miodo2009 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Can one resize a scan of let's say 2000kB easily into a scan of 500kB, (without having the paper documents) by anyone who has the knowledge to do this, maybe the average photo shop owner ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2oDunc Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I think you may need to elaborate a little more. Do you simply want to reduce the total file size ? Do you want to change the format the file is saved as ? What format is it saved as now ? It will help people with suggestions on how to help. Cheers Dunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinny Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Normally a scan is a jpg image file and these can easily be altered a very easy resizer is Phto gadget which is a free download go here for a direct download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokesaat Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Not an answer to the question, but related to scanning: When I upgraded to Windows 7, my ancient scanner no longer performed. There's a fix using Windows Virtual PC, but I found a better and equally good fix: I take digital photos of my documents. I've now done this for an insurance claim, bank transfer info, request for a new credit card, and with a military-retiree related issue. The different agencies accepted my signed statements just as they would a scanned copy of a signed document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) There's a very good graphics program that is absoutely free. It's called Paint.Net. You can download it from a lot of different download sites. It will resize the image by physical size or bit size, Expand or shrink the size. However, be aware that when you make an image larger, it cab become grainy. It will also allow you to change the image format. It supports most graphic formats. Edited October 19, 2010 by BB1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 There's a very good graphics program that is absoutely free. It's called Paint.Net. You can download it from a lot of different download sites. It will resize the image by physical size or bit size, Expand or shrink the size. However, be aware that when you make an image larger, it cab become grainy. It will also allow you to change the image format. It supports most graphic formats. Alternatively you could use "paint" that comes with windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloggie Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) Goto: http://www.microsoft...eschelman2.mspx After that, right click from explorer and rezise..... Edited October 19, 2010 by Cloggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miodo2009 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) I want to resize the scan(jpg) because it'll take too long to download on slower computers. So for instance, the program "Paint Net" can be used for this purpose ? Edited October 19, 2010 by miodo2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I want to resize the scan(jpg) because it'll take too long to download on slower computers. So for instance, the program "Paint Net" can be used for this purpose ? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkockney Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Do you have photoshop? Be Careful when resizing the dimensions of the image only to reduce filesize - you do still want the scan to be readable, right? If you have Photoshop, better to save for web, gif restrictive if B&W or very few colours. Then put it into Acrobat Pro, optimise and make compatible with Acrobat 4 or later. This will give you markable file size reduction and retain readability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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