Photoshop Question

**pathung** · #1 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 10:17 AM

Hi Folks,

I'm able to resize individual photos in PS to post on the forum, but how does one resize MULTIPLE pictures simultaneously, or is that possible? I have an entire day's pictures that I'd like to post, and would appreciate a quicker way to prep them for posting. Thanks in advance.

**ossodiseppia** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 10:43 AM

I don't know anything about photoshop. I found a neat free utility called Xnview that does batch processes. With it, you can change the resolution (if necessary) and resize images in bulk. It also has many other pretty neat features.

JoeCab · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 10:58 AM

Photoshop has several ways to do this:

1) Make and save an Action that resizes, color corrects, and sharpens (you should be doing all of these, not just resizing). After the Action is saved, you can run the Batch command on your photos and it will apply the Action to all of them.

2) Use the Web Photo Gallery option, which will resize the photos, make thumbnails and a gallery, and create the HTML pages to navigate between the photos.

Joe

**pathung** · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 11:06 AM

Thanks for the tips, Osso and Joe.

Comparison below of the same photo, first one by XnView, second by PS; not much of a difference, except in brightness. I noticed also that XnView uses bilinear, while I've set PS to use bicubic for resampling images. All graphics jargon to me; I don't know what the difference is. In any case, My problem is solved; will post my pics in a new thread sometime today: "Wine Country Classics 2006 Pics".

**ossodiseppia** · #5 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 11:57 AM

They both look ok to me.

JoeCab · #6 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 12:01 PM

The Photoshop image is a little sharper, maybe 20%. However, they both look very good.

Joe

nizam · #7 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 01:28 PM

I generally use Photoshop, and as Joe mentioned, the batch mechanism works great once you've set it up.

Your photos look good. Do size it for 800x600 so we could get more details in the pics though.

**pathung** · #8 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nizam

...Do size it for 800x600 so we could get more details in the pics though.

JoeCab · #9 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pathung

Will try; I had originally set my postings at 450x338 so as to keep the files small enough for upload; not sure if the forum software will allow a file size of 800x600 pixels.

**pathung** · #10 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeCab

2) Use the Web Photo Gallery option, which will resize the photos, make thumbnails and a gallery, and create the HTML pages to navigate between the photos.

Joe

**pathung** · #11 (**permalink**) 06-04-2006, 11:08 PM

Testing: 800x600 pixels; Quality: 75%; 191.8K

I like the results, but it took a while longer to upload.

**ossodiseppia** · #12 (**permalink**) 06-05-2006, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pathung

Testing: 800x600 pixels; Quality: 75%; 191.8K

I like the results, but it took a while longer to upload.

**pathung** · #13 (**permalink**) 06-05-2006, 07:50 AM

Thanks! I'll try to get the rest posted by tonight.

**pathung** · #14 (**permalink**) 06-06-2006, 10:51 PM

I've finally posted the pics; enjoy, and thank you all very much for your suggestions.

http://alfabb.com/bb/forums/showthre...299#post221299

rgrimm · #15 (**permalink**) 06-08-2006, 04:19 PM

My favorite free file viewer is Irfanview. It will also do batch processing, and allow you to set the compression level in jpg's at the same time. Also automatically creates thumbnailed web pages of photos...the list goes on and on...

http://www.irfanview.com/