Wednesday, November 5, 2008

more mail - postcards

From Ute - Germany From Stephanie - Delaware USA

From Silja - Finland

From Toby -Germany



Please, I need help with this uploading/downloading - this took forever and if you click on them you'll see that the images are ginormous, which is not what I wanted. These were uploaded using Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard and I cannot see how to make the image smaller. Should I be using something else?
UPDATE: Okay, I've figured out there is a resizing option on Microsoft Office Picture Manager where pictures can be compressed. I used to have photoshop and I didn't have this trouble before the 'crash'. But, if anyone knows of anything else, then by all means share.

8 comments:

  1. Try taking a photo of each card and then transfer them from the camera to the pc. You have embedded photos before so am thinking this might be an idea. might not be a good idea but could be worth a try.

    Am not overly good with scanners!

    WOW - so that is 4 postcards so far. I am seriously thinking of getting into this, there is nothing nicer than getting mail.

    MA

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  2. I've heard that if you don't have PhotoShop to resize photos, Irfanview is great:
    http://www.irfanview.com/

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  3. Oh! And I meant to say, the postcards must be so fun to receive. I collect postcards, I love them as souvenirs.

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  4. I don't know the answerr to the scanner problem - mine always seem to come out normal-sized. But how cool to be geting those from all over.

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  5. I think the sizes are just fine -- any smaller and we'd miss all the detail. What fun that you're getting all these cards from all over.

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  6. MA: That is what I've done, and I notice my older photos weren't this big.

    Ruth: Thanks, I'll check that option out as well as the picnik one you referred to on your blog. Somany options!

    Citizen: mine used to come out normal sized, I don't know why theat changed.

    XUP: They are fine but if you click on them you'd need a massive 32" screen to fit it all in. And it took 20 minutes to upload those three photos.

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  7. ALL: This makes the trek to the mailbox exciting! Especially as you never know where the next one will be from.

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  8. Oh that card thing looks like such fun!! Good on you for doing that. BTW, you've been tagged. Hope you don't mind.

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