bolero boy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 These two 'interesting' contraptions spotted along the bank of the Mosel and in Avignon...... Oh well, it looks like I will have to try and resize.....................damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 You're not on about the 4 pensioners who were travelling around in a motorhome and when not doing so were going around on some sort of 2-seater (side by side) cycle which appeared to be pulling a single seat tricycle followed by a mobility buggy! I managed to snap this photo of some of the 'kit' on a trailer at an aire we stayed at but the day earlier I'd seen them going along the road 'in convoy' in the opposite direction to us but wasn't quick enough to get my camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero boy Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hi Mel, no these were two pictures I took of 'tiptruck' type MHs complete with 4WD, large go anywhere tyres etc. We also came across a travelling pair of Land Rover Defenders with folding tents on the roof, very interesting. Whats the best way to resize the pics, I was trying last night but gave up......lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 bolero boy - 2013-07-09 9:40 AM Hi Mel, no these were two pictures I took of 'tiptruck' type MHs complete with 4WD, large go anywhere tyres etc. We also came across a travelling pair of Land Rover Defenders with folding tents on the roof, very interesting. Whats the best way to resize the pics, I was trying last night but gave up......lol. Try this, free download. http://www.picresize.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinklystarfish Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Not me matey, I'm out and about but currently in NE England on a nature reserve and being spellbound by sheer quantity of rare bids; heading for Ukraine soon so may be spotted traversing France in a couple of weeks or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Resize pics: Google's Picasa works well - use the export function, set to 390 pixels is about right. Microsoft Office Picture Manager, is easy to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Strachan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Seen on the Aire at Epernay, it was being driven by a wonderful lady in her seventies, she showed me pictures of the foldout roof room, its called a Marco Polo was designed for going on Land Rover Roof to be used for safaris. made the image too small will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Picture of Iain's below: (it has to be a jpg file not a jpeg file to get it to display on screen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Strachan Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks Mel, I resized using the picresize programme recommended on here. I have sinced removed the programme as it appears to have downloaded with a lot of other unwanted junk! Nothing is for FREE is it! Cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 bolero boy - 2013-07-09 9:40 AM Hi Mel, no these were two pictures I took of 'tiptruck' type MHs complete with 4WD, large go anywhere tyres etc. We also came across a travelling pair of Land Rover Defenders with folding tents on the roof, very interesting. Whats the best way to resize the pics, I was trying last night but gave up......lol. If you want to email the photos I'll sort them out for you, I'll PM you my email address. Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinhood Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Iain Strachan - 2013-07-10 11:26 AM Thanks Mel, I resized using the picresize programme recommended on here. I have sinced removed the programme as it appears to have downloaded with a lot of other unwanted junk! Nothing is for FREE is it! Cheers Iain ...if you're using Windows, and don't want to use 3rd party software, then the aforementioned Microsoft Picture Manager, or indeed "Paint" are quite sufficient for the purposes of this forum. Right-click on the desired photo and see if you have either (or both) of these on the "Open With..." option and select one if you have. Then simply resize, (immediately obvious on "Paint"; under the "picture" menu on Picture Manager)retaining the aspect ratio and using the appropriate pixel width dimensions (you'll soon find many pixels goes below the 100KB mark), and "Save As" (making sure you use a .jpg file extension if you want to display on here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Not a roof tent admittedly but I thought this was an interesting vehicle(add-on pod?): We had noticed it at Wychwood festival(Cheltenham) for several years running... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Iain Strachan - 2013-07-10 11:26 AM Thanks Mel, I resized using the picresize programme recommended on here. I have sinced removed the programme as it appears to have downloaded with a lot of other unwanted junk! Nothing is for FREE is it! Cheers Iain I recomended that but should have said do not download, sorry about that. What I do is save it in my favorites and use without downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Robinhood - 2013-07-10 1:49 PM Iain Strachan - 2013-07-10 11:26 AM Thanks Mel, I resized using the picresize programme recommended on here. I have sinced removed the programme as it appears to have downloaded with a lot of other unwanted junk! Nothing is for FREE is it! Cheers Iain ...if you're using Windows, and don't want to use 3rd party software, then the aforementioned Microsoft Picture Manager, or indeed "Paint" are quite sufficient for the purposes of this forum. Right-click on the desired photo and see if you have either (or both) of these on the "Open With..." option and select one if you have. Then simply resize, (immediately obvious on "Paint"; under the "picture" menu on Picture Manager)retaining the aspect ratio and using the appropriate pixel width dimensions (you'll soon find many pixels goes below the 100KB mark), and "Save As" (making sure you use a .jpg file extension if you want to display on here). I've found the easiest way of reducing the size of a picture to put on here is to actually COMPRESS it rather than resize. I find the photo I want to reduce and copy it (so I don't change the original), I then open the copy with Microsoft Office Picture Manager. On the top menu bar I click on 'Picture' and select 'Compress Pictures', this then gives the below options on the right of the screen (click on one of the blobs to select which you want to use): o Don't compress o Documents o Web Pages o E-mail messages I find that the 'Web Pages' one is the best to use as it usually takes it below the 'magic 100k' size limit, once it's compressed I save it and just post it on the forum. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero boy Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Robinhood - 2013-07-10 1:49 PM Iain Strachan - 2013-07-10 11:26 AM Thanks Mel, I resized using the picresize programme recommended on here. I have sinced removed the programme as it appears to have downloaded with a lot of other unwanted junk! Nothing is for FREE is it! Cheers Iain ...if you're using Windows, and don't want to use 3rd party software, then the aforementioned Microsoft Picture Manager, or indeed "Paint" are quite sufficient for the purposes of this forum. Right-click on the desired photo and see if you have either (or both) of these on the "Open With..." option and select one if you have. Then simply resize, (immediately obvious on "Paint"; under the "picture" menu on Picture Manager)retaining the aspect ratio and using the appropriate pixel width dimensions (you'll soon find many pixels goes below the 100KB mark), and "Save As" (making sure you use a .jpg file extension if you want to display on here). Hi Robin, dont have MS Office so dont have Picture Manager. Have opened with Paint but not 'immediately obvious' to this wizened IT Jurassic................. Mel, thanks for the offer. I would like to try and get this right myself, not that the photos are that interesting, but so that i can do it another time without having to get help :-D Now i know why i had that lovely PM in my inbox, hope i didnt confuse you too much with my reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Being non-techy, I'm not sure how relevant and/or helpful this'll be but 'ere goes... We have Windows 7( ? ) and we just resize our photos from where we're viewing them :-S ..... Whilst viewing in: My Pictures Bring up image req'd > Click "Edit,organise or share"(top left in tool bar) Then ensure image is selected(ticked) Right Click on the image...this brings up a menu box containing a resize option>Click that> Then in "Maximun dimensions" I usually enter "350"(..350 what, I have no idea! (lol) )and then "resize and save"... (Sometimes "350" has been too big..and yet other times it has posted but the image has been quite small...) Hope that is helpful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Strachan Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thanks again Mel and Robinhood, I'm just going to go back to using Photoshop 5.2, for resizing. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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