reducing size of an image in gimp

[Linda]

On 01/24/2013 12:34 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 05:18 AM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
>> On 24 January 2013 12:13, Abhishek Dixit 
>> <abhidixit87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> As per an exam requirement mentioned here
>>> http://ibpsreg.sifyitest.com/cwespljan13/photoupload_static.php 
>>>
>>> I have to submit two photos who size should
>>> 1) Size of the file should be between 20kb-50kb.
>>> 2) Size of the file should be between 10kb - 20kb.
>>>
>>> I have my scanned photos which have been cropped but the 
>>> image is of
>>> 139 kb size which I have to
>>> reduce in between 20kb - 50 kb image size less than 20kb 
>>> is not
>>> acceptable (I have tried the system generated an error)
>>>
>>> the programm I am using is gimp is there any other 
>>> program for the same?
>>> If this is possible in gimp then how to do so?
>>> -------------------------
>> I don't have it here at work, so what I'm telling you is 
>> from my senile memory.
>>
>> 1.  Open the photo in GIMP.
>>
>> 2. Click Save as..
>>
>> 3. Select jpg in the file type box at the bottom.
>>
>> 4. Then reduce the quality slider.  It won't tell you the 
>> resulting
>> size of the image--you'll have to use trial and error 
>> till you get it
>> right.  Just save the file to a different name to the 
>> original photo.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mark
>>
> You can't "save" in jpg, you have to export it to anything 
> other than Gimp's
> own file type.
>
> --doug
>
You can "save as" to jpg you just have to choose the file 
type if you don't want Gimp's file type as Mark said in step 
3 You can also save in a wide variety of other formats the 
same way.
       Linda