SmillaEnlarger

SmillaEnlarger is a compact and portable software application that enables you to resize images and perform other operations. Its options can be adjusted by all types of users, regardless of their skill level.

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can extract the program files to any location on the hard disk and click the executable to run.

There is also the alternative of saving SmillaEnlarger to a USB flash disk or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any computer easily, without previously installing anything.

An important aspect worth considering is that the Windows registry does not get new entry updates, and leftovers do not remain on the disk after removing the tool.

The interface is based on a regular window with a clean structure, which is divided into multiple tabs. A sample image is automatically loaded at initialization.

New pictures can be opened using either the file browser or drag-and-drop feature. The supported file types are BMP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PPM, TIF, TIFF and GIF. Using a drop-down menu makes it simple to navigate all images in the current directory. It is possible to process multiple images in batch mode by creating jobs.

The selected picture is shown in the main frame. You can pick the cropping format, output dimensions and enlarger parameter (sharp, painted, or sharp and noisy), point out the saving directory, as well as adjust image properties when it comes to the sharpness, pre-sharpness, denoise, flatness, dithering, and fractal noise. Program activity is recorded to a log tab. It is possible to save images to another format and adjust quality.

SmillaEnlarger has minimal impact on computer performance, using low CPU and RAM. It carries out jobs swiftly. We have not experienced any issues in our tests, since the tool did not hang, crash or display error messages. To conclude, SmillaEnlarger sports a useful set of options dedicated to image resizing and conversion, and it should meet the requirements of most users. Its interface needs some work, though.