# Jpeg photo size reduction software recs?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 14, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407 "2006-10-14T07:51:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407/1 "2006-10-14T07:51:32Z")
I have a bunch of professional photos from an event we did last weekend. The file sizes are 5megs each. I have hundreds of photos. I need to get each one reduced so I can post all of them for people to download (so around 100K each max). Any recommendation on how to do this quickly?
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407/2 "2006-10-14T08:04:54Z")
I’m not sure if it has the capability of doing multiple image at a time reduction, but as far as free photo editing software goes Irfanview is great.
[http://www.irfanview.com/](http://www.irfanview.com/)
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407/3 "2006-10-14T08:30:26Z")
Download Google’s very powerful (and reasonably intuitive) [Picasa](http://www.google.com/picasa/). It’s mainly a photo library program, but it also has several image manipulation tools. You get the photo looking how you want it in Picasa - color balance, cropping, contrast, etc. - while the program preserves the original, then export the edited result in whatever size you want. You can also use it to hook up to online albums with Picasaweb, and email the edited pictures from within the program.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-photo-size-reduction-software-recs/376407/4 "2006-10-14T08:34:07Z")
Sorry, I should have mentioned, Picasa supports multiple image export in the new size - you don’t have to manipulate all the images individually, just select the ones you want to resize and put them in the “tray”, then export the tray. The “Export picture to folder…” dialog in the file menu is “intelligent”, in that it allows you to give pixel size _of the longest edge_. This means you don’t have to mess around with distinguishing between landscape and portrait pictures, which is a godsend over programs like Photoshop and Irfanview.