PicShrink

The Internet is filled with all sort of applications and programs that you could use in order to manage pictures easily. One of such software solutions is PicShrink.

It allows you to make all sort of changes to your images, including to shrink and optimize digital images, convert them to another format or prepare pictures for web photo galleries and sharing sites.

The application doesn't take long to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can actually use it. PicShrink sports a really clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

It allows you to shrink and optimize digital images, convert them to another format or prepare pictures for web photo galleries and sharing sites. It's mainly designed for photographers, web or graphic designers.

PicShrink comes with multiple file optimization, you can edit, compress and convert image bulks in one step. Just open loads of images or a complete picture folder, enter your required settings and let the application do the rest.

Pictures are shown in pixels, instead of centimeter. Pictures for printing are generally shown in centimeter or inch. The resolution plays a prominent role, too. Printing data needs a resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch), pictures for monitors only need a resolution of 72 dpi.

PicShrink shows the size of the picture and resolution so you can adjust the optimal balance between print data and internet data.

PicShrink finds the best balance of quality and size for web images. With PicShrink it is extremely easy to reduce your file size without any noticeable loss of quality. In preview mode PicShrink compares original and new picture.

Settings in quality and size of a picture are shown in “real time”. You will know how your optimized picture will look like before saving it.

Set brightness and contrast and intensity, to get the best out of a digital photo. With PicShrink you have the option to add a watermark to your images to protect your copyrights.

For a professional presentation you have the possibility to add a border in any size or color to your images. PicShrink is a very nice application that you could use for working on your pictures.