With my old XP computer I was able to right-click on a photograph and select “resize image”, when I could reduce the byte size to that suitable for emailing without overwriting the original. I cannot do it in Windows 7 and using an internet trawl the best I have come up with is to use Irfanview, but that is much more time consuming/complex. Is there a free program which will add the facility to the right-click menu ?.
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2012-01-23 13:13Resizing photos
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2012-01-23 13:41See if Image resizer for Windows helps.
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2012-01-23 14:16Mike,
My personal favorite is IrFanView.
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2012-01-23 14:21Resizing pictures
Thanks - I have installed the program and it works fine with a right-click, albeit a little slow to come up. However, installation required a massive download and installation of Net Framework 4 Client which took an age. It is a new, fast, computer.
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2012-01-23 14:28If you have MS Office, the Microsoft Office Picture Manager does a very credible job of resizing, cropping and other minor picture fixes. It's extremely easy to use and very quick. This site shows examples of using MS Office Picture Manager
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2012-01-23 18:16Hi mike21,
the easiest program to use is Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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2012-01-24 06:03Thanks for the suggestions of MS Office picture manager and Windows live photo gallery, neither of which I knew existed and both are very interesting - the first I found in Office 2003, which I have had for very many years. Image re-sizer for Windows seems much the quickest, even though it takes 10 seconds for the resize screen to come up after selecting with a right-click on the photo. I use Photoshop Elements and re-size in that program, but it takes quite a time overall - Irfanview seems the quickest after Windows Image Re-sizer.
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2012-01-24 10:03The basic Paint program that comes with Windows 7 will also resize photos, among other things.
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2012-01-26 13:10Irfanview, with plugins, is the easiest. Save As the picture; there is a scroll bar at the top of the Save As properties screen. Move the bar to the percentage reduction you want for the resultant saved picture.
Irfanview is a function-rich program; best of all, it's free!
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2012-01-26 16:08What you describe, OP, was one of the Windows XP Powertoys, called Image Resizer (what else?). It wouldn't hurt to try it in Windows 7 - I have a couple of Windows 95 Powertoys that work fine in XP (not all of them do). Get it here.
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2012-01-26 17:28Another vote for IRFANVIEW!
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2012-01-28 14:00
FastStone Photo Resizer
I use FastStone Photo Resizer--it's a simple, single-purpose tool. I've put the link for it in Send To so that it's there when I need it. A nice touch is that it can resize a batch of photos.
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2012-01-28 21:26
I just followed your link to try the PowerToys Image Resizer - it won't install on a Windows 7 computer. It's only for XP it says.
I am so disappointed that it won't work on Windows 7. I wish they'd update it.
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2012-01-29 13:08You may want to try this.
Originally Posted by kelliann1
I just followed your link to try the PowerToys Image Resizer - it won't install on a Windows 7 computer. It's only for XP it says. I am so disappointed that it won't work on Windows 7. I wish they'd update it.
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2012-01-30 10:59See post #2. Originally Posted by kelliann1
I just followed your link to try the PowerToys Image Resizer - it won't install on a Windows 7 computer. It's only for XP it says. I am so disappointed that it won't work on Windows 7. I wish they'd update it.
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