On 10/6/2015 6:32 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote: > Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> HilsB wrote: >>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>>> Ron Lesan wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Butting in 'cause I have the same problem --- and I don't* >>>>> *understand the explanation --- 99% of what?* >>>> >>>> Read the first two lines of my explanation. >>>> >>>>>> If you send as HTML, you can specify the image size in percent (of >>>>>> the screen size). Do Insert | Image, navigate to the image location >>>>>> on your computer, and select it. In the insert dialog, choose the >>>>>> "Dimensions" tab, "Custom size," and enter the width in "percent" >>>>>> (not "pixels"). SeaMonkey will also insist that you enter an >>>>>> "alternate text," which should be a short descriptive word or >>>>>> phrase. >>>>>> >>>>>> You need not specify both height and width; 99% width is enough. >>>> >>> Thanks for the replies. >>> I am aware of and have used this method when inserting photos. 75% width >>> works well for me. >>> My point is that it is a fairly cumbersome process particularly when >>> compared to the Apple mail options on image size. >> >> Fair point. Sorry I have nothing more to offer. >> > > How about resampling images for email. Say reduce to no larger than 600 > or 800 px on a side. I use ImageMagick on Linux and IrfanViewer on > Windows to batch reduce images for web use. > > The advantage is is manifold. The embedded image will not be too big to > be viewed by the recipient for typical monitor resolution. > > Next scaling with constraining HTML attributes does not REDUCE the data > size of the image. Whereas resampling an image will, and such reduction > can dramatically reduce the size in bytes. No everyone has real > broadband and may have limited data plans > > Lastly email's legacy was a text-only protocol, so binary data must be > encoded to character data. Such encoding can balloon binary data often > doubling its size making the bandwidth issue worse. So that fresh from > the camera 5-10MB image can easily balloon to 7-20MB when encoded for > SMTP. > >
For Windows, give the freeware FastStone Image Viewer a spin - the email option (File|Email|Send Email) automatically defaults to a 640x480 resize, which you can change of course from 120x90 to 2272x1704 (or custom size). You can also compress multiple images into a single file for the email attachement. Email option works (for me) flawlessly with SeaMonkey. http://www.faststone.org/index.htm http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm The FastStone Photo Resizer is also free also & works well: http://www.faststone.org/download.htm _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
