how 2 create thumbnails?

i need a thumbnail (jpg) of the homepage of the software site in my sig.
201pix wide 147pix high,

is there a free online tool i can use to create this, to those dimensions,
or a bit of freebie freeware?

cheers
G-E-M

 

Not sure whether this is what you are looking for but :

 

Not sure if this is what you need either, but HDRShop (at http://www.hdrshop.com [would've posted a link, but this board system dosn't seem to allow me to until I have ten posts]) is probably one of the best free image manipulation programs I've come accross.

 

For free, I recommend Paintshop Pro. At least It used to be free. I've used Photoshop for so long now, I really don't know

 

Try doing a print screen(which copies a screenshot into a clipboard), then paste into photoshop or another photo editing software.

 

Ops didnt read your first post well at the beginning. When im at home I ll create you one Where should i send them 2? PM the adress and the url.

 

how about the one in your user profile? (it's 160x120 though)

Snag-it is a great screen capture program. Worth the money. Otherwise there's always ctrl prtscrn / paste into your favorite program.

For image resizing, just about anything will do it. Gimp is free.

If you want a bunch of screenshot thumbnails for different pages, use the google desktop search utility. When you search your web history, you'll find it has already made thumbnail screenshots for you.

There's thumbshots.org and http://www.snapfiles.com/get/webswoon.html - but I haven't tried webswoon so I don't know about the quality.

 

sending PM

i made some using printscreen>resize and then paintshop pro...
example> here
but they are a bit fuzzy....either that or i have a filesize of 50kb for them

tried webswoon, but it wouldnt install

 

haven't used it yet, but there's a free new program created by Washington State University called "paint.net" that works on more recent versions of windows (xp etc)

it's supposed to be really cool, i.e. has many features (layers, filters, etc) that you find in some of the high-end photo editing tools, like photoshop.

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

 

Try xara.com they have some neat softwares.
They are a UK company.
And they have 30 day trials so you can play with it.

And make thumbnails from the original full image with all 16 million colors - that helps.
Saving as .gif also helps for smaller file size.

 

Didn't get back to you yet. Yesterday when i drove him from work a car hit me at full speed in the back of my car while i was standing still waiting for the traffic light. I havnt touched a computer since yesterday . Tonight when im at home I ll try to do it.

 

hey, no problem crazyhorse

hope you are OK.

 

printscreen.. paste into photoshop, and then you can crop it the way you'd like... post the link and I'll help ya out.

 

Here's something quick for you...

 

as .gif with transparent bg.

 

Not sure if you have read this thread or not:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=58050

You can use the Velocity Webshots Sandbox to do this right online.

Hope this helps!