Is there a Thunderbird extension for attachments that let's me re-size (shrink) photos?

April 16, 2007 3:27 AM

Does it exist? A Thunderbird extension for attachments that let's me re-size (shrink) photos as they are attached--on an as-needed basis?

Basically something that says "Hey, I noticed you've got some huge photos attached to this email, do you want me to re-size them for you so that your 300 Baud modem is not fried?" (I'm currently in Africa...and I'm tired of re-sizing just to send and then delete these shots...) Or maybe the solution isn't an extension...throw me a bone here.

posted by wogbat to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: Don't know about thunderbird, but you could send them through googles picasa as photos are resized automatically.
posted by wile e at 4:13 AM on April 16, 2007

At first, I thought Image Zoom would be the ticket, but after reading the more inside it looks like you're trying to reduce the physical size of the pictures which in turn reduces the filesize; that seems like it'd be difficult to do in an extension. I'd just set up an action to resize/save-for-web in photoshop to get the job done.
posted by msbrauer at 5:11 AM on April 16, 2007

Are you on windows? Microsoft has released a tool for XP that resizes photos. You just right-click on them and select small, medium, or large. Its handier than loading up a full-blown image editor. Btw, its what Outlook does by default.
posted by damn dirty ape at 7:48 AM on April 16, 2007

Best answer: If you're using Windows XP, and you're using the Send To feature to attach your photos (in Windows Explorer, click on a photo, optionally ctrl-click on additional photos, then right-click on any of the selected photos and choose Send To->Mail Recipient) then Explorer will offer to resize the photos for you before they even hit the mail client. Works for any client, Thunderbird included.
posted by flabdablet at 7:57 AM on April 16, 2007