Shrink photos and mail as attachments (Picasa3 & Thunderbird)

[smcs_steve]

'How do I easily shrink photos and mail as attachments using Thunderbird'
I have been asked this question a number of times locally and I don't see a mention in the forum.
So here is a tip for newbees!

First check Picasa is updated to version 3.

Then in Control Center, open KDE Components, Component Chooser, Email Client.
Select> Use a different email client, and set preferred email client as Mozilla-Thunderbird.

To send photos, open Picasa3, highlight desired photos,  click on the email icon (send photos in the photo tray by email)
Select use native Linux Client, and a Compose New message will appear in Thunderbird with shrunken photo(s) pre-attached.

A test 3MB photo @ 3027 X 2304 JPEG was auto-sized to a happy-snap 54KB @ 480 X 360 pixels
The compression factor can be set in Picasa, Tools, Options, Emails...
Cheers,
>Steve

[jacques4x4]

Thank you !!

[Was_Just19]

For completeness ...... if you use Kmail then install Kim.

This gives a right-click menu item to shrink and send the pic via Kmail.

regards.

[Johnr_1]

Thank you very much, Steve.

[Archie]

Hmmm ... have you tried mogrify and convert? If you have manpages installed, on a konsole type man mogrify and man convert. It may not be "new-user friendly" but it's the core command (unless I am mistaken) for such apps like Picassa, GIMP, Kview and other photo-resizing apps.

mogrify will make changes to the existing image. convert will make the changes and write them to a new image.

Do this: copy and paste a half-dozen or so photos on a test folder. Open a konsole and cd to where the photos on your test folder are. simply type convert *.jpg -scale 50% small.jpg and this will result with your photos being copied and resized with filenames small-0.jpg, small-1.jpg and so on. Do the same for any image file format. Be careful with mogrify as this command will change the original file. mogrify -scale 50% *.jpg

The -scale 50% is the value of the reduction.

HTH

[NoIBnds]

Another easy way is open Digikam-- Highlight photos you want to mail-- one or as many was you want-- Go to Image (in digikam menu bar)- email images-- when the box opens go to the mail menu on left side and set your e-mail program and size preferences-- go back to Images on left menu again and hit OK-- it will resize them open mail client and you are done. Just put in who you want to send to.