reducing image size of a bunch of pics

I just recently shot a wedding for a friend and wanted to send a bunch of previews of the pics for them to see. Since they are on a dial-up connection it would be ridiculous to send them the gigantic files I shot on my Canon G2. I know how to reduce the files in Photoshop using Image Size, but is there an easier way to do 120 pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

Hi Donner,

1 Step. Record new Action.

The Action have to include:

Resize image, for example 10% of original.
Save image
Close image.

2 Step. Copy all images in new directory!!!

3 Step. Apply.

Photoshop-> Files-> Automate-> Batch.

Apply this Action on the folder you created. All the fotos in the folder will be replaced with (in this case) 10% of orig. size images.

Daniil

Dooner said:

I just recently shot a wedding for a friend and wanted to send a
bunch of previews of the pics for them to see. Since they are on a
dial-up connection it would be ridiculous to send them the gigantic
files I shot on my Canon G2. I know how to reduce the files in
Photoshop using Image Size, but is there an easier way to do 120
pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

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Dooner said:

I just recently shot a wedding for a friend and wanted to send a
bunch of previews of the pics for them to see. Since they are on a
dial-up connection it would be ridiculous to send them the gigantic
files I shot on my Canon G2. I know how to reduce the files in
Photoshop using Image Size, but is there an easier way to do 120
pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

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Try resize! It's freeware.
http://kstudio.fr.st/
laz

Dooner wrote:
is there an easier way to do 120

Dooner said:

pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

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Dooner, I use the batch mode of the freeware viewer "Irfanview". Irfanview has many other virtues as well, I recommend it highly as a default graphic file viewer.

Regards, ED

Hi Dooner,

You might want to consider uploading the pictures to a site like http://www.pbase.com and then sending your friends a link. That way, they can be previewed at different sizes with "small" more appropriate for slower dial-up connections. This then leaves those with broadband etc able to view at larger sizes (and hence not bring everyone down to the same level).

Regards

Robert

Thumbs Plus does all sorts of batch-processing incluing resizing. Individual directories or all files to your specification (using Edit/Query).

Multiple operations can be specified for a single run.

John Bunney

Dooner said:

I just recently shot a wedding for a friend and wanted to send a
bunch of previews of the pics for them to see. Since they are on a
dial-up connection it would be ridiculous to send them the gigantic
files I shot on my Canon G2. I know how to reduce the files in
Photoshop using Image Size, but is there an easier way to do 120
pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

Click to expand...

Hi Dooner,

With ABC-View Manager (ABCVM) you can send these images by email directly. It will automatically scale them down for you to e.g. 500x500 pixels max. and will attach temporary, well-compressed copies directly to your email message.

1) Download ABCVM and install try-out version (small download 1.41 Mb).

2) Browse to the folder with your images and select a bunch

3) Click on the "email" icon and select the reduced size

4) Click "OK, Send".. and the images are resized on the fly, your Outlook opens with the attached images and you can enter subject, message and recipients like usual.

You can easily attach some 30 pictures per email even over dialup. Or do all 120 and use the multipart email function. In this case you will get for instance 4 emails all approximately the same size, with subject numbered 1/4, 2/4 etc.

Note: your original images remain untouched.

It saves you the hassle of resizing to temporary copies, opening explorer to attach them, and later on removing all these temporary copies again.

ABCVM has many more helpful features for digital photography enthousiasts.

Info here:
http://www.abc-view.com/abcview.html

Kind regards,

Nils

Dooner said:

I just recently shot a wedding for a friend and wanted to send a
bunch of previews of the pics for them to see. Since they are on a
dial-up connection it would be ridiculous to send them the gigantic
files I shot on my Canon G2. I know how to reduce the files in
Photoshop using Image Size, but is there an easier way to do 120
pics rather than one at a time in Photoshop?

Click to expand...

--
Nils Haeck
Developer of ABC-View Manager (image management software)
http://www.abc-view.com