*** Guide to easy image resizing (win XP) ***

michael_w
michael_w Posts: 2,813
edited August 2007 in The Clubhouse
Follow this link and download the Image Resizer:
Microsoft Power Toys

Or the direct installer link:
ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe (521kb)


Run the installer. Right click picture you wish to upload to Club Polk --> Resize Pictures. The small option works well for the site (640x480 pixels). It will create a copy of that photo beside the original with a different name and your new found dimensions ready for the forum!




Batch resizing / multiple pics at once

Highlight all the photos you want to resize by either dragging with your mouse or using the shift + click or ctrl + click. Right click --> Resize Pictures. Same thing as before, but it does them all in one shot.




I'm only posting this to try and reduce the number of full size pics on the site. It's brutal to read a thread that contains a picture that's 3000x2000, not to mention bandwidth polk has to fork out for all of us to download a 3mb image each time.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2007
    Hey thats works pretty good. I had a LARGE picture that I was not able to post, and now here it is:p
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited July 2007
    Wow, that's awesome.

    Hopefully it'll help out!
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2007
    That program is BY FAR the fastest way I've ever seen to resize pictures. I used to use Nikon Capture Editor (faster load time than photoshop cs) and that was faster than anything I've found until now. It actually does a decent job by maintaining quality and keeping the file size really small. Obviously I'll stick with photoshop or the nikon editor for things I care about but if it's just for the forum this tool is great.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited July 2007
    Ben
    That's not right not even for a cookout?
    engtaz

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited July 2007
    Great program Thanks
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited July 2007
    this is great, thanks a lot. I was just struggling with some pictures that I have wanted to post to a car club I belong to but I had no way of resizing.

    this is what makes membership in a forum like this so rewarding.:D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited July 2007
    BAD ASP

    That is gorgeous. Suggestion make all pics face up and down.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited July 2007
    thanks, TAZ. I will, I was so excited to finally have a program that lets me resize that I didnt take the time to go into the software and rotate the pics.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited July 2007
    This is great. Thanks for posting this link.
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  • jtgranby
    jtgranby Posts: 887
    edited July 2007
    Let's try this

    Thanks

    Jim
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Hey thats works pretty good. I had a LARGE picture that I was not able to post, and now here it is:p

    I don't know ben, that still looks LARGE to me.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited July 2007
    jtgranby wrote: »
    Let's try this

    Thanks

    Jim

    Well, you know what they say: garbage in, garbage out! :p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Hey thats works pretty good. I had a LARGE picture that I was not able to post, and now here it is:p

    You are a sick bastage!!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    michael_w wrote: »
    I'm only posting this to try and reduce the number of full size pics on the site. It's brutal to read a thread that contains a picture that's 3000x2000, not to mention bandwidth polk has to fork out for all of us to download a 3mb image each time.

    I was under the impression that people who post full size pics do so with the intention of it being FULL size. It is easier to upload a pic that is going to be displayed as a thumb than it is to post the full size.:)
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2007
    Giant pictures are no big deal but just don't link them in posts so you're forced to view them at their full resolution. Thumbnails were created for this exact purpose, or you can use the image resizer and find the happy medium. I guess the resizer is more applied to people using embedded images (using either vb code or html) rather than actually attaching a photo.


    jtgranby,

    I'm assuming the picture you resized to begin with wasn't very good quality? I haven't seen the tool ever produce such chunky images :p
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2007
    Nice little program Michael. Thanks.
    Michael ;)
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited July 2007
    Let's see if this works....Should be a shot I took in Yosemite.











    Cool! Thanks for the tip.
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  • jtgranby
    jtgranby Posts: 887
    edited July 2007
    michael_w wrote: »
    Giant pictures are no big deal but just don't link them in posts so you're forced to view them at their full resolution. Thumbnails were created for this exact purpose, or you can use the image resizer and find the happy medium. I guess the resizer is more applied to people using embedded images (using either vb code or html) rather than actually attaching a photo.


    jtgranby,

    I'm assuming the picture you resized to begin with wasn't very good quality? I haven't seen the tool ever produce such chunky images :p

    I guess photography is not my strong point:o

    Jim
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2007
    The photo itself is fine but the previous two you posted had a lot of jpeg artifacts (broken up into chunks / squares that have a greenish or purple tint). This is usually caused by either a poor scan or somewhere along the line where you've edited the photo (such as using this tool).
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2007
    Bump for those that missed it the first time.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited August 2007
    bumpor2.jpg
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