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How do I change resolution on my camera?

  • 19-06-2007 4:02pm
    #1
    beer4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭


    I wanna chanfge the resolution on my camera because Im trying to upload photos on to a web site but its telling me to change my resolution if the photos are coming out more than 750 kbytes. What to do?


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


    best to resize in the photo editing software rather than change the res on the camera... you can batch resize with something like picasa


  • #3
    latchiko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭latchiko


    It is most likely that you want to change the resolution of the jpeg files that you have downloaded from your camera rather than the resolution of the camera itself.
    For most web sites, the optimum resolution is 72 dpi (dots per inch) which is what most monitors display at. Whereas if you want to print out your photos you will need a resolution of 300 dpi or so for a good print.
    To change your resolution you will need to use some software. I know that Photoshop can do this for you, but this is overkill if you do not have it. Perhaps Picasa might allow you to do this??


  • #4
    latchiko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭latchiko


    Looks like rymus beat me to it! You can Picasa here and it's free..


  • #5
    daedalus2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 615 ✭✭✭daedalus2097


    Yeah, if you reduce the size the camera takes at, you can never get back the detail should you ever want to print it. So take them at the best your camera can, copy them to the computer and then make small versions but keep the originals untouched! so if you ever want to go back to them you can. Don't worry about things like DPI for the screen, your main concern is with filesize, so resizing to 800x600 at 80% quality or so should give you nice small files which will email easily.

    For quick 'n' easy resizing I carry PixResizer (clicky here!) around on a USB flash drive, 'tis tiny, fast and does the job with no fuss.


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