On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:38:57 GMT, Frogleg > wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:24:49 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:
>
>>Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> >> Barb, did you get the photos I sent you by email?
>
>>> >Ah, yes -- that 1MB file downloa on my dial-up. "-)
>>> >Great pictures! Thanks.
>>>
>>> Crap...I thought hoped you had broadband. I apologize.
>
>>No problem. :-) I haven't uploaded anything to my website yet. I
>>suppose I should. I'm still regrouping. Had to take a friend to the
>>doc yesterday in OUR snowfall.
>
>Someone contributed 2 (count them, two!) photos for one of my web
>sites. 5.4Mb of 2 pics of peoples' backs!! Took me 22 minutes to
>d'load the msg.
>
>What is it you say? Lissenup? All you fancy-schmancy broadband people
>with whoop-de-do zillion-pixel cameras, take a minute to crop and see
>if you don't have a photo app with a 'resize' feature. For making
>photo prints or for offline publication, the more detail, the better.
>For display on web sites, pics of 5,000 to 40,000 bytes is good. Many
>photo apps will let you choose the degree of JPEG compression, and you
>can compress to a fare-thee-well while retaining a nice image. (Watch
>out for red areas.)

I did re-size & crop...that is why Barb only got a MB's worth for 4
photos. I do have to admit, though, I took three photos & turned them
into a panoramic view of the whole room...it did have a drawback,
though, in that it looks as if Rodney M. only has half a right
hand...otherwise it was a nifty playtime photo.

Boron