Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-05)

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Tips and tricks for

emailing photos

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artofthejoyofphotography

is sharingyourpictureswith

others,lookingbackand

reminiscing.Therearevariousways

toshareyoursnapsfromyourPC,

startingwiththebasicoptionofjust

gatheringwithfriendsandfamily

arounda laptopscreen– oryourTV

orprojector.Thereis,ofcourse,the

optionofsharingphotosonsocial

mediasitessuchasFacebook,but

anotherquickandeasywayis to

makeuseofemail.

Thereis somethingimportantthat

youneedtoconsiderbeforeemailing

photographstopeople:size.The

high-qualityimagefilesproducedby

moderncamerasandsmartphones

canbeimpossibletoattachtoan

email,becausemostemailproviders

limitthesizeoffilesyoucansend.

Thisis wherewecanhelp.Wewill

showyouhowtoreducethesizeof

yourimagetomakethemeasierto

shareviaemail.

1 Limitthenumberoffiles

The easiestwaytoensureyouremailsdon’tbouncebackis

to ensure thatyoudon’tattachtoomanyphotosata time.The

number youcanattachwilldependontheemailprovideryouare

using, but thefewerfilesyouattachtoanemail,thegreaterthe

chance thereis ofit beingsuccessfullydelivered.If necessary,split

your photosovertwoormoreemails.

2 Reduce photo size

An easy way to reduce the file size of photographs is to

reduce their physical dimensions. Modern digital cameras and

smartphones take images at super-high resolution, resulting in

very large files. In Windows 8 and 10, you can open images in the

built-in image viewer and resize from the Options menu, or use a

dedicated image editor such as Paint.NET to resize.

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Step-by-step Share photos with loved ones

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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