resize IMAGES? help.

poping · 05-16-2007

hi guys. i'd be getting my m6 miniplayer soon. in about weeks.

i have quick question that is, i would be loading many photos into it and some are pretty big.

is there a need to resize it to 320*240?

is it reccomended because i know some pictures will look distorted ..

madman · 05-16-2007

I have loaded images up to 2080x1544 with no problems although the larger the res the longer the image takes to load.

iversonjack · 05-16-2007

Use free and easy softwares like Picasa from Google to do this.

smellybeans · 05-16-2007

The microsoft powertoy image resizer is a free & nice alternative too. :P

golles · 05-16-2007

I use resizer, a really easy tool
http://www.virtualzone.de/resizer/

you can easily load your files (also drag nd drop (also with windows search)) and then select your size and wait a sec and tada...

smellybeans · 05-17-2007

Originally Posted by golles

I use resizer, a really easy tool
http://www.virtualzone.de/resizer/

you can easily load your files (also drag nd drop (also with windows search)) and then select your size and wait a sec and tada...

Nice find, thanks for sharing :P

poping · 05-17-2007

okay. im going to try resizer.

thanks for these awesome replies.

bk102 · 05-17-2007

How long would a 1.4 meg jpg take to load? I just got it and can't get anything but music to load

SJanos · 05-17-2007

I only say 1 word: GIMP
and that's all :P

golles · 05-17-2007

also resize your album art to 100*100 or something, it doesn;t look good when it takes a few seconds to load...

member · 05-17-2007

Originally Posted by SJanos

I only say 1 word: GIMP
and that's all :P

Actually, for resizing I would recomend the well-known Irfanview. It has a better algorithm available: Lanczos, instead of bicubic. It is also 20x faster to start up, so I'd say it's more suitable for quick jobs.

Always consider sharpening a little bit after a resize (press shift+S once or twice in Irfanview).

The Torminator · 10-14-2007

Originally Posted by golles

I use resizer, a really easy tool
http://www.virtualzone.de/resizer/

you can easily load your files (also drag nd drop (also with windows search)) and then select your size and wait a sec and tada...

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But have found a alternative.
It nearly can't be more simple and easy with this program.
Also nice for the background images.
http://www.naturpic.com/resizer/index.html