You can batch resize in different ways as described below. However make sure
you keep your original. If you want to print you want between 200-300 dpi.
96 is fine for e-mail and web.
If you have not done this before, I suggest you make a new folder. Copy the
photos you want to change to 96 dpi in this new folder and then use the
suggested software below to resize. This way you are in no danger of
damaging your original photo files.
Just a note. The size of your photos are not in dpi. The size is always in
pixels. If you look at the size (dimensions) you will see something like
3000 x 2000 pixels. DPI is dot per inch and 300 dpi is simply a rule of
thumb to get a great print, dividing the number of pixels by 300. So if your
photo is 3000 x 2000 pixels, divide 3000 by 300 and you get 10 inches as the
largest size you should print. Obviously you can go larger than this but
just use this as a guide.
Image Resizing
To decrease the size of the file for e-mail, web publishing, etc.
Go to this site and download the free Image Resizer. Exe file in one of your
folder.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Once in your folder, double click on it to install it.
Once installed, you right click on a photo file (or on a group of selected
photo files).
Click on Resize image on the opening menu.
A window will open, select the size you want.
New files will be added in your folder, same name as original file but with
the word (small) or (custom) added.
The first time you use it, you may not see Resize image on the opening menu
after you right click on a photo file or if you see it and click on it, it
may not work. If so, do the following:
Click on Run, click on Start and type the following in the textbox:
REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
and press the Enter key.
Note that there is a space between ...32 and SHI.
You should get a "success" message after pressing the Enter key.
Also, you can download a free photo editing software from here to resize
pictures and edit photos:
http://irfanview.com/
or another free software:
www.faststone.org
From this last one, you can directly e-mail a picture and it will
automatically resize it.
