screenshot help

[pejsaboy]

I was going to start taking some shots and making an album, but when I paste it into paint, the file is about 2Mb, which is too big for the upload. paint doesn't give me the option to save as a jpeg, how can I make the file smaller without losing the quality?

[egoober]

To be honest, you're always going to loose a little quality once you start to reduce the filesize - it's a question of finding a balance that suits your needs.  That said, Paint isn't the best tool for the job. I'd suggest you get hold of a more powerful image editing package, there are plenty of freeware and sharware examples around, and keep an eye on the compression settings when saving as a Jpeg.   Here's one such program, that may be of help : The Gimp
 
  Enjoy!

[LoganGrimnar]

you save it as a jpeg.. hehe

1.File
2.Save As..
-File Name: Bobs bad day
-Save as Type: jpeg
3.Save

if you cant do that.. then.. im not sure how to help you. You not liking useing "Save As.." im guessing your useing "Save" which sets it at some defult.

[Rasterick]

egoober - 9/9/2006  10:45 AM  Here's one such program, that may be of help :  The Gimp
   
  Enjoy!

 An easy to use program, and its free.

[pejsaboy]

Actually Logan, paint doesn't give me the option to save as jpeg. I can save it as lesser quality bitmaps, but they just look horirble. I'll check out the GIMP.

[LoganGrimnar]

Hmm.. thats odd it does on mine! Oh well, sorry i could be more helpful.

[pejsaboy]

The GIMP is working great, thanks guys! I shoulda known there was a windows version too, not just Linux