Originally Posted by Suzanne57
I've got 10 blocks almost done. I still need to put the handle on the basket. But I will only post 1 & 2 at this time so I don't get too far ahead. I've been scanning them and putting them into a MS table that I got from the Yahoo group. That not only lets you keep track of which ones are done but also how they look together. The scanning program that I use also lets me crop before the scan so there's no white spaces around the block. I need to learn how to make the pictures on here a little smaller though.
If you have Microsoft Picture Manager, you can open your picture in that. Right click on picture, choose Open With... and then choose MS Picture Manager. Once the picture shows up in MS Pic Mgr, click on Edit Picture. There will be a side bar with options opened up. Choose compress pictures. I find that for emailing and for the Quilt Board that Web page option works well. Click the radio button next to Web page and click OK.
Now, if you want to keep the copy of your original block in the larger side, then you need to click Save As and save the compressed picture under a different name. When you go to exit MS Pic Mgr, it will say that you have not saved the file and ask if you want to save it. It is referring to your original picture. Click No.
Unfortunately Windows Photo Gallery does not have a compression feature.
There are other ways to do this, but I don't know other programs. Maybe someone can volunteer another way, especially if you don't have MS Pic Mgr.