Shoot, Click, Resize, Send

Resize your photos for email & Internet in 4 clicks!

With everything from MP3 players to cellphones equipped with cameras, it’s easier than ever to take photos.

One of the great tools that didn’t make the transition to Windows Vista & 7 was “Image Resizer”. This exceedingly quick and simple PowerToy allowed you to resize photos in literally 4 clicks. (Other free Windows XP PowerToys include an advanced calculator, automated webcam timer, among others.)

With 10+ megapixel cameras, image sizes are getting larger and larger and despite the proliferation of high-speed Internet, most of the time, you don’t need to send full resolution photos (e.g. email, uploading to Flickr, Facebook, etc.)

Fortunately, a free 3rd-party program, aptly named “Image Resizer PowerToy Clone” has been created that works with Windows Vista & Windows 7 (both 32 & 64-bit).

Screenshots:

Original Image:

Right-click, select “Resize Pictures”:

Options (different sizes):

Results:

Image Resizer allows you to quickly resize dozens of photos, saving you the time & hassle of using an image editor.

Original image:
Dimensions: 1,600 x 1,200 pixels
Size: 1,326 KB

Resized Images:

Small (640×480) Size: 60.0 KB

Medium (800×600) Size: 82.4 KB

Large (1024×768) Size: 123KB

It also has two additional options to rotate images (clockwise, counterclockwise).

Download it today at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phototoysclone/

Filed Under: Computers & Software > Email > Graphics > How-To > PC > Productivity Tools > Utilities
Tags: image editing, photos, PowerToys, resizing images, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP