Re: Digital picture formats
Hi,
The standard format tends to be "Windows BMP Image" which uses up MB of memory compared to "jpeg" which uses only kb's for the the same size image.
To check what format your images are saved to , right click on the image icon.Select properties. This will throw up a window which will tell you what format is used and the amount of memory used.
You can change it by opening the image ,click file, save as, and in the save window click the arrow in bottom right hand corner, select jpeg.from drop down menu by clicking on it then click save.
If a window comes up asking if you wish to replace the original, say yes.
If you follow this procedure for all your images, you'll free up acres of space on your hard drive.
I hope I'm not "teaching my granny to suck eggs" to quote an old saying ,but this really does work.
Rgds
xocal