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"Quilljar" <wykehill-flightsim@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> John Inzer wrote:
>> avon wrote:
>>> after downloading photos from my camera i am unable to
>>> edit them in paint as it shows them in a huge format, i
>>> have tried reducing the zoom thank you David and this is
>>> no help
>
> If the images from your camera are consistently larger than you want, why not
> consult the manual that came with the camera and take smaller images? This will
> free up your memory card and you will be able to take many more photos. Forgive me
> if you already know this.
> Also, I must say that Paint as a graphics manipulating program was out of date ten
> years ago. There are many completely free, much better programs, which John and
> others here have suggested many times.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Quilly
>
> Sorry, but an individual reply goes into my spam filter
>