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A picture is worth a thousand words yet when you've got that perfect snap of your new B on a sunny day and try to upload it to the forum you get the "file to big message"

If this has happened to you and you are wondering how to resize your pictures it's worth loading the FREE Picasa2 program from Google (note M/B it works & it's free) on to your computer.

It is an excellent basic photo manipulating program that allows you to crop, sharpen, straighten and export & resize to the forums limits. These are 800 x 800 (688kb) for photo attachments & 100 x 100 (19.5kb) for Avatars (used for pictures in your personal profile).
It's easy to use and should not take up huge amounts of hard drive space like some of the major photo programs. (N.B. I do not have shares in the company).

Though a bit off topic I have submitted this article to aid some of the newer members that may have had problems with photos. I am willing to give any hints to members on this provided they are within my knowledge.

Larger files (music,Video Clips & large documents etc) up to 100mb can be uploaded free on the 'Rapidshare' site but be aware that if you are not a member they will not stay on indefinitely. You do not need to be a member to download but you are restricted to the number & size of downloads at one time.

Hope this has been of assistance.

Keith