Resize lots of images quickly

Anybody who runs a web site with lots of images will know how time consuming it is resizing lots of images. For example say you have 100 pictures that are 3000pixels by 2000pixels each and you need them to be 500 by 333, and then you need a them all as 100pixel wide images for thumb nails for visitors to actually click on. That's resizing 200 images, which would take forever!

Any decent image editing software like Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photo Paint can automate the process for you. You tell it how big you want the image and which ones you want resizing and it does the hard work.

How?

The process of resizing lots of images is called Batch processing. Each image editing software does it differently. Here is how to get started in the most commonly used image edit software programs. If you need more details try searching for "Batch" in the programs help section.

Fireworks
Go to "File" then select "Batch Process". Select the files you want to resize then follow the rest of the instructions.

Photoshop
Go to "File" then select "Automate" then "Batch..."

Corel Photo Paint
Go to "File" then select "Batch process.."

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