14 DAY TRIAL // Digital photo conversion can be done easy and fast. Imagisizer proves this functionality with every use because it's capable of taking in as many pictures as you can throw at it.
Even the most simple tasks can take up more than one initially plans and this happens often if there are more of them waiting in line. Common projects like turning you high-quality holiday photos into images suitable for being posted online or sent as email attachments can make you spend more minutes than you are willing to pay. If this ever happened to you, then you need a little helper for future jobs.
There are plenty of utilities out there that can redimension many images in a single go, you just need to focus on those that fit your needs. In case you're after something small, fast and accurate Imagisizer might be one that will draw your attention because it is all that and a bit more: you can have this little tool free of cost.
What this lightweight piece of kit strives to prove is that less means more. And in this respect it may be right on the money. The software takes a very short time to install and a brief moment to learn how to wield it properly. It is also quite modest in terms of space it needs, only 365 KB, but it's also short when it comes to the overall appearance.
You won't find any eye-candying concepts applied here, no bells and whistles, just the ticks and buttons that make it work swiftly and speedily bring about the victorious ''100% Complete'' announcement that signals a completed job. So, as seen in many other examples of similar applications, it's another triumph of bare functionality over glamorous style and fashionable looks.
Well, if time presses, you can simply overlook this aspect and get to the lock and load part to have your pictures trimmed to size as you like them. The whole process requires a minimum effort, that is mainly resumed to remembering where you stored the photos. Smile if you will, but this mind summoning part will actually become important later on, after the completion of the resizing task.
The output files are placed in the same location as the originals, in specific folders that are automatically created, based upon the new image size. If the thought of choosing a destination of your liking for the converted pics crosses your mind, just ignore it because that, unfortunately, won't be possible. And this can be quite a bummer if there's not enough hard drive space available. The only solution to this problem, that shouldn't have appeared in the first place, is to move all the source photos to a place more generous in accommodation.
When it comes to deciding about dimensions and file formats, things are looking pretty good, Imagisizer offering some decent options. There are eight default sizes and four you can customize, while for the supported image types, the most common ones are there: BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF. A slider for the desired quality is also present and it goes from one to one hundred percent.
Something you should know about the management of the items on the list is that all the pictures you load in there are automatically added to the processing queue. This means that you don't have to check the box in front of each of them, as it may appear at first glance. That is only for picking out the ones that you want to remove.
A nice thing you'll undoubtedly notice when selecting the photos is the thumbnail view that is designed to help you mark just the ones you need to resize. If you do not want this option activated, simply go for the list view and make your choice this way. Nonetheless, at any given moment should you feel like taking a peek at the pictures, that can be done from the main window of the application, by clicking the image.
Insofar as the actual redimensioning process is concerned, the software's speed is in direct relation with the overall size of the items in the list. An important part is also played by the number of sizes and formats you want to use in the same batch. In this case, more will actually mean slow because for significant amounts of large images the time for the operation will, in turn, be substantial.
During our testing, the stress exerted on system resources impacted mostly on the 1.90 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor, with a load that peaked at 51%. In turn, the maximum RAM usage was around 61 MB of the 2GB available. The lot used for testing consisted of 66 pictures that weighed in at over 94 MB.
Now, for turning them into 1600x1200 pixels images, keeping the original filetype (JPG) and maximum quality, this utility needed exactly one minute, while for a downsize to 320x240 pixels, it sealed the deal in 16 seconds. It's safe to say that's fast enough since, a least for the last job, Imagisizer was 3 seconds faster across the line compared to IrfanView and that is no small feat.
Here are some snapshots of the application in action:
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This article is also available in Spanish: Cambia el tamaño de un lote de imágenes con rapidez y exactitud
