Contact Forum Editor

Send an email to our Forum Editor:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the Forum Editor know who sent the message. Both your name and email address will not be used for any other purpose.

Windows Vista Help

It's free to register, to post a question or to start / join a discussion

View Forum Rules | Contact Forum Editor

 

emailing photos

conrail

Likes # 0

Posted May 22, 2009 at 2:19PM

running vista home premium 64bit, 4 Gb RAM, trying to email pictures, almost finished when I get either a time out message or told that the program has been terminated, done a search and found this click here, I seem to be doing what it says but when dragging my photos onto windows mail nothing happens with shrink pic, it does not process the photos and they are attached as they are, the photos are jpegs, all help gratefully accepted

Like this post
chub_tor

Likes # 0

Posted May 22, 2009 at 2:59PM

When emailing pictures in Vista 32bit I click on the picture and then either use Send To, Mail Recipient or on the Icon in the header of the pictures folders saying Email. Either way a box comes up asking what size you want the picture sent at and gives four choices plus Original Size. I have never had to use third party software for shrinking pictures to a suitable size for emailing in Vista.

Like this post
Kevscar1

Likes # 0

Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:13PM

send it as an attachment

Like this post
conrail

Likes # 0

Posted May 22, 2009 at 10:05PM

thanks chub_tor, that has worked in reducing the photos in windows mail, in the shrink pic screen it still shows as processed 0 files
thanks Kevscar, tried your suggestion 1st, it did not reduce them

Like this post
chub_tor

Likes # 0

Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:18AM

From the Shrink Pic website:

Supported platforms
Shrink Pic runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP

It looks as if Vista is not supported in either 32bit or 64bit forms. As I said, I have never had any problems with the regular way of sending pics.

Like this post
Kevscar1

Likes # 0

Posted May 23, 2009 at 10:42AM

There a free program called Irfanview. You can reduce the size. Load your pictues ibto that go to Image and there is an option to resize/resample. Use that then save them.

Like this post
conrail

Likes # 0

Posted May 23, 2009 at 12:29PM

thanks chub_tor, that is probably why although it shrinks the photos it does not show it has done it
thanks Kevscar, I will look into that, I have tried Picasa3 which did the also did the job

Like this post
mooly

Likes # 0

Posted June 7, 2009 at 12:44PM

You can shrink a picture in Vista but it's a bit trial and error until you get the feel of it. Sorry if you already know this.
Open the piccy in photo gallery as normal and click file and make a copy. Open the copy with paint and select under view "image resize/skew" where the option to reduce the image is given. If it's a 2 or 3 mb piccy try 20% for the horizontal and vertical sizes. Save the piccy and see what size it's ended up at.
That's what I use to attach photos to an email... not Windows Mail by the way.

Like this post
conrail

Likes # 0

Posted June 15, 2009 at 9:50PM

thanks for reply mooly, sorry to have taken so long in replying, mother in law has been taken to hospital so visiting taken up a lot of time. also very tiring

Like this post
mooly

Likes # 0

Posted June 16, 2009 at 7:42AM

No problem... hope everything goes OK.

Like this post

Reply to this topic

This thread has been locked.



Check out PC Advisor's other tech forums

Send to a friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:

PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.