# Software that can resize numerous images at once **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330 "2004-01-08T01:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/1 "2004-01-08T01:16:57Z")
I would like to upload about 75 images to the web for public viewing. Those images, though, are 1164x864 in resolution. I’d like to shrink them down to a more download friendly size, say 800x600. Is there software that can do this quickly? Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/2 "2004-01-08T01:18:29Z")
Sorry, 1164 should be 1152. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/3 "2004-01-08T01:22:33Z")
If you have Windows XP, there’s a “Cool Tool” that allows you to do this. Once installed it just becomes an option when you right click on an image/group thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/4 "2004-01-08T01:23:58Z")
[http://www.mihov.com/eng/ir.html](http://www.mihov.com/eng/ir.html) Looks like it may help. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/5 "2004-01-08T02:49:25Z")
IrfanView, freeware BTW, can do batch resizes, renames and many other things. [http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/](http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/) ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/6 "2004-01-08T03:14:56Z")
If you’re running Linux, [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org) can do it. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/7 "2004-01-08T05:17:12Z")
No new suggestions - I run [Gallery](http://gallery.sourceforge.net/), which uses the above mentioned ImageMagick for file conversion. I can also recommend Irfanview if you’ve just got the Windows platform. I think [the Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) can also do resizing, but note that you’ll lose any [exif](http://www.exif.org/) info if you do. (Digital camera model/settings, timestamp, etc. etc.). ImageMagick keeps it intact… dunno what anything else does. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/8 "2004-01-08T07:10:13Z")
Actually, for XP they’re called “Power Toys”, not “Cool Tools”. But whaever, look at the “Image Resizer” tool on this page: [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp) I’ve used it since it was in beta and I love it! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/9 "2004-01-08T08:33:17Z")
Photoshop can do it, although if you don’t already have the program it would be a rather expensive option if all you wanted to do was resize the images. Note that making the images really download-friendly might involve not only reducing the resolution (i.e. the dimensions, in pixels), but also increasing the compression ratio of the jpegs. For example, in photoshop a 600x450pixel picture that takes up 500kb when compressed at jpeg level 12 might only take up 280kb when compressed at level 10, with no observable difference in quality when viewed on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/10 "2004-01-08T12:55:16Z")
JASC’s Paint Shop Pro also does batch processing, and can be had for much less than Photoshop. critter42 ---
**Author:** ![venterap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@venterap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/venterap)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/11 "2004-01-08T18:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GaryM \* > \*\*IrfanView, freeware BTW, can do batch resizes, renames and many other things. > > [http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/](http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/) \*\* I can vouch for this one. My favourite graphics viewer, not the least because it is completely free. It has some marvellous functions buit-in! And it can make a good stab at displaying anything, not just images! ---
**Author:** ![Eurograff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Eurograff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eurograff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/12 "2004-01-08T19:02:59Z")
I second (ok, third) the IrfanView suggestion. Very easy to use, free and often patched graphics program taking very little system resources. Photoshop or PSP certainly aren’t worth it if you just need to resize/convert images. And for image editing there is the GIMP, also free. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-that-can-resize-numerous-images-at-once/223330/13 "2004-01-08T19:25:54Z")
I use Xnview, because I thought I noticed that Irfanview was degrading the image quality a little more when doing some operations. It’s free, too, from the web. But I don’t think you’ll go too wrong with Ifranview, either.