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One of the quirks of Irfanview that I have experienced is that when you take jpeg file (say 50 kb), open it with Irfanview and make a minor change and save, it will show as a much larger file (about 150 kb; too big to post). If you then reopen it in MS Paint, do nothing to it and resave it, it will return to about 50 kb. Also, the same image file will often appear lighter or more washed out in Irfanview than in MS Paint. I create all my virtuals in Paint then adjust for minor rotation, color characteristics, brightness/contrast in Irfanview. If the file is too large I compress it using Xatacom. All these programs were freeware (Paint came with XP) which goes to show you how cheap I am (and you can be also). You may be able to do more or things with Photoshop, but it's not required.

13-Oct-2004	#6
heymikey(deceased) bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Oct-2002 Location: East bay, Ca. Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 400	One of the quirks of Irfanview that I have experienced is that when you take jpeg file (say 50 kb), open it with Irfanview and make a minor change and save, it will show as a much larger file (about 150 kb; too big to post). If you then reopen it in MS Paint, do nothing to it and resave it, it will return to about 50 kb. Also, the same image file will often appear lighter or more washed out in Irfanview than in MS Paint. I create all my virtuals in Paint then adjust for minor rotation, color characteristics, brightness/contrast in Irfanview. If the file is too large I compress it using Xatacom. All these programs were freeware (Paint came with XP) which goes to show you how cheap I am (and you can be also). You may be able to do more or things with Photoshop, but it's not required.