I hate taking pictures on my digital camera – because even though it’s easy, it creates 3mb files. That’s great for printing, but when I want to share them with friends via email, I end up sending huge files over email – which is annoying for me, and the folks receiving them.

I’m pretty good at photo editing, and using Photoshop, I can reduce the resolution of the image (note – computer monitors can only show less then 92 dots per inch, and camera’s take well over 300 dots per inch). The problem with Photoshop, or other applications, is it’s not quick and easy.

I’m on the lookout for something easy – and I found it AND IT”S FREE!!!!

The application is Shrink Pic, and you can DOWNLOAD IT HERE

I’ve created a video to show how easy this program is – it monitors your email application, so anytime you send a jpg picture, it shrinks it.

I set my settings to “NOT” run at startup, so it doesn’t shrink images automatically. When I want to use it, I just start the program, and then send my images.

Watch the video to see how easy it is (Available only for Windows).