[BNM] Simple app for resizing images (cheap or free)?

[James Page]

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
It has both a client and a command line. Very powerful, but also very easy
to do batch operations on a directory.

James

2009/5/7 Mike Pelton <Mike at pollytiles.co.uk>

> Do they need something that can run from a command line, so it can be
> embedded into their process?
>
> Can cobble something together (either Windows GUI or command line over
> .NET)
> in a few minutes as a freebie so do holler if what's out there won't fit
> the
> bill.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Julian Blundell
> Sent: 07 May 2009 11:59
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] Simple app for resizing images (cheap or free)?
>
> xat image optimizer
> http://www.xat.com/io/
>
> Really simple and easy to use.
>
> Jules
>
> 2009/5/7 Paul Silver <paul at paulsilver.co.uk>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a client who'd like to resize images before uploading them to
> > their site. Some of them are very large and would take an age to upload
> > before resizing (and some are bigger than the upload limit on the
> > server.)
> >
> > Up to now, they've been using Ifranview to resize them, but they find it
> > a very hard program to get on with. Can anyone recommend a cheap or free
> > Windows app that will let them take in a photo, resize it down for the
> > web, and save it, which has got quite a nice interface?
> >
> > NB: Photoshop's too expensive, and using the GIMP would be using a
> > sledgehammer to crack a nut, plus I'm not sure they'd find GIMP any more
> > usable than Ifranview.
> >
> > Thanks very much
> >
> > Paul
> >
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