Image resize-Memory

[Anura]

>:DIs it possible to take an image 3.5 Mb and convert it to kilobytes. Also. Is it possible to free up memory on a compter?

[StringJunky]

There's a saying in computing: Free RAM Is Wasted RAM. In Vista and W7 they have a routine called Superfetch which is a memory cache that uses up all the available RAM (after the essential programs) with stuff that Windows 'anticipates' will be needed next helping it to perform faster....this is much faster than having to get it directly from the hard drive on demand. If the routine changes it can drop the contents of Superfetch in an instant and do something else.

Edited June 9, 2010 by StringJunky

[vordhosbn]

>:DIs it possible to take an image 3.5 Mb and convert it to kilobytes...

 

If it is 3.5 MB bitmap (uncompressed image format, usually with extension .bmp), then you can convert it to either .jpg or .png compressed formats, and depending on what kind of image it is, you can achieve very good results with either.

As to how, almost all image editing programs offer such option (for example Microsoft Paint).

[Mr Skeptic]

Images can be compressed to sacrifice quality in exchange for smaller size.

[JamesNBarnes]

You do not have to lose quality, a lossless format like png will not result in a lower quality image, however they can be larger than a lossy format.

[momimage]

so it depends on which are you going to choose. image quality or memory. also on how you resize and compress.