mac assistance please

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Hi, I'm trying to make an avatar for this site from one of my pictures on my machine. The thing is, I'm a new mac user and I can't figure out how to shrink a photo via iPhoto and make sure it's actually small enough to not exceed the MB limit. I know it's probably super simple, but I've already accidentally ruined one picture because I was playing with the edit function and didn't realize I wouldn't be able to NOT save the editing I did. So I'd rather someone just instruct me before I ruin any more.

I'm not a mac user, but advice for editing photos starts with this: open your picture and then immediately save it as a different file name. This will preserve the original.

I'll have a look at I-photo later. Have to go to paint some houses. I don't use IP for anything else other than getting the images "in" off the camera. I remember its got a cropping tool ,but that's only for "cutting out the bits you want."

Quick question : Do you have anything like Photoshop?

I found Toy Viewer the ideal app for this job:
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/sof ... v-eng.html

iPhoto ect are far to complex for the simple task of resizing and changing format of a bitmap image.

you can revert to original:

in topmenu: Photos > Revert to Original

or

right-click on the photo and select > Revert to Original


to resize photo...

right-click on photo thumbnail in album... choose: Show File

this will show the file in finder.

right-click on file > Open With > Preview... and in the app go Tools > Adjust Size ... and then "Save as" ..... give new name... done.

I would use GIMP for what you're talking about. It's a bit easier to use than PS in my opinion, and since it works on both Linux and Windoze, you ought to be able to find a version for mac.

If the photo is already as you want it visually, in iPhoto go to File -> Export... and select Size, Custom, then set Max: dimension to 100 px. You could set Max: width or height if you prefer. (I used Kind JPEG, Quality Medium, Filename: Use filename). Then the file save dialogue will let you choose a place to put it, such as your Desktop. The original photo is not altered.

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What the rose cheeked dude said.

remember:
max width for forum pics: 130px
max height: 160px

Don't use iPhoto. Open the image in Preview (that's the default application for opening images), then go to the Tools menu and select Adjust Size.

That is Stulin, a morph of my own face with the face of the semi-rehabilitated Comrade Uncle Joe (a joke in poor taste).