As competitions have started, and I am sure many people have started taking pictures (both for this showcase and for personal reasons), I figured now would be the best time to share this piece of information.
For resizing pictures, here is an extremely easy to do method.
- Download PhotoResize from this link http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pictureresizer.html
- Change the file name from 'PhotoResize400' to 'PhotoResize1024'. What this does is tell the program to make the pictures largest dimension be equal to 1024 pixels (the max that is requested for this project).
- Drag the photos on top of the icon for PhotoResize1024. This is much like adding files to a folder.
- Because this runs in a command prompt, you may have to click 'Run' in a security window for this to work. I have been using this for robotics and personal photos for quite some time now (3+years) and have had no issues with security issues.
- Now you should see the command window open up and start running. The only thing you have to do now is wait. The command prompt will tell you to press any key to close, once the program has finished running.
- This will create new files in the folder the original pictures were located. They will be listed as xxxx-1024, where xxxx is the original file name. (Ex. 123.jpg will appear as 123-1024.jpg)
I just ran this to verify the steps, and I think I covered everything. I did a picture from my Senior Design Project that was originally 5,788KB in size and 5184x3456 pixels. Once completed (took about 2 seconds), the new file is only 44KB in size and 1024x682 pixels.
Just remember to go back and get rid of the '-1024' from the file name to keep consistent with the naming structure that is requested.
Hope this helps, and please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.
Tested on Windows 7, Vista, and XP.
I don't own a Mac, so I have no clue if this works with one or not. Bootcamp should get it done though.