On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:34 pm, John J. Zanath wrote: > Gentlepeople: > > I've downloaded a few freeware pix managers simply to find one that allows > easy "thinning down" of jpegs for quicker eBay downloading. Is this called > resizing, resampling, or what? > > I can't call up HELP to find out how this is done in Gimp, as I get a > > The GIMP help files are not installed. > > Could not open 'C:\Program > Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\help\en\gimp-help.xml' for reading: No such > file or directory > > Please check your installation. > > message. Yet there's no indication of any additional downloading for Help > files on the Gimp download site, that I can find. > > Please clue me as to whether I should be using Gimp of another, easier to > learn-into product. I'm a post 9/11 aerospace layoff case, never did learn > the details of jpeg so I don't know what thinning is called, or technically > what it is. I had a ULEAD product on my old obsolete laptop, its 3.0 > version free trial ended on my new system and I have no cash for the > product (they won't sell me an upgrade, as old version is not on current > system!) > > Surely someone offers a thinnr that allows finer options than 10%, 20%, > etc.? Ideally with a slider, like ULEAD has? And which *previews the > thinned version before you save it, AND indicates the download time for a > modem user, so you can select the thinness intelligently?* > > I sound like a real jerk here, I know (I've done top level systems design > for UDLP, MAgnavox, and then Rockwell till 9/11, but I'm no visuals dude) > -- kindly help me, I'm hanging in there (barely) on eBay, and need to > optimize (is that the term?) pix fast and now, and get on with survival. > > Why is it so hard to find a product that actually reduces storage size of > pix without reducing their display size? Or again don't I know enough > about how jpeg display products like IE and eBay render jpegs? I want > right-size pix, not thumbnails, that are quick loading, and show up in > Windows Explorer as smaller in storage size. > > That's all I want, and yet can't seem to get it! > > Thanks for whatever you can do to help a real newbie at this freeware > stuff.... > > Best wishes, > > John Zanath Open file in Gimp, Rightclick in pic area, save as .jpg, will be presented with a slider to compress Take Care Winton _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
