I went to see a client today to train them how to update/create their web pages. I was ready to show them how to download Gimp and use it to re-size and compress images. I was worried about their ability to take in the information, or be put off or intimidated by the process.
But it turned out that they could already do it using Microsft Office, something I hadn't realised Office could do, having tried to avoid Microsoft products for the past so many years.
It occurs to me that this might be the case for a lot of clients who are more than likely to have Microsoft Office and be more comfortable using it than something like Gimp.
This might have been obvious to a lot of you, but I just thought I'd let the Microsoft Luddites, like myself, know.
Cheers
Mike
Sounds like my own meetings. Thanks for the tip. Which MS app did they use?
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I did a bit of research: it must have been Microsoft Office Picture Manager which is part of Microsoft Office suite versions 2003 through 2010
But, apparently, it has been superceded by "Windows Live Photo Gallery" which should come as part of the os on newer windows machines, so won't appear in later versions of Office. ( But I can't seem to resize or compress images with it on the Vista, or Windows 7 machine I have looked at)
So i think some detective work is required before visiting clients. What can they do already in terms of images? What software do they already have/use?
If they are happy using one of the online photo sites there maybe ways of them using links from those as they often resize to multiple sizes....
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I like
http://tinypng.org/ plus smushit
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I'm also investigating this, resizing for thumbnail/view/download size as well as apply watermark. So far
JetPhoto Studio is looking good.
