Reducing image file sizes

[Klaus on-rev]

Hi Jacqueline,

> I have a customer project that displays scanned images and photos of  
> varying dimensions. These files are usually huge, with formatted  
> sizes in thousands of pixels. I need a way to change the image  
> resolution, or otherwise reduce the file size, so that the images  
> can be rewritten to disk with a much smaller footprint in order to  
> fit them on a single CD. But I need to preserve the original  
> dimensions in inches, so that they will still print at their actual,  
> original size. I think I need to determine the original resolution  
> so that I can calculate the dimensions in inches, right? Is there a  
> way to get that?

on the Mac you can use "shell" and "SIPS" to check the resolution and  
change it if necessary.

But simply reducing the resolution does not change the filesize! ;-)

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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Best

Klaus

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Klaus Major
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