Compress photos in IPhoto 2

I have IPhoto 2 on my laptop and want to zip photo folders to send them as email attachments but don't know how to do it. Please send details in plain language. Ta. John Stewart (UK)

Hi, John. Be aware that if the photos are in JPEG (.jpg) format, zipping them won't make them much, if any, smaller. At most, you'll probably reduce the overall size of a folder full of .jpg images only 1-5% by zipping it. JPEGs are already heavily compressed, and can seldom be compressed much more by any other method.

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