Can't ever upload(?) anything here because the files are always too big!

[Eric Castleman]

@QuietYell I am on an ipad. Everything I try to use destorts the image like crazy.

[QuietYell]

@Eric-Castleman oh that stinks! If I come across an app that might help, I'll certainly let you know. If you are not needing to downsize to a specific size but are just needing to downsize to a smaller filesize (e.g. 2.0Mb down to 103Kb), one thing that crossed my mind is about emailing yourself a photo from your photo library. It's kind of a sticks-and-tape sort of approach, but perhaps it will allow you to downsize without distortion, because when you email a photo, right after you click "send" it will bring up a dialogue box that asks if you want to send the "actual size" or one of the 3 other options (small, medium, large) it gives. I don't tend to do that much, but I have done it in the past and don't recall any distortion (there might be, but I don't recall such)

[amberwingart]

Just run it through TinyPic or http://resizeimage.net/ and make sure the longest side is no more than 1000px and you're good to go - I do it all the time and it's very quick & easy. There are actually a lot of resizing tools online, but resizeimage.net is one of the easiest. You don't need to use all of the options there - just do the following:

Go to Step 1 and upload your image.
Skip to Step 4 and replace the longest side with 1000.
Skip to Step 7 and click "Resize Image."
Click "Download Image" (which will be located next to "Resize Image" after you click it to resize).

[kai satoshi]

I have started using a type of "screen capture" to load mine. It is much smaller in size than in a jpeg. I use a iMac.
What I do is click Shift, Command, then 4. At that point your cursor turns into crosshairs and you can use your mouse to drag the area that you want to take a picture of on your screen. I might do a little tutorial on how to do this on my youtube channel. Do you think that might help?

[TamaraDomuzin]

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[MOO]

@amberwingart Wow! Thanks! I'll have t try that.

[MOO]

@kai-satoshi I have a windows 10 so I don't knw if it will work for me. But it might certainly be helpful to an imac user! Go for it! Thank you!

[MOO]

@TamaraDomuzin I don't have photoshop but I might be able to try GIMP. I have treid resizing in GIMP but it didn't work for me.

[RobinSlee]

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Are you on Windows or Mac? Which software do you first create your images in?

[Eric Castleman]

@amberwingart IT WORKED!!!