http://irfanview.com/

It is a small download, even for those of you with dialup, it should not take too long.

1. Open your image in the program.
a. click File>open> find your image and open it

2. click on Image
3. Choose Resize/Resample

4. Change the pixel size. The larger the width can be is 480 and the length is 640, so you will have to adjust accordingly.

Now, if you made your picture smaller, here is something you can do which may help your image look better.

5. Click on Image > Sharpen
(If you do not like the results, you can click on Edit > Undo

6. Click on File > Save As
- Rename it
- Under the “Save as type” drop down box, select JPG-JPEG
- Scroll the Quality down to 30. (If the max dimensions are under 400 pixels for width AND length, you can do 40)

- pick a place and save it. I advise never saving over the original image, in case you need to go back to it.

7. now go find the image,
- Right click on it
- Select Properties
the size should be about right . If it is too big, you will need to scroll the Quality bar to a lower number. I have found if you post an image that is a full 480x640, you have to take the quality to 15-20 many times. It depends on what colors are used an how much color variety is in your picture.