Wall Water Features

How can I compress jpg files to make much smaller files?

Specifically, I have an entire directory showing photos of plants and hardscape features (i.e. patios, retaining walls, walkways, water features, nightlighting,etc.) I do AutoCAD drafting for a landscape company in Denver. We have a very old version of AutoCAD, but I've been able to import jpg files of photos into AutoCAD landscape designs (thankfully, we're updating or AutoCAD this winter!). My problem is that the inserted jpg files create HUGE AutoCAD files. I am trying to find a good, quick, efficient method to condense all of my photos so that they can be inserted into the CAD drawings. Any suggestions out there? Thanks! Sincerely, Dave Argenta Denver

Public Comments

1. Thumbnails...Look here.
2. the newer version of CAD would definatly help, how old is your old one? autocad 2002 decreased file size by 50%. there are two programs i use for images one is polyview the other is jpegsizer, both inexpensive. polyview can do a lot of image manipulation the other just resizes pictures. Also picasa from google has a resizing option and its FREE.
3. In fact, JPG is already compress. If you want to reduce the size, the only way is to change the quality of the image. Using ACDSee or Adobe Photoshop