970	2002-05-15 06:50:00	Is it possible to change scanned photos from png. (whatever that means) format to jpg. I have XP, and PhotoIt. Step by step please!	Guest (0)
48971	2002-05-15 08:17:00	.png stands for 'Portable Network Graphics'. You should be able to change formats quite easily, I don't know anything about PhotoIt but it should work in most graphic editors. Open the .png file in your editing program, go File => Save As... The dialog box that opens should have a 'save as file type' drop down list...select 'JPEG file interchange format' , rename the file if necessary and select the save location...click 'Save' and your done!	Guest (0)
48972	2002-05-15 10:08:00	If you have a few files to do it would pay to download 'Irfanview' which is a great and free picture viewer with many usefull features including batch conversion.	Guest (0)
48973	2002-05-15 10:51:00	Thanks Phil. I changed them as per your clear instructions. How do I get rid of the png scanned pics now? (Delete was greyed out under Edit).	Guest (0)
48974	2002-05-15 17:03:00	Keep in mind that jpg files are 'lossy' and png files are lossless. In practice this means that if you're going to fiddle around with those jpgs, edit them a bit and resave them you're going to lose some quality each time you re-save them. PNGs are great because they take up less space on your hard drive than other lossless formats (like bmp and tiff), and they can be edited and resaved forever without losing quality. Can't figure why you can't delete the PNGs. I've never struck that problem.	Guest (0)
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