Recommendations: batch photo resize tool

cheesyboy · 28 Feb 2014 at 21:50

Does anyone have a recommendation for batch photo resizing?

I've previously been running Windows XP, which had a "power toy" for image resizing, but there seems to be no Win 8.1 equivalent.

Something free and, hopefully, simple to use

Many thanks

optimus · 28 Feb 2014 at 22:01

I think infranview has a batch tool - maybe worth a try

James J · 28 Feb 2014 at 22:20

If you have lightroom, you can batch resize photos through that using the publishing service. If you choose to publish to your harddrive instead, you can specificy what size you want the photos to be either by physical file size or resolution and just dump the ones you want into that and click a single button and wait for the results.

Demon · 1 Mar 2014 at 13:22

Another vote for irfanview, free, easy enough to use and had plenty of options for resizing.

cheesyboy · 1 Mar 2014 at 21:23

I'll give Irfanview a go then

Thanks to all

andy_mk3 · 1 Mar 2014 at 21:26

cheesyboy said:
Does anyone have a recommendation for batch photo resizing?

I've previously been running Windows XP, which had a "power toy" for image resizing, but there seems to be no Win 8.1 equivalent.

Something free and, hopefully, simple to use

Many thanks

I have it on win 8.1 so it must be there somewhere! I maybe even used the win 7 one

this_is_gav · 1 Mar 2014 at 21:38

Faststone Image Resizer. Barring Lightroom (for certain things) or a batch Photoshop job, it's the best resizer out there by miles.

Faststone Image Viewer is the best photo/picture viewer I've come across too. I'm really not sure why Irfanview gets more credit.

D.P. · 1 Mar 2014 at 22:05

Image magick

{SAS}TB · 2 Mar 2014 at 09:36

I use http://www.fotosizer.com/ only one ive tried and works well - free download

cheesyboy · 3 Mar 2014 at 12:44

Can report that Irfanview does exactly what I wanted with minimum fuss.

Thanks again fellas.

JRJ · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:12

this_is_gav said:
Faststone Image Resizer. Barring Lightroom (for certain things) or a batch Photoshop job, it's the best resizer out there by miles.

Faststone Image Viewer is the best photo/picture viewer I've come across too. I'm really not sure why Irfanview gets more credit.

I always sing its praises when somebody asks this question but I cant fault Faststone at all, I do all my resizing and watermarking with it.

RussD · 6 Mar 2014 at 20:22

FastStone is the Best. You can do copyright with it as well.