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Thread ID: 9304	2001-05-19 04:47:00	photo to jpg file	Guest (0)	Press F1

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12838	2001-05-19 04:47:00	When scanning a photo it becomes a bitmap? file that opens in my paint program. I understand that to transmit a photo it takes less time & size if it is a jpeg? file. Please explain how can I make my scanned bitmap file into a jpeg file thanks Jim	Guest (0)
12839	2001-05-19 06:10:00	Assuming that your scanner or associated graphics program doesn't give you the option 'File\Save as\File type\jpeg' or similar type of option, there are many programs available which will do this. A basic but great free graphics editor which will do this and more is Irfanview available free from: http://www.irfanview.com/ or on this months NZ PC-World mag disk. Once installed, go to File\Open - 'your bitmap image', and when opened, select File\Save as - and in the 'Save As Type' dropdown box highlight 'jpg-jpeg files'. To reduce the size of files for transmitting you can either reduce the size of the image, or color depth - (if you start out with a good quality photo this can reduce the file size significantly with little noticable difference), both available through the 'Image' menu toolbar. If you want to permanently associate Irfanview with jpeg or any other files for editing etc, go to the Options\Properties\Exntensions menu & tick 'jpeg' etc, then in the future when you double click your graphics files they will automatically open in Irfanview.	Guest (0)
12840	2001-05-20 01:00:00	Hi, One of the nicest picture veiwers I have used is ACDSee32, you can right click on the pic and Convert to JPG. Ken.	Guest (0)
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