Do you have "paint" on your computer? Some computers come with it or something similar. Click on "start" or programs to see if you have it. Once in paint or a similar freebie program I click on "file", "open" then look for my picture. I click on the picture and it opens in paint. I then click on "resize" and then "pixels". I usually change my pixels to around 1000 or 500. See what your picture pixel is and put in a smaller number.

I don't reduce anything. I upload to Mediafire and they offer three different sizes for viewing. Large is the original size. Small is significantly larger than a thumbnail. Medium is in between (duh!). I have been linking to the medium sized image. I hope it works okay for y'all. My normal monitor is huge but I try to keep my windows down to normal sizes so I don't make mistakes like that. Again, I can't be sure though.

Bob, thanks for this time saving tip. I've used Irfanview from the very beginning, used it on the first photo I ever took...great little fixer. But, I've always resized just one photo at a time....didn't know about "batching"....gosh, what a time saver. I also use another little online "freebie" for photo editing since I don't have a program like Corel or Photoshop. Its called Photofiltre (from a French firm I believe). I downloaded from their site and it has some pretty good little features. Those are the only editing programs I have and they both do a decent job. I resize with Irfanview, save the pix, and use Photofiltre for sharpening, contrast and any other little fixes I might need to do. It has a number of filters that you can use too. I usually save my pix at 20 to 25 percent compression so as not to lose too much resolution. I almost never save a photo at more than 1600 x 1200 pixels unless I'm going to have that particular pic printed.....then I don't resize until after printing and then usually store them at less than that...usually about 800 x 600. Bob, thanks for the heads up on batching.....this is really going to save a lot of time..... ~Kathy~

there is an awesome forum over at BBR where their amazingly talented members who are offering to do these kinds of things for you for absolutely free, I have had them help me out several times. If you want to give that a try here is the link. They are the pros. Here is a link that might be useful: forum