Resizing Photo

Lee Holeman · Post by **Lee Holeman** » 18 Jul 2010 10:07 am

I recently upgraded to Mac 10.6.4 and find my Photoshop 7 does not work. I can use iTunes to do all I need EXCEPT resizing. Does anyone know of a free program that I can get, or tell me how I can do it with the Mac. Thanks,
Lee Holeman
theholemans@aol.com

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 18 Jul 2010 10:37 am

Try this: http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

Also, read my Sticky topic about resizing photos, for use on our forums.

Lee Holeman · Post by **Lee Holeman** » 18 Jul 2010 1:47 pm

Thanks much Wiz,
Lee

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 18 Jul 2010 3:35 pm

Lee,
I don't think Photoshop 7 will run on an Intel processor, which seems to be what you have. You can get Photoshop Elements, which will run on your comp, from Adobe for about $80, and it's well worth it.

Lee Holeman · Post by **Lee Holeman** » 18 Jul 2010 5:39 pm

Thanks Cal,
Need all the help I can get!!!!
Lee

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 18 Jul 2010 6:00 pm

Here's what I use:
http://www.breezesys.com/BreezeBrowser/index.htm

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 19 Jul 2010 4:22 am

While a wonderful program, BreezeBrowser is for Windows computers only. The OP is using a Mac.

Of course, he could run it with Parallels Desktop or BootCamp but I suspect that's more hassle than it's worth.

There are a number of free apps that will re-size graphics in OS X, as well as some that will do it online, without having to install software.

You could try: ShrinkPictures, or PicResize, or Resize It, or many others to resize pictures online, using your web browser. These are free and suitable for small numbers of pics. If you're doing lots of pics at one time, you'll need more power.

Most people don't know that you can also resize graphics using OS X's built-in Preview app. You have to use Automator, the scripting tool, but here's a tutorial that gives you the exact steps needed to create a droplet, onto which you drag files you want to re-size.

Finally, Apple itself offers a free, downloadable app called Resize Pictures Suite that does exactly what you want.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 19 Jul 2010 6:56 am

Mac OS X comes with a free Preview application to open graphic files. Open the file you want to resize in Preview, then choose Tools > Adjust Size. No need to buy Photoshop!

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 20 Jul 2010 3:43 am

+1 on Brad's post above.
Preview also lets you crop

One way I use it is to hit print in any application, then preview.
Once edited in Preview you can save in various formats.
An example would be a preview of a copedent formatted in Excel saved and uploaded to the forum.

Clete

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 20 Jul 2010 8:09 pm

Not being a Windoz/Mac guy.. a friend of mine recommended the BreezePro I mentioned above. One of the features he really liked was the fact that any resizing or manipulation of a photo never interfered with the original copy. So if I took a real high resolution photo and wanted to shrink it down to 1024 x 768, it would do so and the original huge digital photo was still in tact. This is a feature that I feel should be part of any photo resizing tool. Do any of the other products listed here offer (by default) this feature? Being a novice, I assure you I would have clobbered the original size if the software allowed me to.
PS: I am not bias toward BreezePro. It just happens to be what I use by referral.

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 20 Jul 2010 10:00 pm

In any app, including the Gimp, I'm sure, if you crop and resize a photo and save it under a different name, the original will be unscathed, as long as you close it without saving it.