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| Thread ID: 90171 | 2008-05-25 10:09:00 | Emailing unaltered image size | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 672439 | 2008-05-25 10:09:00 | I have a JPEG image 1024 wide X 768 high; 72 dpi; size - 2 1/4 mgs. The adjustment to get this particular size was done using Irfanview. I am entering it for a photographic competition. Wanted to send by email unaltered. When I sent it however the image shows as an attachment of 736KB. This was using Outlook Express and attaching in a straightforward manner. It occured to me that perhaps I needed to us a third party program so tried using Canon Zoom Browser Ex. This asked whether I wanted to send the original or a resized image with lower resolution. I chose original image thinking it would not change. However, again the previewed image was 940KB and then when it became an attachment to an email is showed as 550KB. Downloaded plug-in so could send by email using Irfanview but the image size shown for transmitting is 733.91KB. How can I send the image with all it's original qualities please ? We are allowed up to 2 1/4 mgs so might as well use a much of that as I can. :) Misty :confused: |
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| 672440 | 2008-05-25 10:17:00 | Just tried an experiment by emailing the image to myself as an attachment then opening the attachment using Irfanview. It shows the orginal specs. Presume therefore that the email compresses the file. If it is opened in a good program then it will go back to the original (settings?). Is that correct reasoning please ? Is there any loss to quality in the process ? Misty :illogical |
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| 672441 | 2008-05-25 11:04:00 | You might be able to check the quality attributes of the photo in Infanview or a similar program, which should indicate minimal quality loss compared, prior to sending... | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 672442 | 2008-05-26 01:27:00 | All quite simple :) The 2+ megs is the size of the picture before compression as a jpeg file. The less compression you use when making the file, the better the quality & the larger the file. Most Graphics progs allow you to select the percentage of compression when converting to jpeg. If they are going to print the Picture you will require a higher resolution than 72 (screen resolution), possibly 300dpi. For maximum quality use TIF format for the file, it will be much larger but is "lossless" |
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| 672443 | 2008-05-26 06:26:00 | All quite simple :) If they are going to print the Picture you will require a higher resolution than 72 (screen resolution), possibly 300dpi. Many thanks for the lowdown mzee. Makes more sense to me now ! The entry requires that it be 72 dpi and it will not be printed. There is a choice of a print entry (which you have to provide) or a digital entry. I have chosen the latter because this is all new to me (and a bit easier). Appreciate your help and advice mzee and kawahai chaser Misty :thumbs: |
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