Interesting and helpful, Thanks!

I’ve been using CacheCrop to handle basic resizing for websites. It’s a much smarter way of handling this problem, IMO, and is fairly easy to set up.

Link [cachecrop.stolen.la]

There was a very good program from acd systems called pica view later they name it mpowertools the they discontinued it :S why i mention it here is that it can convert images /resize them by right click
I dont know why ACD discontinued this program it was very good. and it can patch process images by right click!

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Link [www.webdesign4me.com]

hey out there, whats up with imagemagick?
i use it and i think im not alone :D

I find that Photoshop CS3 is very mature Batch converter. Hope all suggestions made regarding Image Batch Processing is integrated in CS4. Lets wait to see…

Thanks for a great list of resources! I’d like to add two more:

For windows, Format Factory
Link [www.formatoz.com]

For Mac, iResize
Link [www.macupdate.com]

I have used iResize in the past with great success, and recommend it. Format Factory is something I just learned about and while it’s interface is a little goofy, and some settings can be difficult to find, its laundry list of image and video format conversion capabilities are almost exhaustive.

It’s called Irfanview not Infranview!! Otherwise nice set.

I’ve been using IrfanView for many years. Honestly, it’s the best and fastest one I’ve ever come across. Very small footprint too. (By the way, it’s “IrfranView” not “Infan View”)

You better check what is in “Infran View”s domain :-P

Personally i am using irfanview - perfect in viewing images and batch converting. It is much better than PSCS2 Batch function which I tried few times :-)

The batch processor that comes with Link [www.techsmith.com] works pretty well for general stuff plus you have SnagIt’s features.

irfanview 4ever. ^-^

This app is FREE!
iResize
Link [www.daniele.ch]

I hope’d to see ReaConverter. I use it and it works everytime.
Anyways, Thanks for providing this list. I’ll take a look at the other applications.

irfanview is SO awesome. one of the best free programs ever & yes, its batch processing is even better and way more easier to use than, e.g., Photoshop’s.
it’s a real shame that even under linux there is nothing like it =(
i’ve tried out about all free batch processors for osx recently and none gave me the results i needed.

FInally Smashing Magazine take action with the “first”, “second”, “third” comments. It really annoyed me too when I read that kind of comments.

Thank you for the batch processors, I usually only use batch processor from photoshop, so now I have reference for another batch software.

Thanks

I can’t believe you guys didn’t mention XnView.

I preferre acdsee more than IrfanView.
ACDSee has/hed the best combination of batch resizing AND batch renaming functions.
It’s great for a huge amount of pics when getting them from a digicam i.e.

I never was satisfied by any other tool, although acdsee sometimes lags …

i use (shrink o matic) air app

Would you not classify lightroom and aperture as batch processors?

If you can get your hands on it, Photoshop is far and away the best for batch processing if you know the interface. You can record really complicated actions and apply them to anything. I wouldn’t ever use anything else.

Don’t forget the AIR app - Shrink O’ Matic - Link [toki-woki.net]
I’ve been using this for weeks and love it.

A couple of days ago I really needed to do batch processing and ended up one that I wasn’t really satisfied with. This list will help me find one that meets my needs. Thanks

Dude, at least spell “Irfanview” right. Sheesh.

Irfanview is standard equipment for me, that’s for sure.

I can only second some comments above mine: IrfanView forever. The features of this little app outshine anything I’ve used _ever_.
The batch processor alone is so powerful, it’s uneblievable that it fits in such a small app…

i think it is very much helpful to me….

Irfanview vote for me! I’ve been using it to batch convert/rename for a long time now - and not just for images (just the renaming bit)!

The only downside with Irfanview is that it’s not a color management app otherwise it’d be be my one stop shop for converting client supplied images to the correct format.

I’m using Photofiltre, batch is in TOOLS -> AUTOMATE/BATCH so it is not hard to find! :)
greetz

Many thanks for letting me know about Phatch for Linux… I can’t believe I missed this gem.

can anyone tell me how i can automatically add watermarks, borders and so on in photoshop?

the article is great and helpful, thank you :)

Thnx for taking action on the FiPo fools..
I think u forgot one very usefull free tool for windows (xp only?): PowerToy image resize, only with a right click on a image.
But again a nice list :D

What the hell. I didn’t see a single thing there that couldn’t be done with a 5 line bash script and imagemagik.

What?! No mention of Link [www.xnview.com]? It is absolutely awesome!

back in 98 there was Paint Shop Pro (jasc, now Corel) who is doing a good job, Also ACD See is one of the better ones with a solid batch functions like rename.

Pitty these are not mentioned here while they were all earlier on the market and free , at least the first 30 days.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP has an Image Resizer ( direct download from Link [download.microsoft.com] ) and you can right click and resize from the explorer (from anywhere)

ImageMagick is opensource and has A LOT of features, if you have time to learn them all !!!!
Probable the best whoice for webmasters (integration with PHP etc, autogenatating captchas etc)

Does anyone knows how can I resize the “print size” of a photo/ many photos ???
(print size is the size of the photo when you print it)

Nice List…..Thanks a lot for it.
What About ThumbsPlus ?
The one I use most for batch processes.

Nice list!! Even SnagIt can be added to this list.

ey!, wath about

XnView ?

I think it is great and free!

Ez Thumbnail has always done the job for me on windows Link [www.fookes.com]

Will have a play with the mac ones as i’ve been looking for one for my mac for a while :-)

You should also try Pixer on Mac : Link [homepage.mac.com]

Always the way - I needed this two days ago! Thanks though, really useful for next time.

Very intresting! I was looking for this some time back.
Thanks a lot. I do wonder why the ‘Picture Resizer Powertool’ for Win XP is not mentioned.
It’s very powerfull, and straight forward. Even better, it goes into you right click context menu which means you don’t need to start another application.
I don’t know if there is a similar tool for Win Vista, though.

Photo drop looks intresting. Might give it a try later on.
Thanks for the intresting post.
Good job, guys! :)

Nice Article!
but the Program is called “Irfan View” not “Infran View”

I miss also XnView. This is the best Viewer with many many features. And it is also free.

For KDE users i would recommend KIM (Kde Image Menu)
Link [www.kde-apps.org]
It’s as easy as selecting the files and selecting scale, compress, convert from the menu.

Batch Watermark Creator - great watermarking suite

What about Link [www.imagemagick.org]. It’s great command line tool. But I don’t think that it’ll support effects like blurring specific area which available in GUI tools.
Link [mpathirage.com]

I use Irfanview - which is mentioned here too but I think I will have a look at the other tools cause they really seem useful ! Great Post indeed !

Link [www.dotnetmushroom.com]

I’ve been using “FastStone Photo Resizer” for a couple of years and does the job perfectly, i think it’s the best for windows :)

Must try those mac apps now :P

EH EH EH… just tested Automator and it works!! Very good tutorial by eHow!

Another good program is MIR (Multiple Image Resizer):

Link [www.multipleimageresizer.net]

No love for Fireworks?

Vote up for imagemagick

to me, its the command line photoshop!

Also astounded that there’s no mention of Link [www.xnview.com]. IMHO it outrivals IrfanView in many aspects. Though IrfanView is a decent tool as well, used it for many years.

Photoshop’s “actions” offer some fantastic batch operation functionality, but the silver bullet is definitely its support for JavaScript/AppleScript/VB to tell Photoshop how to process files; which allows for conditional operations and more scenario specific behavior.

For those who work with Windows cursors and icons, IcoFX offers fantastic batch creation and export of cursors and icons. Its free and has saved me so much time. So much in fact I’ve donated to the project.

Use Photoshop CS3 to batch convert images! It Rocks!!!

ditto to Lachlan’s previous comment, PS is all I need for batch work. I’ve assembled a library of actions for common stuff like reflections, transparencies - I’ve even created a button builder that grabs text from an XML file and creates nice neutral rounded buttons which I can then colourize with a second set of other actions.

Thanks for this inspiring list. I have been trying out a couple of them as I desperately needed such a tool. I found Phatch the king of all. It has the power of Photoshop batch actions but it is much more focused and dedicated to batch processing which makes it a breeze to use. You can easily add effects/actions and reorder them by drag and drop. I recommend everyone the extensive documentation, especially the tutorials:
Link [photobatch.wikidot.com]

My favorite was 3d thumbnails with perspective and shadows with a few mouseclicks.

It’s Irfanview, not irfran… As for the rest, nice list !

this is the best: Resize! (all platform) - Link [www.kstudio.net]

Xnview all the way. Link [www.xnview.com]
Personally I find it the best and most reliable.

I’ve always used the little Windows Powertools resizer. It installs as a right click context menu item which is nice if you don’t want have to launch a separate application. I’m also a huge Irfanview fan.
ACDSee had an nice duplicate finder which I don’t see any of these apps having, which can be handy if your picture collection has grown with a more or less adhoc organic organizational structure over the year and you can’t remember what you already have copies of.

Did anyone mention VSO image resizer. Free tool that does a great job.
Link [www.vso-software.fr]

IrfanView rocks, most of the time. It’s super fast and light-weight, unlike Photoshop.

Obligatory Quicksilver comment: If you’re on a mac and you use quicksilver, you can enable the image resize plugin, then you can invoke quicksilver and do stuff like “resize -> 200w as jpg”. You can even do it with multiple files selected. Really handy for quick stuff!

Nice! I’ve been using BatchImageResizer for awhile and it looks like its time to make the switch to get better results.

Link [www.tooncave.com]

Another vote for imagemagick. It should be in the list

I just had to resize a photo yesterday and found an option inside Picasa2. Just go to: File - Export Picture to Folder. There you can change quality and pixels, etc. I haven’t tried it with more then one photo but I would imagine that it would work since Picasa also has more complex photo batch editing. (and of course it’s free too!)

Are there any programs out there that do batch conversion but look for patterns int the photos? The problem is, I have loads of pictures of people I have to convert to one size (a profile pic), and the pictures are all different sizes. I’m wondering if there is a program out there that searches for where the head is and then crops and re-sizes the image.

Thanks!

Fireworks, folks… great batch processing.

Nice post.

I use XNview for basic image editing It offers also script and renaming capabililities
Another application with batch capability it is photoscape - it is not so strong with optimizing but have nice borders no only the classical margin

For linux users, there is the Image Magik application. You can convert a number of images from the command line using the Link [txt.binnyva.com].

personally, i use bridge. but, if i didn’t already have it, i wouldn’t pay for software that comes free as part of osx. namely, Link [blog.mattmaier.com]. which can also flip, rotate, etc. see man sips for all options.

Thanks, that was helpful!

Regards,
Gopal
Link [www.productivedreams.com]

Thank you for info. Although I am not a batch worker but I like to keep links on my side coz you never know when you need it. I generally use batchrename pro for renaming files etc. But dont edit in batch. I can probably use some references here.

Roshan
Freelance Developer
Link [www.instantshift.com]

How to rescale images for blog posts in an easy way

Really nice thanks for sharing

Very much well compiled but i would like to add Arles Image Web Page Creator in your list, im using it for years and very much helpful in making thumbnails

I’ve always used Link [stuntsoftware.com], which works for Mac.

thanks for the tutorial. i always do it by manual. now that i know, i can use it :)

Great Thanks Guys,

This is really interesting.. was looking for batch converters like this from a long time now

Cheers :)

very nice:) i like Phatch Photo editor …works fine for me

I use ImageMagick tool to create thumbnails, resize, change format, rotate, apply filters and so on. Look how to use it Link [www.ibm.com]

I’m an Easy Thumbnails user too. Easy no hassle image resizer.
Link [www.fookes.com]

I am fan of Smashingmagazine.com ….Very nice :) it’s very useful to us. thanks for sharing.. keep sharing………

nice post, thanks ;)

One of my favorite batch processing tools, because I often use Fireworks: Link [factorycity.net].

this is very useful.thanks a lot for this list

Ronald
Link [www.naldzgraphics.com]

thanks

For simple batch resizing Preview works great too.

It’s been mentioned before, but I’ll say it again: ImageMagick makes nearly all of this redundant. Try it.

Very good collection of tools. On the Mac, Link [www.acqualia.com] Picturesque by Acqualia (relatively new) is a fast and elegant image tool that does batch jobs easily. Won an Apple Design Award.

I use the Batch Process tool in Fireworks. It’s got plenty of useful options and you can save oft-used sequences of edits to your desktop as quick shortcuts. I’ve not needed another batch editing tool.

Jason King

xnview.exe is the best image manager and convert tool for me :) its small and usefull

Another one: Link [www.feroxsoft.com]

Yea that o{ne tw{o tree business was getting annoying lol

Hey Smashings you used just the standard file open dialogue for the Gimp-Plugin DBP review. DBP looks this way:
Link [members.ozemail.com.au]
Anyway again a good selection, just XnView is missing :)

RapidoResizer for Mac (free)
Link [www.apple.com]

photoescape is good for img tool
Link [www.photoscape.org]
freeware

Photoshop lets you set up ‘Droplets’ (File>Automate>Create Droplet) Which created a shortcut that you just drag your images onto from any file or folder and it’ll batch process them for you.

Just record your actions, go to automate>create droplet, define what actions and locations of start/end files and save your droplet where you want it - its simplicity in a teacup.

I have a droplet set up for each batch process I have - then drag drop and go, don’t even need to open Photoshop first

hey guy, really useful post! but..
what about a tool to automate the banner production? Everyday I have to create many wap banner, many files of different dimensions in many different folders. Have you got any advice? Thanx a lot! :)

Great collection!

I think any batch image tool which includes an FTP is super useful for photographers who share their photographs online. It used to take ages to download from camera, edit and resize manually and then upload. Now it can be done automagically!

Thanks!

Great article.. If only I had known of some of these earlier, would of saved me hours resizing images.

I used to run an e-commerce store where resizing images was a tedious job that had to be done.. I manually edited thousands of photos… What a waste of time! I wish I had known about these back then…

Link [www.icomcreative.com]

Thank you for this helpful article.
I’m on a Mac and I was longer looking for a good batch resizer for mac.

Now, with this article I find my favorite tool. It is Link [www.sizerox.com]. Greate Interface without clutter. It can rename, watermark, rotate, crop images in a batch while resizing the images.

Any one app cannot meet all the various batch image processing requirements. Unfortunately none of the new tools are quite that good. Most of these are ideal for just one or two processes.

If you count out the two biggies, Photoshop and Fireworks, there are some that have stood the test of time.

Compupic Pro hasn’t been updated for some time but is one of the best. It’s fast and has some very powerful batch processing functions, some of which are absent in the others. ACDsee is one of the fastest image management tools–though it doesn’t have as many features as Compupic.

Among the new ones, Faststone image viewer is very fast and has some excellent functions. This is the only one that gets my vote today.

I stick with Photoshop when resizing large quantities of photos…thanks for the list anyway…might help someone

I frequently use the free tool “Power Batch” from Link [www.unidreamtech.com]
It will resize, rename, watermark, crop, rotate, and a bunch of other stuff I rarely use.
Really fast and efficient.

Great info thanks. Here is easiest way to convert image: Link [converterz.net]

i use XnView, easy & fast

If you use MacOS X you can use Sips, which comes by default in MacOS X, for image batch processing. Here you are some examples (in Spanish):
Link [www.tortuganinja.com]

Sizerox, a little tool for Mac OS X works very fast and is easy to use.
It offers many features and it allows to creat your own preset, for example,
to resize and rename or resize and watermark or resize and rotate.
I use it a long time and I am very happy with it.

Sizerox is the best friend of webmasters and blogger. Just give it a try!

I dont know that ps3 have a script for photos. helpfull and thanks

I am a windows luser, I just wasted precious time scrolling past software only for uptight-snobby-mac users.

Wow! FastStone Photo Resizer (Win, free) will save me lots and lots of time. Thank you for the tip!