have you ever encountered image too large or experienced images that just seemed way too big? resizing images will reduce their file size {which results in faster downloads}.

resizing images

you will need an image editing application to resize the photo. there are lots of options, photoshop being the most popular but also the most expensive.

picasa is a free option for photo resizing, and is a very solid image management program all around. highly recommended. download below:

picnik is a new option, which does image editing within your web browser.

automatic resizing

some social networking sites allow on the fly resizing of images, such as sqeez. when uploading media, you can select a size in pixels that you want the image saved as.
some digital cameras allow you to set a smaller size within the camera itself. this will also save memory so you can take more photos with the same memory card. refer to your camera’s manual for step by step instructions.