Re-Saving mass jpeg's

A2Z · 4 Jul 2009 at 21:41

Is there a quick way to re-save jpegs?

As jpegs from my camera are about 1-1.5mb each, but literally opening up the jpeg in Paint, and re-saving it as a jpeg, cuts the file size at least half, without changing the quality.

Reason for this is to cut down upload time when uploading to the net.

Is there any software that will do this for me quicker, rather then having to open up each one manually and saving?

Thanks

ns400r · 4 Jul 2009 at 21:44

Microsoft Image Resizer and Google?

Pho · 4 Jul 2009 at 21:55

Photoshop, Lightroom or Picasa (both great for catalogging your Photos, with Lightroom being the better).

From memory Paint does reduce the quality by a large amount.

Frapple · 4 Jul 2009 at 21:56

Irfanview can do batch renaming/resizing/editing etc.

And it's free!

wonko · 4 Jul 2009 at 21:57

Irfanview also has a batch mode which would let you do this.

Edit: Gah - beaten again.

Edinho · 4 Jul 2009 at 22:02

Irfanview is the dog testicles tbh.

VaderDSL · 4 Jul 2009 at 22:03

Edinho said:
Irfanview is the dog testicles tbh.

Just to add another vote for irfanview

this_is_gav · 4 Jul 2009 at 23:13

FastStone Photo Resizer. Don't even need to use the resizing bit. Powerful if you want to do other batch work too, but easily.

HangTime · 5 Jul 2009 at 00:08

I use something called "Prish Image Resizer". Seems fine for batch resizing.

Dutchman · 5 Jul 2009 at 00:13

JPEG Resizer - Very easy too use and very customisable to do resizing of multiple jpegs

Mattus · 5 Jul 2009 at 01:33

IrfanView is a great program for all your image viewing and resizing needs. Can even open videos and documents at a push. I never build a PC without it.

Dano · 5 Jul 2009 at 06:42

A2Z said:
As jpegs from my camera are about 1-1.5mb each, but literally opening up the jpeg in Paint, and re-saving it as a jpeg, cuts the file size at least half, without changing the quality.

You can bet it is with a reduction in quality, may not be very noticeable but it will be there.

roid · 5 Jul 2009 at 07:47

gimp has a batch addon too afaik.

RobH · 5 Jul 2009 at 12:01

Picasa will also let you export photos to a smaller size. It's also a great tool to manage your photos, it doesn't mess with the directory structure or modify the files like some programs do.