Don??™t let go of the file yet; just hold it there for a
few moments. Your program will pop to the front. Finally, just move the file up to the
program window and let go.
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3000?—2000 pixels, is too big for these kinds of applications. If you e-mail a 3.3-megapixel image to
your friends, you??™ll lose friends fast (unless they specifically asked for the photos in their original,
full size, that is). Files that big tend to clog e-mail pipelines and can take quite a while to download.
What you need is to de-biggen your images. In other words, shrink them to a manageable
size that others can appreciate.
A few digital cameras have the capability to resize images even before they??™re transferred
to the PC. You should check your camera manual to see if there??™s a way to automatically
make a duplicate, e-mail-friendly copy of images you want to share. That way, you can
skip this de-biggening step when you want to e-mail or upload your pictures.
?– Use the Pictures folder Open the folder that contains the photo on the Windows
desktop, and then drag the image file from the folder to the program window. If you
can??™t see the program because the Pictures folder is in the way, do this instead: drag
the image out of the folder and hold it over the photo editing program??™s button in the
task bar at the bottom of the Windows desktop.
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