Email image directly from finder

Is there a way to be able to select an image to email to someone from finder, I have to send pix all day and was wondering when I go to find the pic to send if I can carry out an command to attach it straight to an email. Many thanks, sam

You could try building a workflow in Automator. If u google it you may even find someone has already done a workflow for Automator.

here is an automator app that will do that

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open the new email and drag and drop the picture in to the body

Don't even need to open a new email.

Find the pic in Finder, then just drag and drop it onto the Mail icon in the Dock.
It'll automatically open a new message window with your pic ready for you to add an address.

Yep, Bob's suggestion is the best one...

bobtomay said:

Don't even need to open a new email.

Find the pic in Finder, then just drag and drop it onto the Mail icon in the Dock.
It'll automatically open a new message window with your pic ready for you to add an address.

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Okay that is cool. . . that makes life a lot easier

Just to add to Bob's correct answer, lots of other programs work like that on the Mac.

For example, you can drag a scanned photo on the desktop directly to iPhoto's icon in the dock. It will open and import the photo.

You can drag a vcard directly onto Address Book too. I even put an alias of my printer in the dock, and now I can drag PDFs directly onto it and they will start printing without opening any program.

Should have mentioned Im using hotmail, can I set up this system using this?

sam joyce said:

Should have mentioned Im using hotmail, can I set up this system using this?

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In a browser?

So you want a button in Finder that will:

Open your browser of choice
Go to hotmail
Auto input your hotmail login
Open the new message window in the browser
Then import a file from Finder

That about it?

???? - Not saying it can't be done, but good luck finding something like that.

It'd be much easier to set up your hotmail account in Mail. I hear that can be done again.