welsh guardsman

[trellisick]

i have just had a kind offer from keith bates, i have mailed the photo to him and he is kindly going to put it on the forum, (here's hoping), but thanks tomkin i will go into properties and have a play about and see if i can learn anything, doh!! cheers, kali.

[tomkin]

Hi Kali,
           Good for you mate. Less of the playing though,
this is a serious business. Now where did I put my
colouring book and crayons?
Tomkin

[trellisick]

hello tomkin, hello keith,
                                        i have tried just about everything, i have emailed photo to keith, i have tried reducing the photo in size, i have cropped the photo to its minimum, nothing seems to help. it will not post! the photo is type, paint shop pro 7.
                             size 18.4 mb (19,350,500) bytes
i think the time has come for me to give up and save your time, maybe in the future, perhaps, possibly, who knows, i may get it posted,
anyway can i say a big thank you  for what you have done and the patience you have shown while dealing with a thicko, cheers to you both, kali.
 

[tomkin]

hi Kali,
           It's the size mate. !8. 4 mb is huge. It's 35 times bigger
than rootsChat can take. Open it in whatever software that
you use. when you see it,  go to the file menu on the top tool
bar ( on the left)   left click on that and a menu will open,
go down to "save as " left click on that.
        A new window will appear. give the photo a new file name.
anything will do as long as you know what it refers to.
 In the format window make sure that it reads Jpeg. then click save.
 as  soon as you do that an option screen will appear.
look at the bottom left, where it says size.
you can alter that size by sliding the quality arrow to the left or the right.
do that till the size is approx 400k. then press O.K.
you will now have another picture in your files with the new name that you
gave it but in a much smaller file size that RootsChat can accept.
 just post it as normal.
   Keep trying mate, we'll get there,
 if in doubt, shout,
Tomkin

[trellisick]

[tomkin]

Hi Kali,
           Well done mate. Next I think we will discuss how to alter the physical
size i.e height and width so that it fits more comfortably on the screen.
            You had the same problem as every one else.
There are two types of size!!. When people talk of the size, they never mention
which size they are talking about and so it can get very confusing.
            Always remember to rename the file before you change the format.
That way you will keep your existing file and create a new one in the new format.
If you don't rename, you will change the old file to the new one & the old file will
then cease to exist.
      As I have shown you, you are literally copying the old file and giving the new
file a new name and a new format.
       I think that is enough for now,
 Again well done Kali,
  Tomkin
 
             

[trellisick]

cheers tomkin, i will practise a bit more now i have the basics.

[tomkin]

Hi Kali,
           Just a quick example. you will see that the jpg size is roughly
the same but I have altered the other "size"
 Tomkin
   

[tomkin]

By the way, is it Welsh or Welch?
tomkin