Batch re-sizing images?

[J$tyle$]

What's the best freeware to download and use?

[Twisted Dave]

Well the software, Batchit is a pretty cool app that allows you to do multiple things. It's not free ... you get a free trial of 20 days or something ... unlimited features etc. But to be honest... it's cheap as hell to buy when the trial is up and I bet it'd be immensely useful to webmasters.

[ExtremeBank_Adam]

http://faststone.org/

[the content guy]

irfanview.com
It's free and works great, been using it for years on fast jobs. It's actually better than some of the paid softwares I have.

[trafik2]

Originally Posted by the content guy

irfanview.com
It's free and works great, been using it for years on fast jobs. It's actually better than some of the paid softwares I have.

it's an amazing free app.

[Catalyst]

acdsee.. pro.. works great.

[Casa Nova]

irfanview.com is really good!

[american pervert]

arles is the shiznit

[RayVega]

I like thumbs plus, but I'm a creature of habit...it's shareware but you can use it forever if you deal with the delay screen after 30 days.

[AaronM]

I thought everybody had Photoshop around here.

[J$tyle$]

Originally Posted by AaronM

I thought everybody had Photoshop around here.

Don't have PS on this machine and I can't seem to find my disc. I have over a gig worth of images to resize and just wanted to download something to use real quick without burning these images to another drive and pulling them on to the other machine

Downloaded irfanview but it looks like it degrades the image quality and the way it set the destination folder I requested it to use is very odd to me.

Guess I need to fiddle with the settings and download thumbs plus and arles to see which work easiest/best!

Thanks all

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

you don't have to move all the images, just move the photoshop....

[marcop]

What? You dipshits can't figure out how to do it in Photoshop?

[Rosie]

Personally I use the image resizer from Windows Power Toys
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

It loads itself into my right click menu, so I don't have to open anything to resize images

[J$tyle$]

Originally Posted by marcop

What? You dipshits can't figure out how to do it in Photoshop?

Reading comprehension is obviously not your strong suit

Originally Posted by Rosie

Personally I use the image resizer from Windows Power Toys
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

It loads itself into my right click menu, so I don't have to open anything to resize images

Very helpful!

Super cool and easy to use utility ... thank you so much



... and thanks everyone else for your input (where applicable!)

[Bama]

http://faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

Just did 40,000 images with this and loved it. Liked that it kept the directory structure intact and watermarks them all as it does. Now if they'd only add an ftp option I could set it up and go to bed and wake up to find my work done!

[J$tyle$]

Originally Posted by ExtremeBank_Adam

http://faststone.org/

That looks pretty badass too!

Originally Posted by Bama

http://faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

Just did 40,000 images with this and loved it. Liked that it kept the directory structure intact and watermarks them all as it does. Now if they'd only add an ftp option I could set it up and go to bed and wake up to find my work done!

Wow! That's cool, Bama! If I really need something for a big job I will probably use it!

See you in Vegas soon

Thanks again guys

[farkedup]

Originally Posted by J$tyle$

What's the best freeware to download and use?

PHP/GD FTW

function create_thumbnail( $source_file, $destination_file, $max_dimension)
{
   list($img_width,$img_height) = getimagesize($source_file); // Get the original dimentions
   $aspect_ratio = $img_width / $img_height;
  
   if ( ($img_width > $max_dimension) || ($img_height > $max_dimension) ) // If either dimension is too big...
   {
       if ( $img_width > $img_height ) // For wide images...
       {
           $new_width = $max_dimension;
           $new_height = $new_width / $aspect_ratio;
       }
       elseif ( $img_width < $img_height ) // For tall images...
       {
           $new_height = $max_dimension;
           $new_width = $new_height * $aspect_ratio;
       }
       elseif ( $img_width == $img_height ) // For square images...
       {
           $new_width = $max_dimension;
           $new_height = $max_dimension;
       }
       else { echo "Error reading image size."; return FALSE; }
   }
   else { $new_width = $img_width; $new_height = $img_height; } // If it's already smaller, don't change the size.
  
   // Make sure these are integers.
   $new_width = intval($new_width);
   $new_height = intval($new_height);
  
   $thumbnail = imagecreatetruecolor($new_width,$new_height); // Creates a new image in memory.

   // The following block retrieves the source file.  It assumes the filename extensions match the file's format.
   if ( strpos($source_file,".gif") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefromgif($source_file); }
   if ( (strpos($source_file,".jpg")) || (strpos($source_file,".jpeg")) )
   { $img_source = imagecreatefromjpeg($source_file); }
   if ( strpos($source_file,".bmp") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefromwbmp($source_file); }
   if ( strpos($source_file,".png") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefrompng($source_file); }
  
   // Here we resample and create the new jpeg.
   imagecopyresampled($thumbnail, $img_source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height, $img_width, $img_height);
   imagejpeg( $thumbnail, $destination_file, 100 );
  
   // Finally, we destroy the two images in memory.
   imagedestroy($img_source);
   imagedestroy($thumbnail);
}

You can even loop through all the files in a directory real easily to mass resize an unlimited number of items.

[meanbitchesglenn]

I use Picture Resize Genius. Very simple to use, very effective, and well suited for repetitive tasks.

You can a get a free trial version at:

http://www.download.com/Picture-Resi...html?tag=lst-1

--Glenn King

[Chr0makey]

Originally Posted by Rosie

Personally I use the image resizer from Windows Power Toys
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

It loads itself into my right click menu, so I don't have to open anything to resize images

I use it sometimes as well

[The Sultan Of Smut]

Originally Posted by american pervert

arles is the shiznit

ditto

[Deej]

arles is tight, but honestly ... and this is just my preference, but most applications, especially free ones... rape the quality of a picture... Im a little anal though about quality content...

so I resort to Photoshop and hand doing it or at least an action... I understand your dilema, ... just my thoughts on the subject

Fuck Pixelation!

[MissMina]

Photoshop. Just set up an action, run it, walk away and do other shit...

[alby_persignup]

arles works better for me.

[J$tyle$]

Thanks again evryone!

In addition to the Microsoft Image Resizer (which ended up working perfectly for my immediate needs) - I ended up downloading FastStone Image Viewer 3.4.

This thing makes some SICK slide shows with tons of transitions and music tracks which I needed for a personal project for family photos!



http://faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

* True Full Screen viewer with image zoom support and unique fly-out menu panels
* Crystal-clear and customizable one-click image magnifier
* Superior Red-Eye effect removal/reduction with completely natural looking end result
* Image modification tools: Resize/resample, rotate/flip, crop, sharpen/blur, brightness/contrast, etc.
* Eleven (yes, 11) resampling algorithms to choose from when resizing images
* Image color effects: gray scale, sepia, negative, Red/Green/Blue adjustment
* Image special effects: watermark, annotation, drop shadow, framing, bump map, lens, morph, waves
* Multi-level Undo/Redo capability
* One-touch best fit/actual size image display support
* Image management, including tagging capability, with drag-and-drop and Copy To/Move To Folder support
* Histogram display with color counter feature
* Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time) to easily cull those forgettable shots
* Image EXIF metadata support (plus comment editing for JPEGs)
* Configurable batch processing to convert/rename large or small collections of images
* Slideshow creation with 150+ transition effects and music support (MP3, WMA, WAV...)
* Create efficient image attachment(s) for emailing to family and friends
* Print images with full page-layout control
* Create fully configurable Contact Sheets - just like the pros (and save $$$ on ink)
* Create memorable artistic image montages from your family photos for personalized desktop wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere)
* Acquire images from a scanner
* Versatile screen capture capability
* Powerful Save As interface to compare image quality and control generated file size
* Run favorite programs with one keystroke from within Image Viewer
* Create a no-install fully portable version of the program which can be run from a removable storage device
* Configurable mouse wheel support
* Supports multiple program skins
* Supports dual-monitor configurations
* And much more...

[JimmiDean]

Thanks for all the great info.

[A.J. Angel]

I use Easy Thumbnails myself.

http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/

[yahoo-xxx-girls.com]

Have you Googled it ???

.

[mortenb]

Originally Posted by farkedup

PHP/GD FTW

function create_thumbnail( $source_file, $destination_file, $max_dimension)
{
   list($img_width,$img_height) = getimagesize($source_file); // Get the original dimentions
   $aspect_ratio = $img_width / $img_height;
  
   if ( ($img_width > $max_dimension) || ($img_height > $max_dimension) ) // If either dimension is too big...
   {
       if ( $img_width > $img_height ) // For wide images...
       {
           $new_width = $max_dimension;
           $new_height = $new_width / $aspect_ratio;
       }
       elseif ( $img_width < $img_height ) // For tall images...
       {
           $new_height = $max_dimension;
           $new_width = $new_height * $aspect_ratio;
       }
       elseif ( $img_width == $img_height ) // For square images...
       {
           $new_width = $max_dimension;
           $new_height = $max_dimension;
       }
       else { echo "Error reading image size."; return FALSE; }
   }
   else { $new_width = $img_width; $new_height = $img_height; } // If it's already smaller, don't change the size.
  
   // Make sure these are integers.
   $new_width = intval($new_width);
   $new_height = intval($new_height);
  
   $thumbnail = imagecreatetruecolor($new_width,$new_height); // Creates a new image in memory.

   // The following block retrieves the source file.  It assumes the filename extensions match the file's format.
   if ( strpos($source_file,".gif") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefromgif($source_file); }
   if ( (strpos($source_file,".jpg")) || (strpos($source_file,".jpeg")) )
   { $img_source = imagecreatefromjpeg($source_file); }
   if ( strpos($source_file,".bmp") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefromwbmp($source_file); }
   if ( strpos($source_file,".png") ) { $img_source = imagecreatefrompng($source_file); }
  
   // Here we resample and create the new jpeg.
   imagecopyresampled($thumbnail, $img_source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height, $img_width, $img_height);
   imagejpeg( $thumbnail, $destination_file, 100 );
  
   // Finally, we destroy the two images in memory.
   imagedestroy($img_source);
   imagedestroy($thumbnail);
}

You can even loop through all the files in a directory real easily to mass resize an unlimited number of items.

If you are going to do it serverside, then at least use ImageMagick. It produces better quality thumbs than GD, has more options and has all the functionality of you code and much much more built in to a few reasonably simple command line programs.

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by AaronM

I thought everybody had Photoshop around here.

Same here

[design.guru.guy]

I just open up flash and grab a gun. Then I draw a rectangle in a layer above the layer where the pics are and pump 10 rounds into my foot. Then I convert the rectangle layer to a mask layer, select the scale resize tool while holdin shift to scale the image down while maintaining the height and width ratios. Then I convert it to a button and set the action script to:
on (release){
make life difficult();
}

and voila...

-J