How to Compress Photos, Pictures or Images?

Do you want to compress photos, pictures or images? I will explain how to compress photos, pictures and images in this article.

As I mentioned in my profile, when I was working as a Site Engineer and Construction Manager, I prepared daily site diaries / daily progress reports, weekly progress reports and monthly progress reports. All these reports were key documents in the construction documentation. The construction progress photograph section is essential in the above progress reports. I used to add many photographs as it speaks a lot more than the words, which helped me minimize write-ups. Secondly, photographs could be more genuine supportive documents.

While I was preparing the construction progress photograph section in any report using the original photo, the size of the file would become too big. Moreover, keeping all the construction photographs can demand a lot of storage capacity. I used to take 20 to 50 photos every day to support all the statements in my progress reports, to support actual start and completion dates in the programme etc.

Why do we need to Compress Photos or Images?

1. To Minimize storage issues.
2. To avoid difficulty in Generating optimum size pdf document.
3. Users can avoid difficulty sharing the big-size file with others, which contains those original size photos. (As an email has an attachment size limit).
4. To minimize computer freezing issues while adding photos to any documents.
5. It will help users to get the best results if you are using them on blogs or websites.
6. To upload photographs or photograph documents on the online portal where it has a size limit.
7. To upload passport-size photos in an online application etc.

How to Compress Photos or Images on Windows Computer?

1. Right-click on the image or photo you want to compress or edit.

2. Choose the Open with… option from the list.

3. Choose Microsoft Office 2010 from the program list. Make sure you have installed Microsoft Picture Manager on your computer. I have mentioned Microsoft Office 2010 because I have installed the latest Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2010 on my computer. If you have not installed it, click on the below button to download the same.

4. Click on the Edit Pictures… option on the menu bar and it will show you all editing options on the right-hand side of your screen.

5. Click on the Compress Pitcures option on the right-hand side of your screen.

6. Choose the appropriate option you want to compress from all options Don’t compress, Documents, Web pages and e-mail messages. I recommend choosing Documents and pressing Ok under the option Estimated total size.

7. Press Ctrl + S or click on the Save button in the menu bar to save the compressed picture.

8. If the photos you want to compress are more than one, you can go to the next or previous image using the right or left arrow if all those pictures are in the same folder or library and perform above steps 4 to 7 to compress all those photos.

This is how you can compress any pictures or images using Microsoft Picture Manager without any hassle. If you have any comments or feedback please drop them in the comment box below. If you have any questions you can ask me on my WhatsApp.