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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From a recent smalldog.com
newsletter:<br>
Mac Treat # 15: Use Tiger's (OS 10.4) ColorSync Utility to Quickly<br>
Shrink Images<br>
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I discovered this tip by accident. A customer asked how he could<br>
quickly reduce the size of digital images for sending via email.
The<br>
customer didn't want to use iPhoto or Mail to do this (see Mac
Treat<br>
#14 for how to resize photos in OS X Mail.) Also, he didn't want
to<br>
download the excellent (and free) ImageWell application (linked<br>
below.) Basically, he wanted to do what he was used to doing in<br>
Windows - right-clicking on an image to resize it.<br>
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To do this in Tiger, select an image you wish to resize.
Right-click<br>
on the image, or, if you use a laptop or a single-click mouse,
click<br>
on the image while holding down the control key (usually the key<br>
located in the lower left corner of the keyboard.) A contextual
menu<br>
will open up. In this menu, select "Open With" and chose
"Color Sync<br>
Utility."<br>
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In ColorSync Utility, click on the square resizing icon, which is<br>
second from the right. If you don't see the square resizing box
icon,<br>
click on the oval tic tac-looking button on the upper right corner
of<br>
the ColorSync window.<br>
<br>
When you click on the square resizing box, a menu will open up,
with<br>
an option to Resize: scale. You can chose how small you want the<br>
image to be by percentages. You won't see the changed to the image<br>
until you save it. IMPORTANT
NOTE:<x-tab> </x-tab>the new,
smaller image will<br>
overwrite the original image unless you choose Save > As and
rename<br>
the new image. This is why iPhoto is great - non-destructive image<br>
editing means you can always revert to the original photo.<br>
<br>
However, for quickly resizing an image, ColorSync Utility is fast
-<br>
it only take four steps, including saving the image.<br>
<br>
Download ImageWell to make simple image edits (including scaling
them<br>
down) here:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><a
href="http://www.xtralean.com/IWOverview.html"
>http://www.xtralean.com/IWOverview.html</a></blockquote>
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<div><font face="Palatino" color="#000000">Victoria L. Herring,
Attorney, Civil Rights, Discrimination & Employment Law,
<http://www.HerringLaw.com>; Travel research, planning &
Photography site and blog, <http://www.JourneyZing.com/blog>;
Des Moines, Iowa, ph.515-255-4475.</font></div>
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