Linda,
I use a Mac. I converted a jpg file to bmp using Preview. Then I
converted that file back to jpg using both Preview and Photoshop
Elements 4.0. It worked fine for each conversion, just a few
seconds, but the bmp file was 1.25 MB while the jpg files were about
60 KB. It was very fast in all cases. Elements alone will do the
conversions equally well.
Roger
On 2 Mar 2008, at 4:17 AM, Formyrotts@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all, I have a question :) but first I must do a bit of
explaining.
I am doing some genealogical research on a relative I never met but it
appears he played a part in my interest in photography. I found a
website that has
pages of old newspapers and it mentions his name in a number of
issues. I am
on dial-up (important later on), I cannot copy/paste the pages into an
email--I can 'grab & slide' each page into an email. If I send it
to myself, it can
be saved as a bmp & jpg. Or if I just save it as a bmp, later I can
go back
and resave it as a jpg. Now, to send it takes about 15 minutes, to
open it to
enable saving--takes another 15 minutes. It's a rather long process
but I
thought I had found a much simplier solution. I can just rt click
on the paper
page and then left click on save and it saves as a bmp. I went wild
and got
all the bmp pages but afterward discovered I cannot convert those
into jpgs!
In order to do a collage of 1 liners, block ads, and my (inherited)
family
photos, I need the jpgs--I cannot 'do things' to the paper bmps that
I would
like to do before making a collage which I intend to turn into a
large photo and
frame. Now for the question, does anyone have or know of a program
that will
convert bmps to jpgs? I have Adobe Elements, Corel PSP but the
programs will
not show a jpg for saving of the SAVED versions. Only when I send
it to
myself will it do that--what I'm trying to do is avoid all the time
involved in
sending and opening.
Any help in suggesting a program to use would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all :) Linda B.
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