Ok, so this article is not exactly about emailing multiple photos. However, I am going to describe a way that you can resize your photos so that you can email them. Since you are resizing them, it will allow you to not only email more pictures, but save more of them without taking up as much hard drive space.

For resizing the photos I use a utility called FastStone Photo Resizer. This software can be obtained from:

www.Faststone.org

Downloading the Software

To download the file click on the link above and then find the section of the website titled “FastStone Photo Resizer” and click the download button in that section.

You will again be prompted for which type of file to download. The site explains what the different types of files are. I recommend downloading an “exe”.

Running the Setup and Install

Now that the file is downloaded you will have to install it. Most Internet browsers will default the download to your desktop, so find the file that you just downloaded (it should be named “FSResizerSetup26.exe”) and double click it.

If you get a Microsoft Security warning, click the “Run” button.

Now the setup will begin:

1. On the first screen click the “Next >” button.
2. Read the license agreement and click “I Agree”.
3. Choose a destination folder to install the software to. Usually the default will work just fine.
4. Click the “Install” button.
5. The program will install on your system and then bring up a completion window.
6. Click the “Finish” button.

Using the Software to Shrink Your Pictures

1. Right click on your desktop and go to “New” –> “Folder”.
2. Give the folder a name such as “resized pictures”.
3. Double click on the FastStone Photo Resizer icon on your desktop.
4. In the left hand pane of the program use the drop down menu on the top to browse to where your current pictures are stored.
5. Highlight all of the pictures that you would like to resize by holding down the “Ctrl” key on your keyboard and clicking on each of the photos.
6. Click on the “Add” button in the middle of the window.
7. On the right hand side of the screen you can see a list of all of the photos that you are going to resize.
8. Below that list you will see a box that says “Output Format”, below that box you will see another input box that says “Output Folder. Click on the “Select” button.
9. A new window will pop up.
10. In the “Select a folder” window, at the very top of the list, you should see “Desktop”. Look below where it says “Desktop” and find the folder that we created in steps 1 and 2. Click on that folder and then click the “OK” button.
11. Underneath the “Select” button that we clicked on in step 8 you will see a button that says “Advanced Options”. Click that button.
12. On the “Resize” tab (the default place that you go to when you click the “Advanced Options” button), look for the drop down that says “<Pick a Standard Size>.
13. Click on the arrows for the Drop Down and choose your size. The sizes are listed from smallest to largest. Generally the default 800×600 that is set will greatly decrease the size of your digital pictures.
14. Click the “OK” button.
15. Still with me?… Good. Now the easy part… Click on the button below the “Advanced Options” button that says “Convert”.
16. The program will resize all of your folders and output a copy of the resized pictures to the folder we created in steps 1 and 2.

Going the Extra Mile and Zipping Up Your Pictures

These next steps will take all of your resized photos and compress them so that their file size is even smaller, making them easier to email and store.

First we need to download a zipping utility. I prefer WinRAR which can be downloaded here:

http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar371.exe

Once the file has downloaded you will have to install it in a similar fashion to the way you installed the photo resizer utility.

Once it is installed use the following instructions to zip up your photos.

1. Right click on the folder that you created in the last set of instructions.
2. Click on “Add to Archive”.
3. In the “Archive name and parameters” window that pops up, look for the box that says “Archive Format” and select the “ZIP” radio button.
4. Click the “OK” button.
5. You will now have a file with the same name as your folder but it will have an icon that looks like a stack of books. You can now attach this to your email and send all of those pictures at once (Of course this can still be limited because email servers can only handle file sizes that are so big).

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