Resizing large images

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Apr 10, 2007
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I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

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Joe
Apr 10, 2007
jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing
J
Jack
Apr 10, 2007
http://www.irfanview.com/

Irfanview is brilliant for resizing and more…and it’s free

"Joe" wrote in message
jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 10, 2007
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)

Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?
J
Joe
Apr 10, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.
K
keepout
Apr 10, 2007
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:32:09 -0700, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA
If you really want to batch size files, there’s several options. You can use the batch droplet from imageready, but that’s a scattergun thing. Hit’s everything in a folder whether you want it or not.

Or you can use Thumbsplus, build your database, and find JUST the files you want to resize, then do just those FOUND files. I’d make a complete copy of your files before doing this with either the droplet or TP. But TP is much more selective. I’ve used TP several times JUST for this. ie: all files larger than 912 pixels height, select, then resize JUST those down to ‘maintain aspect ratio x 912 pixels’. or find by size, and resize by quality 0-100%.
TP can ALSO find by x>= 1500 OR y>=1500, but you’d be better off doing 2 operations. find either x>=1500 or y>=1500, then search for the other and resize them.
Because you’re actually talking about 2 different image layouts. 1500 wide vs 1500 tall. it may be 1500 wide, and 3000 tall. you’ll get the scattergun effect again by trying to do two operations at the same time.

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jj
Apr 10, 2007
Jack wrote:
http://www.irfanview.com/

Irfanview is brilliant for resizing and more…and it’s free

Thanks Jack. I keep forgetting that irfanview has processing capabilities. It has all the options that I need.

jj
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jaSPAMc
Apr 10, 2007
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:50 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.

Too bad the ‘info’ is ‘so incomplete as to be useless, eh?
J
Joe
Apr 11, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:50 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.

Too bad the ‘info’ is ‘so incomplete as to be useless, eh?

Then don’t use it, too hard? <bg> Or post some more complete info to make it more useful?
GP
Gregory Paret
Apr 11, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.

-Greg.
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 11, 2007
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:12:00 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:50 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.

Too bad the ‘info’ is ‘so incomplete as to be useless, eh?

Then don’t use it, too hard? <bg> Or post some more complete info to make it more useful?

NO more information is necessary from the OP …
You simply can’t read and just blow wind instead of any facts that might have been useful to the OP.

Perhaps if I coalesce the OP into:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Any files smaller will not resize

Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 11, 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:25:13 -0400, Gregory Paret found these unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.
Thanks, Hope the OP reads this to solve his problem.
I’ll have a look myself – never know! <G>
J
Joe
Apr 11, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:12:00 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:50 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.

Too bad the ‘info’ is ‘so incomplete as to be useless, eh?

Then don’t use it, too hard? <bg> Or post some more complete info to make it more useful?

NO more information is necessary from the OP …
You simply can’t read and just blow wind instead of any facts that might have been useful to the OP.

Perhaps if I coalesce the OP into:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Any files smaller will not resize

Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?

… and do you know that it doesn’t matter .. and have you read the original poster said that the freeware graphic viewer does what s/he wants. Do you have any thing else to whine?
J
Joe
Apr 11, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:25:13 -0400, Gregory Paret found these unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.
Thanks, Hope the OP reads this to solve his problem.
I’ll have a look myself – never know! <G>

Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 11, 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:29 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:25:13 -0400, Gregory Paret found these unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.
Thanks, Hope the OP reads this to solve his problem.
I’ll have a look myself – never know! <G>

Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>

Sorry to fool a person with opthalmic difficulties …
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 11, 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:41:36 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:12:00 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:05:50 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:29:39 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

jj wrote:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Similar to how "Web Photo Gallery", any files greater than the max size (in either X or Y dimension), it resizes maintaining aspect ratio. Any files smaller will not resize.

"Fit Image" doesn’t work because it will resize small files up to the maximum.

Anything available? TIA

Most if not all freeware/shareware graphic viewers often have option to batch image resizing

Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

I do believe you know what to do with the images, I just give the info then you do whatever you feel like.

Too bad the ‘info’ is ‘so incomplete as to be useless, eh?

Then don’t use it, too hard? <bg> Or post some more complete info to make it more useful?

NO more information is necessary from the OP …
You simply can’t read and just blow wind instead of any facts that might have been useful to the OP.

Perhaps if I coalesce the OP into:

I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Any files smaller will not resize

Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?

… and do you know that it doesn’t matter .. and have you read the original poster said that the freeware graphic viewer does what s/he wants. Do you have any thing else to whine?

Don’t see anythin like that statement in this thread – certainly not in the first few posts … IF you can have someone read them to you, they’re still qouted above!

…. And you’re quite correct, useless generic ‘info’ doesn’t matter.
J
Joe
Apr 12, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

<snip>
I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Any files smaller will not resize

Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?

… and do you know that it doesn’t matter .. and have you read the original poster said that the freeware graphic viewer does what s/he wants. Do you have any thing else to whine?

Don’t see anythin like that statement in this thread – certainly not in the first few posts … IF you can have someone read them to you, they’re still qouted above!

… And you’re quite correct, useless generic ‘info’ doesn’t matter.

Then stop the useless and learn to use your brain instead <bg>
J
Joe
Apr 12, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:29 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:25:13 -0400, Gregory Paret found these unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.
Thanks, Hope the OP reads this to solve his problem.
I’ll have a look myself – never know! <G>

Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>

Sorry to fool a person with opthalmic difficulties …

Your are good fooler <bg>
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 12, 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:16:24 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

<snip>
I have a bunch of images of different dimensions that I want to resize to a maximum size (e.g. 1500 pixels). Any files smaller will not resize

Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?

… and do you know that it doesn’t matter .. and have you read the original poster said that the freeware graphic viewer does what s/he wants. Do you have any thing else to whine?

Don’t see anythin like that statement in this thread – certainly not in the first few posts … IF you can have someone read them to you, they’re still qouted above!

… And you’re quite correct, useless generic ‘info’ doesn’t matter.

Then stop the useless and learn to use your brain instead <bg>

Brains come after eyes, something you fail …

Under the ,snip. if the OP’s request, not mine!!!

Are the ">" too hard to decipher and assign to the proper poster?

Sorry Li’l Joe, but the fun’s getting boring, trying to explain your inability to comprehend what was OP and your generic blather and my ‘specific’ post.
J
jaSPAMc
Apr 12, 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:16:59 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:29 -0500, Joe found these
unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:25:13 -0400, Gregory Paret found these unused words floating about:

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Haven’t yet seen one that ‘tests’ the image to see -=IF=- it’s smaller than the resize ‘level’ and leaves it alone! (read OP’s statement)
Which -=specific=- one have you found that will do that?

XnView <http://www.xnview.com/> has an "Only Increase/Decrease" option in its Batch Convert resize transformations.
Thanks, Hope the OP reads this to solve his problem.
I’ll have a look myself – never know! <G>

Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>

Sorry to fool a person with opthalmic difficulties …

Your are good fooler <bg>

You’re welcome … hope you seek treatment.
J
Joe
Apr 12, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

<snip>
Then read yiour generic answer, request for specific clarification and your ‘wind’.

I do believe you know what you can do with your ‘info’, eh?

… and do you know that it doesn’t matter .. and have you read the original poster said that the freeware graphic viewer does what s/he wants. Do you have any thing else to whine?

Don’t see anythin like that statement in this thread – certainly not in the first few posts … IF you can have someone read them to you, they’re still qouted above!

… And you’re quite correct, useless generic ‘info’ doesn’t matter.

Then stop the useless and learn to use your brain instead <bg>

Brains come after eyes, something you fail …

Eyes only be useful if you use to look, and brain to do the thinking <bg>

Under the ,snip. if the OP’s request, not mine!!!

Are the ">" too hard to decipher and assign to the proper poster?
Sorry Li’l Joe, but the fun’s getting boring, trying to explain your inability to comprehend what was OP and your generic blather and my ‘specific’ post.

I never mind to have some fun with fooler <bg>
J
Joe
Apr 12, 2007
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

<snip>
Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>

Sorry to fool a person with opthalmic difficulties …

Your are good fooler <bg>

You’re welcome … hope you seek treatment.

Thanks fool! I am seeking <bg>
J
Jack
Apr 12, 2007
A simple request for info on an image resizing program turns into a slanging match!…<shakes head>

"Joe" wrote in message
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

<snip>
Hmmmm and you acted as you knew something.. you sure have me believed you
knew more than what you tried to fool me <bg>

Sorry to fool a person with opthalmic difficulties …

Your are good fooler <bg>

You’re welcome … hope you seek treatment.

Thanks fool! I am seeking <bg>
JF
John Forest
Apr 14, 2007
There is a tool from Microsoft that resizes jpegs and lets you choose not to enlarge files smaller than the specified size. It is a free download at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppow ertoys.mspx Just click on the "image Resizer" on the right side of the screen. It’s free and really easy to use. Just select the file names and right click on them. The resizer comes up and you have a variety of options. (Of course it only works with Windows.)

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