Free program to reduce picture size

[johnrobert]

A client asked me about this we did a Google search but they were watermarked or not good.

Computer is Windows

 

[300DDR]

If on a Mac, you can use Automator.

 

[fencepost]

Manual or manual batch mode on Windows? Take a look at IrfanView.

Scriptable via command line? Take a look at ImageMagick and derivatives.

 

[trevm999]

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

 

[Digital Micro]

I just use paint.net to resize pictures. It's free. Or are all you talking about something else?

 

[coffee]

In linux - Gimp Image editor.

 

[trevm999]

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

Batch resizing, just drag and drop the files/folder on to the exe icon

 

[glennd]

Easy Image Modifier or FastStone Image Resizer

 

[Mercenary Roadie]

I use Image Resizer for Windows and have been using it for years.

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

 

[ajm]

Have used Mihov Image Resizer http://www.mihov.com/sw/en/ir.php

 

[1on1 Computer Services]

I use Image Resizer for Windows and have been using it for years.

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

THIS!!!, Right click, pick your size, click "OK", done. You can do a whole folder if needed. It's so simple even a Mac user could do it

 

[Your PCMD]

Why do you need a program?

If its a png or jpeg image: https://tinypng.com/

 

[NJW]

Why do you need a program?

Reliability, speed, privacy?

In linux - Gimp Image editor.

Thunar action:

for file in %N; do convert -strip -interlace Plane -quality 80 "$file" -resize 1000x1000 rs-"$file"; done; notify-send "Resize images" "finished"

For Windows users, I used to recommend Brice Lambson's Image Resizer, but it isn't easy to strip the exif data (which, together with an embedded thumbnail, is quite big and includes location data). The RW Designer Picture Resizer is quick and more effective, but takes a bit more getting used to.

 

[Moltuae]

I use Image Resizer for Windows and have been using it for years.

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

This is what I've used for years too. Customer's love it. Quick and easy.

I even use it myself sometimes if I just need to quickly resize a bunch of photographs without opening Photoshop, etc.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I use Image Resizer for Windows and have been using it for years.

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

Same here......doesn't get much easier. Similar to the version back in the WinXP days from powertoys, and that other Microsoft developer, Prish or something.

 

[Moltuae]

Same here......doesn't get much easier. Similar to the version back in the WinXP days from powertoys, and that other Microsoft developer, Prish or something.

That's right. I'd forgotten about that!

Thinking back, that's probably the main reason I use Image Resizer now, because I was originally searching for a replacement for the powertoys application. It was actually Resize-O-Matic I went to first though but, IIRC, the project became abandoned and stopped working. That's when I found Image Resizer, which seemed to be a clone/fork/continuation of Resize-O-Matic.

 

[computerbeing]

Gimp is a tool of choice. Quite a few handy features.

 

[NETWizz]

Photo Resize Magic is amazing... Been using it for over a decade when I have batches of photos to resize.

http://www.tucows.com/preview/413458/Photo-Resize-Magic

 

[Mercenary Roadie]

This is what I've used for years too. Customer's love it. Quick and easy.

I even use it myself sometimes if I just need to quickly resize a bunch of photographs without opening Photoshop, etc.

I use it on a daily basis to reduce work pictures from 2 to 3 meg down to a couple hundred Kilo so I can email them.

It's fast and easy to use when doing a lot of pictures at once.

 

[Laplandz]

I use a program called RIOT (Rapid Image & Optimisation Tool) which allows you to resize & convert jpg & png, it's more for optimising image file size for web images, etc. You can also do batches, drag 'n drop and it'll show you the original next to the optimised image so you check quality.

have used it for years and is far easier and quicker than most others i've looked at.