Help compressing photo files

[chrisc]

Can someone please help me when I comes to computers I can just about turn one on :shake: and I am looking to put my photos onto a CD but I need help compressing the files is there anyone out there that can tell me how to do it??

[praxis]

If they are jpegs then they are already compressed, little saving will be made by compressing them further.

[chrisc]

yea they are jpegs looks like i will have to use a lot of cd's:'( i have 32 files i am lookin to save and not one will go onto a single cd :cuckoo:

[mrgubby]

yea they are jpegs looks like i will have to use a lot of cd's:'( i have 32 files i am lookin to save and not one will go onto a single cd :cuckoo:

A CD will hold 700MB of data , Just how big are these photos :eek:

[chrisc]

some of the files are over 750mb but that has 800 photos

[mrgubby]

some of the files are over 750mb but that has 800 photos

Ahh , 32 Folders :) , have you thought about backing up to DVD's ?. Each one holds over 4GB of data.


A new DVD writer is only £20 ish :thumbs:

[chrisc]

thats a good idea, i have also been told to download something called winzip for compressing files

[EOS_JD]

thats a good idea, i have also been told to download something called winzip for compressing files

Winzip compresses files well but as jpg images are already compressed, you won't see much benefit.