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HOW TO SEND GRAPHIC FILES
USING WINDOWS MICROSOFT PAINT
By
Sharon Bond
Hello Class,
The activity this week is to send me a picture that you
painted using the MS Paint Program. I also want
you to send me the image size of your picture. Instructions are below.
Kids love to create pictures and you can do so
much and be soooooooooo creative with your classes using this simple program on
your computers.
Let's Begin:
Please Note: Windows 95 version of MS Paint does not allow you to save
your files using the JPEG or GIF formats.
1. Click the
Start
button and choose Programs,
Choose Accessories
from the
Programs
menu, and open MS Paint. Maximize the Paint window to make as much
room
to work on as possible. If there is a small white square/screen, you will
see three blue dots on the right of the square . Click on the blue
dots with the left mouse button. You need to see a double arrow for your
cursor. Hold your left mouse down and drag the screen to its maximum size.
2. Paint a simple picture using various
tools. I copied a picture from Microsoft PowerPoint and pasted it in Paint.
You can add all kinds of pictures to paint using copy and paste. Great fun.
Try it!!!!
3. Save your picture. Select
File and
choose Save AS.
Type in a file name.
IMPORTANT: I want
you to save this file using using three different formats to show you how the
memory size differs between these formats. Saving the file as a bitmap
file is so much bigger. You do not want to send pictures save as bitmap
format.
4. VERY IMPORTANT:
Notice the dialog box below
file name
titled Save as Type:....click the down arrow and save your
picture using the following formats. There are some earlier versions of
paint that will not have both JPEG and GIF format options. If that is the
case, save your picture first as
Bitmap format and save again
as
JPEG or GIF.
NOTICE:
Save as Type dialog box. You should see the following choices when you
press the down arrow.
24-bit Bitmap (*.bmp
*.dib)
JPEGFILE
Interchange Format (*.jpg. *.jpeg)
Graphics Interchange
Format (*.gif)
The file I sent to you saved as a regular paint 24 bit Bitmap
file was 718kb Too large to send via e-mail.
Happy Days saved as a 24 bit Bitmap file
.719
kb
Happy
Days saved as a JPG file
.. 40.8 kb
Happy Days saved as a Gif file
19.9
kb
I sent your attachment as a Gif format.
IMPORTANT: Gif files are the smallest to send over
the Internet.
It is imperative to know that sending files via the Internet
MUST be sent as JPEG or GIF file format
or they are too large and will cause many problems to servers and personal computers.
HOW TO CHECK ON THE SIZE OF A FILE.
Experiment:
Save your picture first
justg as a Bitmap format which is a regular picture
format. Right-click ion the picture you saved and
select Properties. Write down the size of your bitmap
picture file.
Note: Your MS Paint program will have Jpeg or
Gif formats. Mine has all three bitmap,
jpeg and gif. Please save
your picture as a Jpeg or Gif format.
Save your picture as a
Gif file and check to see how large your file is now.
When you send back your picture to me, also
include the Bitmap Size, Gif Size or/and
JPG size.
It is very important you understand this
concept when sending pictures over the Internet. Send your picture to the
class.
Thanks for all your hard work.
I hope you enjoy it. I have tried to make this lesson as easy as possible.
How to Find
the Size of your Attached file:
1. Save your three files to your hard drive using bitmap, jpeg, and gif
formats. Next, right-click on your picture, select properties and it will
tell you how large it is. Please write and tell me if you do not have these
formats on your paint program. You may only have jpeg, bitmap etc.
The main objective of this lesson is to teach you not to
send a picture saved as a bitmap format because they are too large.
2. This is a great way to view the size of your
files if you have Windows 98. Be sure you have selected (View........as web
page in your folder) and all you have to do is left click on the file once (do
not open) and on the left it will tell you the size and show you a thumb size
picture of the file you created. NEAT!!!!!!!
What does this teach
us: The Gif picture file format is the
best way to send picture files over the Internet. Gif or Jpeg
is fine to use. Bitmap files are too large to send via
E-mail.
My goal for this lesson is to teach you MSPaint
and how to format and send Bitmap files changed and formatted to gif or jpeg
files. Also, how to print a picture that has been changed to Landscape
orientation.
Thanks everyone, Have a super week
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