Need simple program to shrink digital pics.......

[LarryJoe]

This should be an easy one, but I have not found anything that can help me that is already loaded on my rig.

Problem: I take my digital pics at the highest resolution on my Kodak DC3400. Great quality, but they open freakin huge when sent via email or posted on the web. Example


I want all my pics saved at this quality, but would like some reccomendations on how to shrink them so they open in clear view on a standard 1024*768 desktop. I use ACDSee, MS Picture It and Photoshop 5.5. Photoshop 5.5 just confuses the hell out of me, I need to take a class or something. I don't see options to do this in ACDSee or Picture It.

What's the best way to go here?

TIA,

LJ

 

[dowxp]

actually, i dont remember at all anymore. sorry. i started to reply, but nothing came out

shawn

 

[Czar]

Paintshop Pro or Lview

 

[bacillus]

I don't have your camera but you should be able to resize any photo in your camera. you'll end up with 2 pics, the original & the resized one.
I usually resize mine to 640x480 to send as an email. suggest you look carefully at your manual on how to do it for your camera!

 

[LarryJoe]

Thanks. I do realize I could mess with the camera, but unless there is an option to save 2 pictures with one click, then I really do not want to have to mess with the camera aside from pointing and shooting. If I could do it on the camera, I am sure it would need the LCD, which would kill the batteries.

I am really surprised acdsee can't do it.

Please keep suggestions coming.

LJ

 

[dowxp]

in psp [paintshoppro] there was a batch feature taht you could take a directory and do whatever you want with it. whether cropping was an option, i dont know.

the last thing its individually one by one do it..

 

[NurseRN]

I use Pain Shop Pro 5 and I love it. You can crop, resize and do just about anything with it. I love its interface; easy to navigate and figure things out even for a novice user.

When compressing files for e-mail or web use you?ll always have to trade off some of the quality . I save mine in JPEG format; GIF?s tend to come out blurry. GIF's a good for icons and stuff which doesn't require color depth.

Hope this helps.

Nurse

 

[samgau]

Another one for Paintshop pro... its easy to use and got plenty of features...
the batch function is to convert a large number of files from one format to another, ie jpg to gif..
What you have to do is just resize the pic...
see what i did:

linky

 

[Von Ribbentrop]

I highly recommend ThumbsPlus. It'll do what you want and is great for organizing and editing photos. I got tired of opening a pic just to see if it was the one I was looking for. This will open up all the pics in a directory. Click on the one you want and edit until your hearts content.

ThumbsPlus

 

[LarryJoe]

Cool samgau. Thanks to everyone, so I guess I have got to go out and get Paint Shop Pro. Just for reference, are there any Photoshop 5.5 users out there who could give me the menu selections to do this in Photoshop? Surely it must be able to resize. Finding it on the menu is another story.

LJ

 

[LarryJoe]

Von Ribbentrop - looks interesting. I use ACDSee for that. Basically, an image database program that makes directories into thumbnails.

 

[samgau]

Its funny but paintshop pro can also do the whole directory thingy...
its called the "browse function" ... *grins* very useful if you ask me...

try the help files..

 

[iamthesystem]

one more vote for paint shop pro...

$99 for latest version (v7), if i'm not mistaken, and it is amazing ! ! !

 

[dowxp]

<< are there any Photoshop 5.5 users out there who could give me the menu selections to do this in Photoshop? Surely it must be able to resize. Finding it on the menu is another story.

LJ >>


i use version 6.01, so i dont know if theres a difference. the &quot;image size&quot; is under the image dropdown menu.

 

[CayJon]

Try this free utility: IrfanViewWith 2 clicks, you can resize any pic and keep the quality.
It also opens almost all file extensions, video and sound formats.

 

[Guilty]

dp.

 

[Guilty]

In ACDSee 3.0, select the image in the viewer, then go to Tools > Photo Enhance, then Edit > Risize. You can key in the width/height in pixels, Save As. And you can export as compressed JPEG.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

You couldn't have looked too hard. ACDSee and photoshop will both do it. In Photoshop its under image => image size. If you wanted to you can (in version 6 at least) go to file=> automate and there are options to make it into a html web photo gallery. In ACDSee its under Enhance=> resize. ACDSee will also do the same web gallery.

 

[LarryJoe]

Thanks. Just got back from Staples and Paintshop Pro 7 is $99. Thanks for the replies on Photoshop and ACDSee. I will give them a try again, especially ACDSee, and although it may appear that I didn't look too hard, I have tried this in ACDSee and the imapge still opens huge. It just hit me that maybe I am not doing the Save As and just assuming that it shrunk the file.

LJ

 

[samooer]

For photoshop:

Open up the JPG,
Go to Image > Image Resize

When you save, i recommend Save Copy As, this enables you to choose the compression, and for PS 6.0 it tells you how large the file will turn out to be before you save. I'm not sure for 5.5 - but i think so.

rgds

 

[ROcHE]

which one can make a batch RESIZE?

 

[LarryJoe]

Thanks samooer, very helpful.

Good question ROcHE, I would like to know myself.

LJ

 

[dieselstation]

another vote for IRFANVIEW!! i love this program. it does EVERYTHING really fast and very efficient. resize, thumbnails, batch convert/rename, plays movies/mp3, and it's FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Crank]

MSPaint can do this too. Go to |Image |Stretch/Skew and enter how you want the Horizontal and Vertical to be shrunk.
If yours doesn't do this, get the newest one from the Microsoft website.

 

[ROcHE]

Resizing 100 pics takes a lot of time. Even with Irfanview. Nothing on this planet can make a batch resize? anyone ?