An Easy Image Resizer

When sharing photos in Emails and on the Internet image file size is always an issue.

Microsoft has a free Program, which solves this problem. It is called the” Microsoft Image Resizer Powertoy”.

This program changes the Windows XP Explorer right click menu to include a “Resize Pictures” in the Pop-up (Figure 1). You can select either one image or all for resizing.

Figure 1.

The pop-up “Resize Pictures” allow you to select a number of image sizes, including custom size. The Large (fits 1024 x 768 screen) works well for Email (Figure 2). It provides small size file with adequate resolution for most late model monitors.

The files, shown in Figure 3 have been reduced in size more than 11 to 1. A new file is created with ”(Large)” added to the name. These images can now be attached or inserted into an Email that will be easy to view.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

You can download this application by going to the web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx,

Read the instructions, and then navigate in the right column down to ”Image Resizer”. Click on “ImageResizer.exe” to download the file.

Save the file then double click the file name to install. Happy Viewing!