A Panasonic Lumix digital camera can take high-quality images that anyone would be proud of. There is, of course, a limit to how many it can store on the internal 14-megabyte memory. Even an inserted SD card can quickly fill up. For this reason, it is good to know reset the picture size settings so that images that require less detail can be recorded to a smaller file. On the other hand, if you have already recorded the image and want to reduce the file size, you will have to do that outside the camera.
Changing Using the Camera
Turn the camera on. Then push the "Menu" button to bring up the various options. Select "Aspect Ratio," and use the up and down arrow icons to change it (unless it is already at the ratio you want). Select "PICT.SIZE" from the menu. Use the up and down arrow icons to change it to a smaller file size. And you are ready to take you pictures.
Using Photoshop
If you have already taken the picture and want to change the image size, connect you camera to you computer via your USB port. Then save the image you want to work on to your hard drive. Open an image editing program like Photoshop. Then go to "File" and click "Open." Browse to the file you saved and open it. Select "Image" and then click "Image Size." Change the "Interpolation" to "Bicubic Smoother." Change the size and resolution settings to what you want them to be and click "OK." Save your image as a JPEG.
Using GIMP
If you don't own Photoshop, there is a freeware program you can use called GIMP. Open GIMP, and then select "File" and click "Open." Browse to the image and open it. Then select "Image" and click "Scale Image." Change the resolution and size to suit your needs and click "OK." Save your image as a JPEG.
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