Tutorials - #89 - Compressing photos with WinZip

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#89 / January 22, 2009 / 2:02 min.

Compressing photos with WinZip

Photos can be very large files and sending large files via email can be a problem. One way to reduce the size of your photos is to squeeze or compress them with WinZip. It makes the files smaller, puts them all into a handy ZIP file package and allows you to deliver them to friends and familiy without having your email "bounce back" and without overloading the recipient's inbox or internet connection.

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- If you don't already have it on your computer download the latest version of WinZip.

- Run the program.

- Click New, then give your soon to be ZIP file an identifiable name.

- In the dialog that opens navigate to the photos you want to include in your compressed file.

- Select a group of photos by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking or select random photos by holding down the CTRL key and clicking.

- Click Add and the ZIP file will be created. Depending on the level of compression (how much you're "squeezing" the fies) and how many pictures you selected, this may take a minute.

- When compression is finished, click OK and you're ready to email or archive your new ZIP folder.