Resize Tool

The Resize Tool (Ctrl+S) creates copies of selected photographs resizing them to the desired dimensions.
Prior to invoking the Resize Tool one has to select photographs in the images pane window. Those photographs will be used by the Resize Tool.

Resizing is controlled by several parameters:

• Size of Images
  One can select predefined size or drag slider to the ‘Custom’ position and enter desired dimensions. Either ‘Absolute’ dimensions (in pixels) or ‘Relative’ size in percents of original size is accepted.
  This size is only a hint: images will not be bigger than specified size. Original aspect ratio is always preserved. Entering 100 pixels by 100 pixels will ensure photo will not be larger than 100 by 100 pixels, but it still could be rectangular if such was the original.
  Images smaller than specified value will not be magnified. Images matching specified size exactly will not be resized either, but merely copied.
• Quality
  Select predefined compression ratio or enter a value from 0..100 range. Approximate size reduction is presented. At ‘Custom’ position one can also use uncompressed bitmap format rather then JPEG.
• Output Folder
  Path to the folder where the resized photographs will be created.
• File Name
  To help distinguish copies from originals suffix can be appended to each copy.

Custom settings selected showing additional controls and options portion expanded:

• Resizing Method
  Resizing method selects algorithm used to resize images. Default cubic method is generally recommended. Halftone method can create slightly sharper images at the expense of their quality. Nearest neighbor method (pixel sampling) is simplest and fastest, but delivers lowest quality images.
• Preserve EXIF
  Copy EXIF block from the original images to their resized copies. Resized images will be slightly bigger with this option turned on.
• Progressive
  This is recommended setting for images displayed on WWW pages.
  Progressive mode of JPEG rearranges stored image data into a series of scans. If such an image is transmitted across a network, receiver can quickly generate low-quality image from the first scan and then gradually improve displayed quality as remaining scans arrive.
• Baseline compatibility
  This setting is NOT recommended unless you want to maximize compatibility with some old JPEG decoders.