Batch Image Resizing

[Dave]

Hello,
Does anyone know any good programs that I can point to a directory, and make it resize all of the images in that directory to a certain size? I believe this can be done in PhotoShop, but I'm not sure exactly how. I was thinking about writing an action, but I'm not to familiar with actions. Any help is appreciated.

[Chicken]

Yes, a great tiny little program which is great for viewing images and playing sound files of most types is:

http://www.irfanview.com/

-it can also easily do what you are asking. It's one of the first things I load on every new computer after I install the OS.

[Dave]

Thank you Chicken.

[tranz]

Actions are very easy, just like as if you hit record on a tape recorder and then went through the motions. When done just hit the small black box to STOP recording.

Then go to file> automate> batch and run it from there. Once you have the action stored then you can use it over and over.

[beley]

Definately use PhotoShop Actions... they're a life saver! If you do it through ImageReady you can make a droplet (exe program that can sit on your hard drive). You can then just drag a file (or multiple selected files) on top of it and it will run the action on those items. Awesome!

[ReptilianFeline]

Batch thumbs from HarmWare is free and very useful as well. Great for renaming or resizing or reoptimizing images.