[pianotech] OT Compressing question

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/24/2012 7:19 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
> Ron,
> It's and HP Computer that came with a Photo program. It's Windows XP. My
> Camera is a GE, (which stands for General Electric Corporation). It came
> with a whole bunch of crap programs that don't do squat, imo! I'm looking
> for help from those who might know.
> Enough information for you? That's all there is.
> Joe

Just right. We have an OS. Does the HP photo program offer editing 
capabilities? The editor that comes with XP is utterly useless for 
anything, typically. If it gives you options to change brightness, 
contrast, color profile, cropping, conversion to gray scale and such, 
there should be a resample or resize option in the menus somewhere. 
That's what you want. If not, try googling for "photo editor" or the 
like and go shopping. There's lots of options, and if you find something 
that looks good in shareware or freeware, ask back if anyone is familiar 
with it specifically. It's sort of like what we tell folks who call in 
wanting to know how to buy Craigslist pianos. If you have a 14 year old 
available, buy him a six pack and turn him loose.
Ron N