i have a digital camera that takes nice pictures but they are so big i want them to be littler so i can actually send them how do i resize these pictures is there a program or what, what do i need.

You can re-save then as a bitmap. Just click "FILE" at the top of the screen, select "SAVE AS" and click the arrow next to where it says JPEG and select BITMAP. Open the bitmap, click on stretch/skew at the top and just the % values to a smaller number. You'll have to play around with it to get the right size, start out with 60% and see if that does it. Once you get them to the right size, re-save then as a JPEG again before sending them.

If you use any version of Microsoft Windows (95/98/M/200/XP), there is a nifty image editor that comes with it. I'll give you some instructions on how to use it.

Click on your Start menu. Go to the Programs Menu. Inside there you should see an "Accessories" folder. Usually inside that folder you'll see something called "MS Paint" or just plain 'ol "Paint". Open this program.

NOTE: If you don't see it there, open a "Run" box (Click the Start Menu and choose "Run"). In the run box, type mspaint and click 'OK'.

So, you should have Microsoft Paint open now. From the File menu, choose "Open". Find the picture you want to open wherever it is on your computer. When you open the file, press CTRL + W (press and hold the CTRL key, then press W). This should open a small window that says "Stretch and Skew".

NOTE: If no window pops up, go to the "Image" menu at the top of the program and choose "Stretch and Skew".

In this Stretch and Skew window, you only want to touch the numbers in the "Stretch" box - change the Horizontal and Vertical percentage to be some lower number - but they MUST be the same. Examples:

Horizontal: 66%
Vertical: 66%

Horizontal: 50%
Vertical: 50%

Horizontal: 75%
Vertical: 75%

Then click OK. This will reduce your image to to be whatever percentage you choose. Don't touch the Skew stuff, it's probably not anything you need to mess with.

When you are happy with the size you've reduced the image to, go into the File menu again and choose "Save As" (if you choose the plain old "Save" option, you'll overwrite the old file, which is something you might not want).

Save it somewhere safe as a different filename so you don't overwrite the original.

Be sure to save the image as a JPEG (if possible). I don't think Bitmap/BMP images will show up on the forum!

Sorry if any of this stuff is too dumbed down. I don't know what your experience level is. :)

A very good program that is free and easy to use is found here:

http://www.irfanview.com/

Great for working with pictures.

Some cameras allow you to change the settings for smaller pics. They are changing the resolution of the pic taken.