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I have tried everything to resize these pics. The are crystal clear on my computer you could count the scales on their heads, but once they are resized they look fuzzy, its driving me crazy. My pics are roughly 2200X1200 and 900 - 1000 KB out of my camera, and to get them to 450 KB is killing the resolution, any one have any ideas or know of any programs that may fix this? Below is a group of pics that i was sorting through for our new website, you can see how they now look blurry.
Thanks to everyone in advance
Kim
NARC Reptiles

Are you running Windows XP?

If so, go to www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx and download the Image Resizer PowerToy, (found on the right hand side, about halfway down). Install it and then now you can resize any picture (or group of pictures) just by right-clicking on it (filename or thumbnail) and choosing "Resize Pictures".

If you are not running WinXP, just Google Windows XX PowerToys (where XX is your operating system).

Forget all this if you're on a Mac, I know nothing about them!

Joel

PS: All the other powertoys are quite useful as well. If you shoot RAW, make sure you download the viewer.
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What software are you currently using to resize your pictures? I use PaintShopPro, and it does well enough for my needs. You won't have the same crispness at a smaller file size that you do at a larger size. Nothing can compensate for using more pixels to show the same image. However, some programs likely have better resizing algorthyms than others.

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

normally digital cameras pictures are at 180dpi. Most web pictures are 72dpi for file size reasons. I think your picture looks fine. I dont think the image is fuzzy unless I zoom in on it, and it its for a website, no one will be zooming in. If this is for printing then you need to make sure the dpi stays at 180. In graphics the only 2 things that matter when it comes to picture quality is dpi and pixels. Your pictures are 2200 x 1200 pixels comming off the camera (multiply these two numbers are we know you are taking 2.64 megapixel pictures). When you are at 180dpi thats 180 dots per inch, or pixels per inch. So we could say your image is 12.22in x 6.66in raw. You just cant keep a high quality picture and make the image smaller in screen size. Thats like pouring 10 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket and then woundering why you only have 5 gallons in your bucket. Now on the flip side of things you are saving the image as a JPG, so check your jpeg compression, it it is set to compress high you will get what is called artifacts in your image. You may be happy with saving as a GIF insted. It makes for a larger file, but it should take care of the artifact problem if you dont have any advanced jpg settings.

Thanks to all that responded. I am currently using Nikon View and Adobe Photoshop. I love taking pics and use to do wedding photography but i never worked with the pics after they were shot i had some one who resized them and sent them to the studio for me. So i guess its time i learn. I am going to try what everybody said and ill post some more pics once im happy with how they turned out.
Thanks again, i appreciate your time.
Kim
NARC Reptiles.

Other than the depth of field issue you clearly have, the in-focus parts of your photos look fine on my monitor. What aperture are you using when you take these photos?
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