High resolution photos from modern digital cameras are often too large to send by e-mail, or at least, take a long time to upload.

Sometimes, if you're in a hurry, you just want to get your photos sent off without worrying about whether it's going to attach or not. Imgares is a batch photo editor that allows you to reduce both size and e-mail or upload transfer times. All you have to is drag and drop your photos into the application window (as many as you want), change the size and click "Start" - there's not much too it beyond that. This makes it very limited on the one hand but also extremely quick on the other. After resizing however, the program does allow you to rotate photos, add text to them and even make a slideshow in movie format. The useful bit is that this can all be performed in "batch" processing mode so you can process, resize and label as many images as you want at once. If you do choose the slideshow function, there are several transitions you can apply such as Zoom In and Zoom Out, light effects and some rotation options.

This is one of the most basic photo editing applications you may ever use but for those who need large numbers of photos resized instantly, look no further.

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If you've ever needed to resize an image quickly, then you need a tool that makes it as easy and as straight forward as possible.

VSO Image resizer organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or reducing them on your hard drive. It's a one stop easy to use solution for all those that need to resize, compress, convert, create copies, import or organize photos. The main benefit of this is that the photos take up less storage space and are much easier to e-mail. You can also use them in third party applications much easier too such as design applications and other image editors. In addition, it's a good idea for webmasters to use this because reducing the resolution alone can mean that your webpages load much more quickly. You can change their format and also edit large numbers of image files at once as it supports batch editing. While the program doesn't have a particularly great interface, it is integrated very well into Windows shell so it's easy to access simply by right clicking.

If you're looking for a super quick and easy images resizing solution, then VSO will more than cater for your needs.

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Multiple Image Resizer .NET is a batch image processor. The software was originally designed and built to batch resize images but now features a wider range of batch image processing functionality.

Take a look at what Multiple Image Resizer has to offer:

• Resize, rotate, flip or crop images
• Add borders or text to images
• Overlay watermarks
• Preview unprocessed and processed images
• Save and load image processing settings
• Customisable user interface
• Fully integrated help documentation

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Flash Optimizer is a handy software solution for web designers and Flash developers, allowing you to reduce the size of your SWF files by up to 60-70%. The program does this using a range of algorithms of vectors, shapes, morphing, Z-buffer, fonts and other optimizations.

The app manages to optimize not only a separate part of your Flash movie, but the whole SWF, including curves, zero-objects, and ZLib optimization. It provides a simple user interface and two types of compression configurations: simple and profound, allowing you to customize more than 50 separate options.

Features of Flash Optimizer:

• Revolutionary compression methods that allow you to optimize SWF files to save up to 70% of their size
• Vector optimization
• Curve optimization
• Z-buffer optimization
• Shape optimization
• Morphing optimization
• Font optimization
• Advanced sound compression
• Easy-to-use interface with intellectual, fully customizable controls
• Multilingual interface
• Full native Macromedia Flash movie manipulation
• Simple and professional optimization settings - customize every compression option

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Batch TIFF Resizer is a specialized batch image resizer which handles single and multi-pages TIFF image formats. Because of its multi-page support, it is increasingly use to store scanned documents such as architecture plans, contracts, invoices and the likes. This program is designed with these uses in mind.

Main features of the utility:

• Import TIFF, BMP and JPG images by file, by folder or through drag-and-drop
• Resize images by pixels, percentage, ratio and physical page sizes
• Change color depth to 1 bit, 4 bits, 8 bits or 24 bits images
• Change image dots per inch settings
• Rotate image pages
• Sharpen images
• Work with multiple folders at the same time
• Save resultant images as TIFF or as Acrobat PDF file format
• Combine TIFFs into multi-page TIFFs or Acrobat PDF files
• Spilt multipage TIFFs into multiple single page TIFF files
• Supports TIFF-JPEG, LZW, G1, G3, G4, pack bits and uncompressed TIFF algorithm
• Support PDF encryption (40 and 128bits)
• Supports PDF password protection
• Supports allowing/denying PDF printing in PDF viewer
• Supports allowing/denying PDF content copying in PDF viewer

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Photo Gadget Pro is a shell extension that adds image editing options to Windows Explorer. It can rotate, resize and rename images, add a caption and/or frame and carry out format conversions. To use the program just select images to work with in Explorer's window, right click the selection and choose an action from the context menu.

When adding a caption you can choose between typing in text or using a graphics file. Framing is simple single or double outline where you set the width and colors. Multiple file rename mask is provided with several options including an automatic counter. If you have that kind of camera Photo Gadget Pro can also rotate images based on EXIF information.

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Fotosizer is a freeware batch image resizer tool. It resizes your photos in just 3 easy steps - 1. Photo selection, 2. select resize settings, then 3. Start the resize!

Increasingly, sharing photos on the internet is becoming more and more popular. Photos, represented as JPEG files from digital cameras, taken at high resolutions are far too large to send over the Internet, with some photos ending up at 5 mega bytes. Uploading one photo to a photo sharing website is fine, but 10, 20, or even more, this can take forever, especially on a dial-up connection.

With Fotosizer, you can shrink JPEG image files, along with other supported formats, and dramatically reduce internet transfer times, enabling you to quickly and easily prepare your image collections to be published on the web

Download Fotosizer 1.16.0.249 in Softonic

Background Remover is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Sofware that can work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Ulead PhotoImpact, Macromedia Fireworks etc. The main purpose of the Background Remover is to extract some part of an image i.e. “the object” and remove part that which is unwanted, i.e. “the background”.

It is capable of determining areas of pixels to be modified, areas of pixels to be partly modified and areas of pixels to remain unmodified. The partly modification means the restoration of the non-distinct edges of objects. It is done by reinstating their partly transparent nature and also by subtracting the background color so that only the object color is left in these partly transparent regions. This ensures that the cut-out object will blend or composite correctly with a different background. The cutting objects may be used for collage, scrap-book and greeting card creation.

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With the number of blogs and personal webpages it's no longer only us, software reviewers, who need to resize many pictures on a daily basis. You probably need to resize a lot too, to send them by email, publish them online and many other possible usages.

This is where Squash comes in handy, enabling you to resize photos in batch mode, that is, many of them at the same time. The program, which doesn't even require installation, features a simple design and is very easy to use: simply open the photos you want to resize on its interface, select the new size, add a suffix if you want and you're done.

Of course, this simplicity of usage has also certain somewhat negative consequences: experienced users may miss having a few more options – at least to select the picture's new size, which only works in percentages. Also, the interface doesn't support dragging and dropping of images, something I personally found a bit of a shame.

If you're looking for a simple, quick way to resize photos, this may be the tool you need, though sometimes it seems it's just too simple even if it's only intended to resize pics.

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You have just taken lots of beautiful pictures and you can't wait to share them with your friends but what about that file-size problem you had last time while you were uploading the photos to your favourite online photo service?

Now, we all know about JPEG and that files of this type usually have an acceptable size. However. it’s increasingly common nowadays to be faced with large, highly detailed images which can be difficult to share with friends without resorting to CD-ROMS. Image Compressor reduces the size of JPEG file (which is already a compressed format) by analysing every pixel in the image. With our test the file-size reduction from a standard JPEG was between 20% and 45%. After zooming in on the compressed image, we noticed that the quality was basically identical to its original.

The program also includes other features, like one to retouch photos with some Photoshop-style filters or the one that compares the technical properties of two images. I particularly liked the 3D web photo-album which creates a cool 3D scrolling effect for a selection of images (the rendering is better with no more than about 30 files). It's a shame though that the application doesn't provide an option to share the 3D presentation and if you simply copy and move or send the files, it doesn't work.

Image Compressor is a useful tool to have and it includes some impressive features. Recommended to anyone looking to reduce file-size but not compromise on quality.

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If you want to make a large print of a small photo, what you really need is a good zooming tool to enlarge your image whilst maintaining quality.

PhotoZoom uses its own S-Spline XL developed technology to perform the task. Fitted with simple yet powerful tools in a slightly bloated interface, the application gives you many ways to zoom in and change the size of your image. After you've opened a picture in PhotoZoom, you can rotate, flip and crop it until satisfied with its arrangement.

From the side menu on the left you can easily zoom in and browse onto your image thanks to the navigation box and set the size in different metric settings. However the more interesting features are the resize methods and new sizes. PhotoZoom offers 11 different resize methods including bi-cubic, bilinear and mitchell. You can also adjust image size to specific TV settings like NTSC or Pal, HDV or desktop for your computer. PhotoZoom even includes a very thorough list of print presets such as envelope, sheet or tabloid. These come in very handy if you know exactly what you want to use your image for.

Overall, we were satisfied with the application's performances. One little nag we had with it though was the slightly bloated interface, which you could have been better structured.

Despite the interface, PhotZoom is a good solution to resize any image to a specific format.

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FastStone Photo Resizer is designed to make resizing of large numbers of photos on the move as easy as possible.

If you're a design professional or produce presentations on a regular basis, you'll find this program useful especially if you travel around a lot. You can perform several basic functions in addition to resizing such as rotating, cutting and pasting, colour alterations and of course adjust the brightness and contrast of your images. In addition, once resized, you can add text and watermarks to images although the text styles and formats are limited. Of course, this is nothing special for an image resizer but the big bonus is that it can be run directly from a USB stick in which case it doesn't need installing - perfect if you are in a hurry.

The interface is very easy to use and supports the dragging and dropping of images into the program which speeds up conversions of huge batches significantly compared to browsing to each file. It supports a decent amount of formats including the relatively rare JPEG2000 format which is unusual for any type of imaging utility. The batch renaming and resizing utility also saves you work and time (and the risk of duplicated images) by automatically renumbering adjusted images in sequential order.

This is an excellent portable image resizer and if you're looking for something in this area which is free, fast and simple, you need look no further.

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ResizeIt! allows you to edit, convert, and resize multiple images at once. It allows even novices to quickly process images for usage on the web or email. It supports the reading of many different formats and can convert to jpg, gif or Windows bitmap images.

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As you might have guessed from the name, Batch Image Resizer allows you batch resize, rotate, stamp, convert your pictures. It can work with the major image formats, including JPEG, BMP, GIF, PCX, PNG. You can batch resize, rotate, stamp text on your images and convert format to others.

The program allows you to view images and GIF animations before or after editing. The Windows Explorer-like pane on the left side of Batch Image Resizer interface makes the program familiar enough to use. Apart from resizing and conversion, you can also rotate photographs and add comments. Conversion supports common formats such as JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, and PCX.

Main features:

• Batch image resize software in batch mode
• Rotate, stamp text on your pictures
• High-speed processing
• Convert images among formats
• Select any font for the comment text
• Windows Explorer-like pane on the left side of the interface
• Easy-to-use
• Work with the major image formats
• Rename image file names in batch mode

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Quick Web Photo Resizer by DzSoft Ltd is the new way to prepare your photos for the web, extremely easily and quickly. To process a photo with Quick Web Photo Resizer, just drag and drop it from any folder of your computer (or from the desktop) into the blue drop target of Quick Web Photo Resizer.

It will be immediately processed with the settings that can be selected using the special control below the blue drop target. Then just drag the finished image file from the right part of Quick Web Photo Resizer wherever you like (to a folder on your computer, into a new email message, upload to your web site, copy to a CD etc). It's quick like never before! Just drag into the window, and then out of the window.

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Resizing photos for e-mail or uploading to servers is often far more difficult than it should be. High Quality Photo Resizer does the job with minimum fuss with a focus on high quality images. It also allows you to add up to 37 effects (Sharpen, Mosaic, Tweak RGB, Colorize, Spray, Emboss, Blur, Gray Scale, Negative, Soften, Swirl, Tile, Wind, Contrast, Noise, Anti Alias, Fish Eye, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, High Pass, Neontrace, etc.) to your photos.

In the latest version you can now drag-and-drop images or add an entire folder meaning that it effectively supports batch conversion which is great for those with lots of images to deal with. You can scale images wither by simply selecting a certain percentage or pixel reduction or by manually resizing them with your mouse. Note that to install this program on Windows Vista, you need to logon with the "Administrator Account" before you install it. If you log on to the Windows Vista computer with a standard user account, the installation process will fail according to the developers.

Quick, simple and designed specifically for high res images, this is a tool that even photo professionals will appreciate.

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If you need to resize multiple images in a row, then Fast Image Resizer is just the tools you need. This simple application allows you to resize one or multiple images for web or email distribution in a very east way.

The program's configuration menu enables you to choose from different image preset sizes, as well as selecting JPG compression and quality percentage. Plus, you can choose between saving images in a new subfolder or as renamed copies in the original one.

Fast Image Resizer preserves EXIF information and integrates seamlessly into Windows Explorer by adding a new command to the Send To menu.

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When you have thousands of photos in your collection, any task that you want to perform on them becomes such a huge amount of work that you never really find the time to do it.

This is when EvJO Photo-Image Resizer comes in handy. With this tool you'll be able to massively resize as many photos as you want at the same time, plus performing other tasks such as renaming them, converting them to another format or removing their EXIF data. Images can be resized according to some default or presets or your own custom size.

The program also enables you to work with single files, in which case it includes some advances options to rotate or flip the image, adjust its color and brightness levels or even add a frame to it. It's a pity these advanced options are not available when working with multiple images.

Resize, rename and convert multiple photos at the same time without all the hassle.

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Advanced JPEG Compressor works as dedicated JPEG converter, allowing you to open existing images in many formats (BMP, TIFF, GIF, PNG, ...), and a JPEG optimizer, compressing existing JPG images. The possibility to create, edit and apply named compression profiles considerably helps in processing various types of graphic files. The Batch Processing function makes it easy to process multiple images applying the selected compression profile.

It can acquire pictures from your scanner or digital camera, and save them in the JPG format with the highest quality / file size ratio. You can easily scan, compress and e-mail photos from Advanced JPEG Compressor.

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Picture Resizer is an easy-to-use and free tool for batch resizing of JPG pictures and photos. All that you need to do is to drag and drop JPG files or folders with JPG files in them onto the application icon.

The tool will resize JPG images and save them next to the originals. Names of the new pictures will be based on the original names, with a suffix indicating their size. For example, the resized version of MyPhoto.jpg will be called MyPhoto-400.jpg, where the number 400 indicates the size of the picture.

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