You can use something like my FreeImage wrapper to save the image as a
lower quality. I need to get around to putting my newest version
online, but this one may help you out a bit:

http://www.dingostick.com/post.php?pid=5

Though it will require you get the plugin (dll/so), which isn't always
the most convenient solution.


-Adam
dingostick.com

On 4/11/07, Kim Kohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a picture which is 2500 x 1600 and I want to reduce it down to
> 175 pixels wide. I can scale it to fit a 175 px canvas without issue,
> but I'm trying to reduce the size so it's physically smaller when
> inserted into a db.  Currently it's adding 11MB per picture (which
> have been converted to strings)
>
> Is it possible to resize a picture object?
>
> cheers
>
> kim
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