FastStone Photo Resizer V3.0    Suggested by Widya Santoso - Updated by Checker on 28 Apr 2010 1MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (2551) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (20) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 Niki_santos: This free Application does a good job of whats advertised from the website. I reccomend it [2006-08-09 04:07]

 raphael: Don't mind if I stick to IrfanView. IMHO this is just another app nobody is waiting for. [2006-12-03 07:45]

 adamh: i find it funny that the "batch rename/resize" gui looks very similar to that of IrfanView ;) [2006-12-03 08:06]

 BillyBob: I've used IrfanView for a long time, and it's true that the resizer has no advantage over IrfanView, but the FastStone Image Viewer (also free, also available as portable) has some nice features. It shows thumbnails by default, has a good slideshow viewer (like Irfan), does some nice batch renaming and image editing, and it also has an easy to use contact sheet creation ability, watermark addition, and screen capture in many options - full screen, foreground window, window, rectangle or freehand area which works well.

http://www.faststone.org/download.htm [2007-04-21 13:00]

 Webfork: Haven't tested at length but the love FS software series. The long list of batch functions are 10x easier to setup than Photoshop macros.

adamh: IrfanView won't batch resize pictures. [2007-11-22 12:58]

 Portable Paul: Works well. Lots of features. Watermark was an unexpected plus. Have since showed a bunch of dcam noobs how to use it. It's not SUPER simple, but anyone doing a lot of resizing will be wanting something with these options quickly after starting with something simpler. [2008-02-09 13:46]

 Syngensmyth: I like this and am adding it to my portables. The easy text overlay/watermark and variables won me over. At least to try further. It takes forever to load up however so I will be saving for special occasions. [2008-02-17 11:05]

 Jo: Irfanview DOES batch resize photos, and does a better job of it too. [2008-06-11 01:55]

 Maxxx: Hey folks... I don't know whether this is better than Irfanview or not... but every feature (batch resize, contact sheets, etc.) that you mention as being the reason to have this app are already in IV... It's such a good app, that it is one of only 3 (the others are a firewall and anti-virus software) that I actually install on my main home PC (as well as hopping around with a portable version)! [2008-06-18 12:57]

 Maxxx: Sorry - just an addition - FastStone Image capture is definitely THE best capture software... so I really don't have a problem with this group of programmes :) [2008-06-18 12:58]

 Software User: All of the faststone apps do their job and do them very well.
I'd not use anything different.
And Irfanview is way over-rated, just 'cause everyone says it's good doesn't mean it's true.
This is faster, simpler and better looking. [2008-10-18 14:54]

 Heilo: @Maxxx: But FastStone Image capture isn´t freeware any more [2008-10-29 01:29]

 AncientImages: Excellent software! This literally saves me an hour of Photoshop work every time I use it. Making thumbnails and adding watermarks used to fill me with dread, but now it's easy and takes about five minutes. [2009-01-19 13:32]

 N2hu: I use both IV and FSPR. I have about 80 users who save six tons of pictures on the server (W2k3) every month, obviously scattered all over the place on different shares, in folders ten levels deep, etc., eating up all the disk space. They know they shouldn't, they do it anyway. Because I'm such a nice guy, instead of simply deleting I resize those pictures every now and then. IV can't do what I need here because it can't save the resized files over the originals, it puts everything in the selected output folder. I need the files where they were so that my dear users can still find them after the rename. That's why I use FSPR. In terms of quality and speed it does the same job as IV. Then again, for viewing (and even for simple manipulation) IV has been my favourite for years now. [2009-02-02 01:11]

 Roddersg: I totally recommend this software especially when you are cleaning up the tags for your MP3 files. I search for the covers on the net and resize them to 300x300 ideal for including into the tag.
Simple and does what it specifies. [2009-02-03 07:47]

 Bulk Photo Resizer: You should try Bulk Photo Resizer / Image Resizer also. It's very simple and easy to use. You can download a free trial from http://www.bulk-photo-resizer.com/ [2009-07-03 04:41]

 Snidely Whiplash: If you use FastStone Image Viewer, you already have FastStone Photo Resizer... it's built in.
Look under Tools -> Open Batch Convert / Rename Dialog [2009-11-28 17:20]

 Loner: This program has been my program of choice for renaming. I've tried other renaming programs, but they seem to have way too many options with a high learning curve. This program is straight forward and easy to use for renaming. I don't use the resize feature, so when I click the "FastStone Resizer" I sometimes forget that it does that as well.

I recommend you get this if you are a photographer or do multiple file renaming. [2009-11-29 11:39]

 Smee: I like it. Logical and reliable results. [2010-01-18 14:22]

 digitxp: I just wish it would actually resize photos... [2010-04-06 22:10]

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