resizing images

[Flaming-Babes]

Hey there peeps

Whats the best way to create a thumbnail from the origional picture, without reducing the quality of the thuimb?

ie. the origional file is 680x1024 and 252kb in size,
the thumb would preferably be 90x120 and 4kb in size.

Whenever I have tried to get the thumb to that filesize, it looses the quality and looks awfull...

Please spam me with ideas and tips or software that could possably do this.

[qdtobbe]

I would use Adobe Photoshop but thats the only program i have tested and it works good for me. ;)

[martinsc]

i also crop only in Photoshop.

[Flaming-Babes]

Thats exactly what Ive been using, but for some reason the quality doent come out the way it should, I suppose it would just need a bit of mucking around with.

[scrm]

Use Arles ImageWebPage Creator.

[Freeze-Be]

In photoshop, do you use the save for web command?

I have an incredible tool for you, I love that one : The TGP Cropper from JMB Soft, jmbfree . com / software / tgpc /

Wich you like the tool.

[Flaming-Babes]

yeah, I use the save to web command in photoshop, but I think thats where my proble lies, Im doing "something" wrong there...

Thanks for the link, having a look at it now, looks good.

[u-Bob]

http://www.digitaldutch.com/arles/
http://www.jmbfree.com/software/tgpc/

[tobydog]

photoshop for sure

I always use photo shop for all my photo editing needs, I use CS2.. that is the best one.. and it is new too.. keep the resolution up around 200 but drop the pixels... that way it will be sharp but the file will be small...i use photo shop all the time for all kinds of shit.. my website is tobyogden.com
check it out

[dmnz0r]

imagemagik and bourne shell

[hqxpics]

SnagIT Batch Conversion Wizard

[Flaming-Babes]

sweet thanks guys for all the tips, I have managed to get them looking fairly reasonable.

Tobyodog, I like your site, Im a surfer myself, some killer shots there..

Chow chow

[JimmyStephans]

When using the "save for web" option...

1 - Make sure it is set to JPG, and not defaulting to GIF.

2 - Simply use the sliders to get the quality / file size combination you like.

Most of the other programs listed do the job faster if you have a large number of images.

Jimmy

[Rinkle]

allways use photoshop! and you don't need to "save for web" when it is a thumb :S