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Photos as backgrounds

  • 08-11-2005 6:33pm
    #1
    Recon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭


    Can I get a program that would let me reduce the data size of pictures I've taken with my digital camera so I can use them as backgrounds?

    All my photos are taken at 5.1 mega pixels and my laptop is just too slow to cope with them as backgrounds, it takes it around 10 seconds to go from looking at one photo to another!

    Most wallpapers I've seen on websites are less then 300kb but are still very good quality so I'm sure it can be done.

    Any help anyone?


Comments

  • #2
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Did you get software with your digi camera?
    Most have packages to do such...
    If not, a basic graphics ed will do... Do you not have Microsoft Photo Editor on your system?


  • #3
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    Even paint will do this. Right click (assuming xp) on your photo, click edit, (that should launch mspaint, if not go to run and type "mspaint" and do it that way). From there go edit, skew, and let it to something like 33% for both.


  • #4
    rymus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭rymus


    go to google, search for picassa.


  • #5
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    I will say personally that Linux has some fantastic editing and batch conversion tools. The Gimp, the imagemagick suite, gqview, etc.


  • #6
    dubtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    I'll second Picassa, free, easy to use, scans your hard drive for all your pics and thumbnails them in a libary, easy built in editing, go for it.By the way, whatever editing suite you have just save a copy for the web and use that copy for your backround pic.


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