Photo too big, need to optimize, which application to use for macBook Pro?

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  bluebirdgrainfarms · Member · Jan 24, 2008 at 10:50 pm

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  I have tried to download the following in order to optimize a photo: – Irfanview
  – Picasa
  – GIMP
  – Photofiltre
  – FastStone
  – Pixia

  And everyone requests for me to choose an application. I have a MacBook Pro and I am not sure which application to choose. Any mac users out there have a suggestion?
  Thanks.

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  ellaella · Member · Jan 24, 2008 at 10:57 pm

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  Hi, there. I’m not a Mac person but there are free online photo editors that don’t care what OS you’re using. One that worked well for me is:

  http://www.phixr.com/

  HTH and happy blogging.

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jan 24, 2008 at 11:48 pm

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  You probably have iPhoto. That’ll work. I don’t know about older versions, but here’s the approximate procedure with the 08 version:

  1. Select your photo
  2. File/Export
  3. Kind = JPEG
  4. Quality = medium
  5. Size = small (or custom, and set your own dimensions)
  6. Export

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  bluebirdgrainfarms · Member · Jan 25, 2008 at 12:40 am

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  Okay thanks. Tellyworth, I used your method and that worked, but I can see the html code that I placed wrapped around the photos. Go to bluebirdgrainfarms.wordpress.com/
  and you will see what I am talking about. I remedied this when it happened before, but it took a very long time to do this–my method wasn’t an efficient way to handle the text around the photo. Do you or anyone else have a suggestion?