Megapixels of Doom

Megapixels of Doom It seems that a file is split between the images taken by most digital cameras routine, and the desire of many amateur photographers, their photos as e-mail or online. Graphically photos, most of us are marked with an elephant gun fleas. We respond like addicts when each camera offers ads - place even more megapixels at your disposal, and we brag at cocktail parties that we have more than you. But these measures are uninformed. In the real world, unless you're a professional, all of these points is unnecessary and may create problems. An average of a digital camera is a snapshot, which composed of 2048 x 1536 pixels (dots). This is called the image resolution. If you multiply two numbers, you get 3146000 pixels or points, from your photo. This is the number (3.1 megapixels) camera companies tout the most wonderful sex and drugs, in line. The photos are in JPG format, in medium to high compression. The file size for a picture is about 2 / 3 of a megabyte. For lovers of mathematics, which works to 1 kilobyte of memory memory control 2 / 3 of a square-inch screen. "So whazza problem? My camera is the mega-gots any, my chick digs it, evateeng is cool, man. No? "Not much, cool dude. Because if you try, your e-mail pictures of their chicks accoutrements well, your e-mail Gonna choke after just a couple of Hot Shots. And if you try to upload some of the best or the images of some of these amateur sites that could do some 'sick after the site - it downsizes. Why? As even the most typical of the screen (17 "), with a great picture fills the screen is only about 8 megapixels (800,000 pixels). If you wanted your image to the screen the size of a 5x7 photo, which only a 1:10 megapixels. They shot too many 3-megapixel, Sucker! This is not the only problem. Your Mega-Image choke their email system and can not be, if you have too much at once. If you click "Send", it will take some 'time and perhaps forever. If your photo has been optimized for the screen to see your 5x7 photos is only about 40 kilobytes (4% of a megapixel!) The memory and looks as well. You can send a lot to you and all your friends. Thus we arrive at the center. You can share pictures and send to 16 the amount of memory used to save a single picture from your camera-shmancy lust. But do not feel bad. You're certainly not the only one bragging to the party. The solution, among other things, this is a camera that allows you to lower resolution images. If you are a stroke of art is perhaps want 8x10, crank, that the resolution only for the recovery. For the swelling is already in possession of pictures, receive imaging software that lets you reduce the image, while the quality and file size. Adobe Photoshop is the big name in this field. If gut, you can also create a "droplet", a small icon that sits on your desktop. With Windows Explorer is running alongside him, drag the folder with your photos in the fat droplets icon. The whole lot will be reduced immediately following your instructions. Now that is something to brag!