Frenchy

I have been asked so many times how to do proper image size reduction that last year I researched the Internet trying to find the perfect image companion for every user not running the latest version of Office. After many installations and hours of testing, IrfanView received the highest score and was the best image manipulation software in its category. It is simple enough for beginners and has the power for professional imagists. And the fact that it is offered free for home users was a total bonus.

What does it do?

Let’s say you need to keep 20 images that are each 2mb in your PPC, the space needed for this would be ok if you have a SD or CF card but opening them on your device would take time and may be not the right size too. These images are far larger than they need to be, because the images in the file haven’t been downsized. IrfanView will fix this problem for you.

IrfanView reformats large image files as JPGs by removing the redundant pixels that your display is unable to show. By using IrfanView, you can take your 2mb file and reduce it to under 100Kb, thereby making it easier to view, store and even send via email.

How do I use it?

For example, here is how you resize the image from 8X10 to 5X7:

Open the image in IrfanView and select Image > Resize/Resample. In the new Dialog box you can adjust the image using Pixels, Centimeters or Inches. It’s that easy.

To change the actual file size of the image:

After the proper size in Inches or Centimeters is set, you can save the image as a JPG and adjust its quality to your liking. Go to the File menu and select Save as. When saving, you will have the option to adjust the file quality using the Percent slider bar (only available if saving as a JPG or GIF).

During my testing I was able to consistently reduce images by over 90% and often by as much as 97% of their original disk space, without sacrificing significant image quality.

IrfanView also offers a very extensive Help features showing step by step what can be done and what its menu bar has to offer.

Be Careful

One important note; if you have a print quality image that needs to be kept for future printing, I recommend you do not override or delete the original file when converting to another image format like JPG or GIF – always keep a print-ready version on your storage hardware, just in case you need it for an actual print.

Good luck, and happy resizing!

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Frenchy

psionandy

I love IRfanview it's great software but only has one 'flaw'. Its not free for comercial use.

So i use it at home, and use the ms image resize tool at work.

work sucks

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uzziah0

XnView for the PPC is another great utility & viewer (also free). It also allows resizing, right on my Axim. I crop and resize to pictures to a reasonable size for my PPC, without taking too much space (also loads in the viewer quicker).