Posts Tagged ‘resize’

Quick n’ Easy Image Resizing for Lucky Linux Users

Monday, May 24th, 2010

UbuntuFor those of you using the Ubuntu with the Nautilus file manager, or any other Linux distribution with Nautilus, here is a quick and easy tip for resizing images.  It is called the Nautilus image converter.

To use the Nautilus image converter simply go to the command line and install by typing “sudo aptitude install nautilus-image-converter”, no quotations. Once installed restart nautilus by using the command “nautilus -q”.  Now you can simply right click on any image and have the option to resize or rotate it in the drop down menu.

For Gimp users there is a plugin called David’s Batch Processor.   It can be downloaded for linux or Windows here or installed as part of the “gimp-plugin-registry” using Synaptic package manager.   This plugin allows many more options than the Nautilus option including batch resize.

For more information on image optimization or if you prefer an online solutions to image resizing please refer to this blog.

Enjoy!

How to optimize photos for the web or email

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Digital cameras and scanners typically capture files at a very high resolution. These photos are much too big to use on a website or even as an email attachment. Therefore, it’s important to first optimize your photos for the web and email. This is done by changing the visual  and file size of your photos.

GIMP, PhotoShop, and other similar software do a fine job with this task, but they come with a very steep learning curve. An easier option is an online photo resizer. With one of these, you don’t need to learn new, complicated software just to get a decent photo on the web or ready to email to friends and family.

I find webresizer.com to be user-friendly and able to cover the basics of photo optimization very well. (There are many other online resizers available. Try out a few—you’ll find your own favorite.) To resize and optimize my photo on www.webresizer.com, here’s what I did:

1. Click on Resize Photos
2. Choose your file
3. Upload the file
4. Crop your photo if you would like to get rid of some undesirable areas
5. Enter the size you would like your photo to become
6. Apply the changes
7. Download the new image and you’re ready to post or email it!

Usually, .JPG is the proper format for saving photos. If your photo has transparent areas (such as in a logo), then use .PNG instead.

If you are unsure of the size you would like your photo to be, both Google Chrome and Firefox have add-ons that you can install that allow you to measure areas of the screen within the browser to determine the appropriate size. For the web, there is not really a reason to go beyond 1,000 pixels wide, and 600 to 800 is probably enough. Here are links to these add-ons:

MeasureIt!
For Firefox:
http://ldw.me/4q
For Google Chrome:
http://ldw.me/4r

Enjoy your photos!