Back in the days of dial-up, I would grumble loudly when someone emailed me a HUGE photo. I have sent my "How to re-size and compress" directions to countless folks and that has been mildly successful. This week I discovered Image Resizer in Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP. Yup---it's been around for 2-3 years and I just discovered it....what a sleuth I am! :(
It downloads almost instantly and installs that quickly too. The odd part is that there is NO icon for this little gadget----you just right mouse click on a photo and in the menu there is now a choice for "resize image." Presto! You can then select any size, from a list of pre-selected ones like 640x480 or any custom size, plus other options too. It will automatically create files with the same name but with a (Small) or (Custom) part in the file name before the file extension, like MSC004 (Custom).jpg. You can select a group of photos and resize them all at one time.
There are other "toys" that may be helpful--I downloaded a couple others---but this Image Resizer is fantastic. I wonder if it is a built in feature in Vista?
I don't see a tool such as this in Vista. I don't see it as taking over what I do with Office Picture Manager anyway. I like the control I have with that software.
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