Bulk Image Resizers

Does anyone here use a Freeware program that is easy?

I have Photoshop and that may do it but one made for this task might be the easier way to go.

My older Nikon would take photos around 780kb-1MB, 1280 x XX, my newer camera and iphone take much larger and not easy to email. I would like to resize similar to my old cameras size.

I haven't read much about these I ran across while searching.

http://www.fotosizer.com/

http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/04/featured/5-best-bulk-image-resizer-batch-image-resize.html

www.irfanview.com

Free. I've been using it for many years.

CTRL-R for resize of single file. B for batch resize, rename, etc,...

Very easy to use. If I am in a hurry, I often use it rather than Lightroom for basic JPG processing. If you download the plugin package for it, it will also handle RAW files and do some basic processing.

+1 on Irfan View - "Irfan" is the guy's name, a very useful product.

+2. I've been using IrfanView for years.

+3. Works great.

Here's one we implemented here at work. Our folks in the field have to take pictures for legal purposes but they don't need high res images. For storage reasons we want the images put onto the drive on the server to NOT be super de duper high resolution. The cameras we provide them have already been set to lower resolution but that doesn't stop them from using their own cameras or phones, so we just run this nifty little program nightly to shrink down any new files.

It's pretty powerful as far as batches go but I can't speak for the quality. The best part for me is you can run it from a command line which makes it easy to set up a windows scheduled task on a folder and just let it do it's thing in the background. Anyway, might be worth a look to someone wanting something fast and easy to use that is easily automated.

http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize

I use PhotoScape. Not only can you bulk resize but you can apply borders, other filters, and other settings in bulk as well.

www.photoscape.org

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKADr6zoWcA"]How to Resize Images In Bulk For Your Blog Using Photoscape - YouTube[/ame]

I have been using it for years and love it.

I will take a look at both, I watched the video Hail posted and looked at the features, seems easy and I will take a look at IrfanView.

Downloaded the Ir-View, worked well, my photos look like the same size on my 19" monitor but show to be 300kb.

I will download the one Hail mentioned and try it out.

I tried both with the two easy to use, re-sized to 1280 x XX, the Photoscape left the 50 images folder at 28 MB and the Ir View folder was at 13.5 MB. This is down from the original folder size of 148 MB.

I would say this is a win for me!

Thank you

When you save JPGs in Irfanview, you can also set the compression. I usually set it to 80% for anything I will be using online, such as ride report images.

What is happening when you set the compression at 80 percent? If it compresses the photo it is still the same size, yes? Just compressed?

TLRam1 said:

What is happening when you set the compression at 80 percent? If it compresses the photo it is still the same size, yes? Just compressed?

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Same display size, just compressed data for smaller file size. There is some loss, but for images that have already been resized smaller, it is virtually impossible to see to the casual observer. My ride report images are usually 800 X 600 and saved at 80% compression. File sizes range from 100K -300K depending on the particular image.

I NEVER overwrite the original images. I store them in one directory and then save all my edited images to a different directory. That way if decide later I don't like the edit results, I can go back and try again.

I also like the crop feature. Just make a box with the mouse. Then you can grab the edges of the box and move them, and you can even move the whole box. At the top of the image there will be a status line that shows you the aspect ratio of the crop. I really like that. Once you have made the selection, just hit CTRL-Y.

Another useful feature is the auto color adjust. SHIFT-U. For many pictures, this will improve the colors, contrast, exposure, etc,... IF it makes things worse, just hit CTRL-Z to undo.

Okay thanks, I will try the features you brought up. It looks like both programs will be beneficial depending on what you want to do.

I am just excited to have this work for me!