How to email images for Canon EOS 40D

[virginia_hager]

<p>Hi all,<br>

Hoping to get some help in regards to my Canon EOS 40D.<br>

I've just purchased it second hand and can't find details anywhere on how to reduce the size of images, once uploaded onto my computer, and email out the smaller sized files. I have uploaded all the photos, yet the software doesn't seem to have a function where I can do this? I am using the EOS Utility software. Is there something else that I need to download to email images, or will I have to do it manually (reduce files in Photoshop then email them myself)?<br>

Thanks for your help,<br>

Virginia.</p>

[cabbiinc]

<p>If you have Photoshop you can do it there. If you have the Canon Solution disk (the one that comes with EOS Utility on it) you can use Canon's Digital Photo Professional or Canon ZoomBrowser. Both of which are capable of downsizing the image. Canon's DPP can do it under Batch Process (you can process as few as 1 image) and you'd select a smaller size. What size depends on the end use, but for general web viewing 1200 pixels wide is a decent start. Make sure you check Lock Aspect Ratio and you'll only need to provide the dimensions for one side. If the other sides dimensions don't equate to what you want then you'll need to crop first, otherwise you'll skew the image itself.</p>

[JosvanEekelen]

<p>Lots of programs will allow you to downsize images: Lightroom, Irfanview, Faststone Image Viewer, just to name a few. The latter ones are free.</p>

[Marcus Ian]

<p>Using Canon's DPP you can resize when you 'convert and save' individual files ... You can include resizing in the batch process export as well. </p>

<p>Obviously EOS Utility doesn't include this functionality since it doesn't really do much processing...</p>

[ed_k__north_carolina_]

<p>Download Google Picasa, it's free and has a very intuitive interface. I use it for resizing photos I upload to a web site or for email.</p>

<p>Ed</p>

[greg_moss4]

<p>Or if you use Windows 7(Vista?), click on image, select e-mail on the menu bar, choose your resolution. You can also select multiple images as well.</p>

[jim_h.2]

If you use adobe lightshop you can do a mass of everything including shrinking the photos to a very small jpg and

keep a quality look,

[PuppyDigs]

<p>Click on the "Share" icon on the bottom right corner of iPhoto and select "email" and the app will automatically resize to a reasonable size (you can specify if you want an exact size) and email it for you. Or, if you want to manually resize to your desktop or a folder, shift-click a range of images and select "Export" from the file menu. For emailing, elect "medium" and click on the export button.</p>

[tony_buckwell]

<p>Virginia,<br>

I know the problem! I use Canon's own "Zoombrowser EX" - came as part of the software package with the camera. You'll find a facility labelled "Print & Email", click on that and follow the instructions. Works for me and I'm certainly no IT expert by any stretch of the imagination.<br>

Tony B</p>

[waltflanagan]

<p>My parents use Picasa. You can click on an image to email and in the settings preferences set the resolution of the downscaled version for email. It works for them and it's free.</p>

[virginia_hager]

<p>Thanks for all your responses. I've downloaded Picasa and am also now using Canon's DPP which seem to be doing the job for me. Much appreciated.</p>