Reduce image size of jpg file

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I need to reduce the image size of jpg files in a batch in order to make the
file size smaller for emailing. Can someone suggest any free utility to
accompany it.

Thanks,

Ray
 
Ray

IrfanView will allow batch conversions and re-sizes along with a great number
of other functions.

It is a free download and is one of the best graphics viewers available and
beats the hell out of some high-priced ones.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Gord
 
Ray said:
I need to reduce the image size of jpg files in a batch in order to make the
file size smaller for emailing. Can someone suggest any free utility to
accompany it.

Thanks,

Ray
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Do you happen to have Power Point (part of Office suite)? I use this to
create and modify pictures. If yes, play with picture cropping and resizing
in it. If not, go with Gord's suggestion.

Malv
 
You already have 2 good suggestions, but here's a third anyway.

Select the picture files. Right click. Select Send to Email Recipient.
In the dialog box that appears (Send Pictures via Email), click
Show More Options. Pick a picture size, and click OK.

The rest is easy. Your default Email program will open up,
with your pictures as attachments in a new message.



I need to reduce the image size of jpg files in a batch in order to make the
file size smaller for emailing. Can someone suggest any free utility to
accompany it.

Thanks,

Ray
 
Windows Power Toys for XP/Image Resizer

Also, PhotoShop Elements 2.0, IRFanview.


| You already have 2 good suggestions, but here's a third
anyway.
|
| Select the picture files. Right click. Select Send to
Email Recipient.
| In the dialog box that appears (Send Pictures via Email),
click
| Show More Options. Pick a picture size, and click OK.
|
| The rest is easy. Your default Email program will open
up,
| with your pictures as attachments in a new message.
|
|
|
| | I need to reduce the image size of jpg files in a batch in
order to make the
| file size smaller for emailing. Can someone suggest any
free utility to
| accompany it.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Ray
|
|
|
 
Ray said:
I need to reduce the image size of jpg files in a batch in order to make the
file size smaller for emailing. Can someone suggest any free utility to
accompany it. >Thanks, >Ray
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Ray, I see a couple of people have mentioned "Irfanview". I don't
know about the other programs mentioned, but Irfanview is freeware,
and to resize is quite easy (don't forget to "save as" after you
resize). For some reason it puts the resize in "My Documents". I
don't think it can resize more than one picture at a time.

But here is one that will resize all JPGs in the folder at once quite
easily. It is a program for making thumbnails, but you can put any
size in there. For example, convert 1600 x 1200 or 1024 x 768 JPGs
down to 640 x 480 sized JPGs. The program is freeware & is called:
"Easy Thumbnails"

When you resize, don't change any of the settings except the maximum
height & width you want to end up with - if you change the "quality"
setting up, like up to 100% quality, the resized files will have much
higher KBs in size than if you leave it alone & it sizes the KBs down
with the dimensions (I think it is default set to 87%). I see no
difference when viewing a file when selecting higher than the default
setting.

Select one picture in the folder and it will display. Then choose
"Make all", not "Make" to do all JPGs in the folder. In a few seconds
they'll all be done.

The program will add by default "tn_" to the beginning of the resized
filenames, thus not copying over the old ones - and you can change the
"tn_" to whatever you want. But if you remove the underscore it will
not use the original name with the resized files, but will rename the
files, for example using "OK", to OK1, OK2, OK3, OK4, etc etc.

Big Mac
 
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