Does the person you are sending the pics to need photoshop files? If not use File>Scripts>Image Processor. Select the folder of images, select the location for the new files, select jpg and reduce the image size and quality if needed, and click run.
If your images are already jpgs, Windows XP has a built-in image program for emails. In windows explorer goto the folder you want to send, select the images, right click on one of the images, select Send to>Mail Recipient. A window should pop up asking you what size you want the image to be, select the appropriate option or click on show me more options to be more specific. Sorry I do not recall what the default size is for the reduction. But emailing a single image back to yourself would answer that question.
I hope this helps,
Silk
Photoshop can certainly make compressed images for email.
I would suggest looking at hosting images on a web server instead of sending by email. Email is a clumsy transport method for binary files. A 500 KB image might blow up to 800 KB when MIME encoded for email. By posting images on a web server, you can invite the other person to voluntarily download them instead of forcing files into their inbox as an email attachment.
There are plenty of free image hosting services if you do not have your own web server.
Thank you both very much! Judy
How do I resize a file containing pictures for sending out to multiple receipients. Currently the .pdf file is 4.3mgs but a tad too large for some persons.
I know it can be reduced for internet or emailing but I don’t know how to do it.
I’d appreciate any suggestions.
Dick.
We never send out large images by email now due to the fact many people cannot receive them. If you have web space, upload the image/PDF via FTP and email a link for the recipients to download it. If you don’t have your own webspace, you could use one of the file upload services.
or create your PDF using the Smallest File Size option in the PDF presets…and set your downsampling to images over 108 dpi to downsample to 72 inside the PDF compression dialog.
I’m intrigued. Why specify 108 dpi?
it’s the default when you change the downsample to 72…never seen a reason to change it, and it even provides backup when the client thinks he is being tricky by printing off a screen capture even when print and save are password protected in the document….