QUESTION: Thumbnail application

Hey, all.

I’m looking to take some of my photos and fire them up on the web.
Part of the process will involve creating thumbnails.

To this point, the best thumbnail creation program I’ve come across is Express Thumbnail Creator, because of its ability to do batch processing, shrink to any size you want (including just a slight reduction in size as opposed to little tiny thumbnails), and the fact that the output files are very small. Surprisingly small.
ThumbsPlus maxes out at 600 pixels. I know that’s not a thumbnail size, but Express is more flexible in this regard.

The version of Express I’ve been using does not retain EXIF, however. But the new version apparently does.

Before I go grab this thing, I thought I’d see if anyone else had strong recommendations for other thumbnail creation software. Requirements are:

-Good use of compression, so small output file size
-Ability to resize to very small images, or only slightly smaller than original
-Batch processing
-Retains EXIF.

Recommendations appreciated!

BD

Irfanview does everything you ask, does it well, does it for free!!

Hey, all.

I’m looking to take some of my photos and fire them up on the web.
Part of the process will involve creating thumbnails.

To this point, the best thumbnail creation program I’ve come across is Express Thumbnail Creator, because of its ability to do batch processing, shrink to any size you want (including just a slight reduction in size as opposed to little tiny thumbnails), and the fact that the output files are very small. Surprisingly small.
ThumbsPlus maxes out at 600 pixels. I know that’s not a thumbnail size, but Express is more flexible in this regard.

The version of Express I’ve been using does not retain EXIF, however. But the new version apparently does.

Before I go grab this thing, I thought I’d see if anyone else had strong recommendations for other thumbnail creation software. Requirements are:

-Good use of compression, so small output file size
-Ability to resize to very small images, or only slightly smaller than original
-Batch processing
-Retains EXIF.

Recommendations appreciated!

I recommend not posting the same message three times in 60 seconds.

Irfanview does everything you ask, does it well, does it for free!!

Irfanview does everything you ask, does it well, does it for free!!

Looks like Irfanview maxes out at 600×600. Not a problem if you’re really after Thumbnails, but I often want to resize a bunch of images to, say, 800×600, for emailing.

Express Thumbnail Creator has no maximum size ceiling, _and_ retains EXIF.

I wonder if a Photoshop Action would be my next best bet.

You must have a very eary version of Irfan. Mine (3.5 and that’s ‘old’!) allows you to set (advanced options) any size.

You must have a very eary version of Irfan. Mine (3.5 and that’s ‘old’!) allows you to set (advanced options) any size.

You must have a very eary version of Irfan. Mine (3.5 and that’s ‘old’!) allows you to set (advanced options) any size.

I’m using 3.98.

I go File/Thumbnails (new window appears) – then:
Options / Set Thumbnail Options
Thumbnail Size dropdown maxes out at 600×600.

I’ll keep looking, but that’s all I see so far…

You just have to know how the programme works! it is worth learning – won’t take long!

You must have a very eary version of Irfan. Mine (3.5 and that’s ‘old’!) allows you to set (advanced options) any size.

I’m using 3.98.

I go File/Thumbnails (new window appears) – then:
Options / Set Thumbnail Options
Thumbnail Size dropdown maxes out at 600×600.

I’ll keep looking, but that’s all I see so far…