Title: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 12 December, 2004, 09:17:59 PM
Post by: esoteric ed on 12 December, 2004, 09:17:59 PM
Hiya gang, perhaps one (or more of you) can offer some advice and help?
I've finally completed work on my own website, but I've overlooked something pretty major... THUMBNAILS!
I've over 1200 images of various shapes and sizes that I need to reduce to thumbnail sized format for the site, I just need to know if there is any free software that could help me (or the lady building the site) produce these thumbnail images pretty quickly?
Thanks!
Ed (not head of tech devision, obviously) ;-)
I've finally completed work on my own website, but I've overlooked something pretty major... THUMBNAILS!
I've over 1200 images of various shapes and sizes that I need to reduce to thumbnail sized format for the site, I just need to know if there is any free software that could help me (or the lady building the site) produce these thumbnail images pretty quickly?
Thanks!
Ed (not head of tech devision, obviously) ;-)
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Max Kon on 12 December, 2004, 11:44:34 PM
Post by: Max Kon on 12 December, 2004, 11:44:34 PM
You should use a programe such as thumbs plus, and batch process all the images to a certain size. For instance I made all the thumbs for my site 100pixles wide.
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:08:07 AM
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:08:07 AM
Cheers Max, is this a downloadable program?
Ed
Ed
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:10:12 AM
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:10:12 AM
Ah, perhaps it's not, just looked up a link for it,
I'll need to take a look on TUCOWS or Download.com me thinks.
Ed
I'll need to take a look on TUCOWS or Download.com me thinks.
Ed
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Banners on 13 December, 2004, 12:20:02 AM
Post by: Banners on 13 December, 2004, 12:20:02 AM
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Max Kon on 13 December, 2004, 12:21:24 AM
Post by: Max Kon on 13 December, 2004, 12:21:24 AM
I have it on a disc somewhere so I don't think so. I havn't found any other programes that do batches though.
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:22:01 AM
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:22:01 AM
WOW, thanks, I knew I could rely on this place for help.
Cheers mbanners I'll check it out :-)
Ed
Cheers mbanners I'll check it out :-)
Ed
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Jared Katooie on 13 December, 2004, 12:26:05 AM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 13 December, 2004, 12:26:05 AM
Sweet! I'll use this one myself as well!
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:29:09 AM
Post by: esoteric ed on 13 December, 2004, 12:29:09 AM
I've just had a go, pretty cool and user friendly!
and thanks again to you too Max.
Ed
and thanks again to you too Max.
Ed
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Revelation 6:8 on 21 December, 2004, 04:40:46 PM
Post by: Revelation 6:8 on 21 December, 2004, 04:40:46 PM
or you could try Irfanview, Wake does all the thumbnails for this site with it.
Link: Irfanview
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Max Kon on 21 December, 2004, 05:45:06 PM
Post by: Max Kon on 21 December, 2004, 05:45:06 PM
but can you batch process in Infranview. If you can I'd like to know how as I haven't been able to figure it out.
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Wake on 21 December, 2004, 06:34:44 PM
Post by: Wake on 21 December, 2004, 06:34:44 PM
File - Batch Conversion/Rename
Wake
Wake
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: LARF on 21 December, 2004, 06:47:45 PM
Post by: LARF on 21 December, 2004, 06:47:45 PM
You could easily set up an action in Photoshop to do this using save for web.
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Banners on 21 December, 2004, 06:48:40 PM
Post by: Banners on 21 December, 2004, 06:48:40 PM
Can you call Irfan from another program? That's what I use Easy Thumbnails for - to transparently generate thumbnails from images put into to a Content Management System. You can do the same with ImageMagick [sic] apparently, but I can't work it out :-(
M@
M@
Link: ImageMagick
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: esoteric ed on 21 December, 2004, 08:35:03 PM
Post by: esoteric ed on 21 December, 2004, 08:35:03 PM
Thanks again gang, I produced these last week using the free Easy Thumbs prog, I knew I could rely on people here for advice.
Cheers
Eddie
Cheers
Eddie
Title: Re: Thumbnails!
Post by: Max Kon on 22 December, 2004, 01:30:23 AM
Post by: Max Kon on 22 December, 2004, 01:30:23 AM
Well I never, thanks wake.