What image resizing programs are other TBNers useing?

[California]

soulasphil, and George,

On your advice I tried VSO Image Resizer.

This adds a subtle amount of sharpening (or maybe it's the quality of their 'cubic' algorithm) so it avoids a lot of steps needed in a photo editor. The reductions are noticeably sharper than those from PIXresizer and MS Powertools. And the interface is cleaner than PIXresizer.

VSO Image Resizer is my new favorite. Thanks!

 

[jimmyj]

I downloaded Irfanview after reading the early stages of this thread. Seems to be easy to learn and working great. I am very happy with it.

thanks

 

[California]

Irfanview is a classic.

I think it should be covered in any 'introduction to computers' course - it's that fundamental. It's the ideal introduction to photo editing for someone starting from zero.

It also can be used to pull in images direct from your scanner, to show videos or a slideshow, batch modify, resize or rename, (or all three in one pass) and has several more unexpected capabilities. I don't think most people need more elaborate photo editing software until they recognize they have reached the limit of what they can accomplish with Irfanview.

 

[DavidVT]

Picture Resizer
Batch Picture Resize

You download the program and place it on your desktop and/or quick launch bar.

Then simply drag photos or folders onto the icon.
New smaller photos with slightly different names are created in the original location.

The program uses it's name to set options.

I renamed the program to "PhotoResize800MSUH.exe"
The 800 is regarding size.
The M, S ,U, H all are program options that you can read about in the manual.

Really simple once you understand how to drag and drop photos onto the icon.