Need a VERY basic jpg resizing app

[tirediron]

I am looking for a quick and easy .jpg resizer for Windows Vista. All it has to do is take a large, hi-res .jpg (5-6mb) and be able to turn it into a 1024x768 image of <200kb.

It's for someone with limited computer skills and even less computer patience. Ideally something akin to the WindowsXP PowerToy Image resizer which was nothing more than a right click menu option. It has to be small, light-weight, and preferably have some basic preformated sizes to choose from. Output quality isn't a big concern.

 

[deanimator]

IrfanView...
It´s not stand-alone and simple like the Resizer in XP, but does offer you a few other fairly quick and powerful things as well. Worth a look at anyway.

EDIT: maybe there´s a gremlin at work...I tried to edit via 3G (UMTS) while travelling on a high-speed train across Germany :doh:

 

[deanimator]

IrfanView...
It´s not stand-alone and simple like the Resizer in XP, but does offer you a few other fairly quick and powerful things. Worth a look at anyqay.

 

[Rachelsne]

ifranview +1

I downloaded it before i bought elements, for free from download.com

 

[tirediron]

Irfanview's a great tool, unfortunately, it has a few too many moving parts for the person who needs this. I'm looking for something ideally that doesn't do anything else.

 

[droyz2000]

If I were you I would just set up a photoshop action.

 

[tirediron]

If I were you I would just set up a photoshop action.

That's what I do; but this isn't for me.

 

[Dweller]

http://www.freewarehome.com/index.h...cs/Graphic_Manipulation/Image_Resizing_t.html

That page lists a number of them. Something in there may fit the bill for you.

 

[tirediron]

http://www.freewarehome.com/index.h...cs/Graphic_Manipulation/Image_Resizing_t.html

That page lists a number of them. Something in there may fit the bill for you.

Grrrrr... Blocked at work, but I'll have a look at it later on. Thanks very much; I can't for the life of me think of why I didn't think of that!

 

[inetwiz]

I am looking for a quick and easy .jpg resizer for Windows Vista. All it has to do is take a large, hi-res .jpg (5-6mb) and be able to turn it into a 1024x768 image of <200kb.

It's for someone with limited computer skills and even less computer patience. Ideally something akin to the WindowsXP PowerToy Image resizer which was nothing more than a right click menu option. It has to be small, light-weight, and preferably have some basic preformated sizes to choose from. Output quality isn't a big concern.

Check out QuickResizer You can right-click on a jpg file in Windows Explorer and it will resize the photo for you. Or you can resize all jpg files in a folder with just a click of the mouse.

 

[epp_b]

Here's another vote for IrfanView.

 

[Gary Molen]

For batching, I use Picture Resize Genius, especially the 123 process, it's pretty quick.