[LM_NET] Hit : iPhoto compressing a photo (one more idea)

[Barbara Fritz <fritzlibrary@YAHOO.COM>]

addition post which came in after HIT was posted

 We use photoshop elements to reduce photos for our
website.  It came 
on our Macs.  It might already be on yours.

--- Barbara Fritz <fritzlibrary@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Original post 
> 
> I am working on my website using Safari on an eMac.
> Is
> there a way to compress photos in iPhoto so they
> will
> load more quickly? I know there are two programs for
> Windows that can do this, but what about in a mac
> environment?
> 
> Thanks so much to all who sent ideas!
> 
> ------------
> 
> One work around on this is to send the photo email.
> It
> is compressed then.
> ------------
> When you are in the "organization" mode of iPhoto,
> select a photo by highlighting it and then go to
> File
> and then Export.
> 
> It should bring up a window that allows you to scale
> the size of the photo. I do this often when emailing
> photos or loading to a website. You can also change
> from original format to whatever you need. Hope this
> helps. You have to play with it a bit. I export the
> photo to the desktop as a jpeg.
> 
> -------------
> 
> 
> I don't think that iPhoto will do that. You can
> purchase Photoshop Elements from the Academic
> Superstore for, I think, $100 or even less.  
> That program gives you almost all the stuff that
> Photoshop does. There's a feature on it under "Edit"
> for "save to Web" - you can make the photo as small
> as
> you like. Well worth the investment and taking a
> class
> on it. U. of Wisconsin - Stout offers on-line
> classes
> in this program. I took one last summer. It was
> worth
> it just to discover that feature!
> 
> -------------
> 
> Download Graphic converter... if it's not already in
> your Applications folder.
> -------------
> 
> When you export the photos, you have the option to
> change their size. In addition, you can make them a
> good size for a web page. Does that help with what
> you
> want?
> 
> 
> Barbara Fritz, Elementary Librarian (K-5)Bloomsburg
> Area School District Bloomsburg Pennsylvania 
> fritzlibrary@yahoo.com
> 
> 
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Pennsylvania  fritzlibrary@yahoo.com


                
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