Fast Image Resizer

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What is Fast Image Resizer

Fast Image Resizer makes quick work of resizing images stored on your computer. While changing the size of those files won't necessarily free up extra space on your hard drive or make your computer run faster, reducing the size of your image files will make certain tasks online a little easier. For example, many websites today will only let you upload files that do not exceed a specific file size. If you want to create your own avatars or share photos with family and friends, you need a quick way to resize your large image files.

New computers often come with photo editing software, but those programs are only short demos. After you use the program once or twice, it stops working! Then the developers require payment of $20 or more just to edit and resize your pictures. Even if you have a full working version of one of those programs, you'll find that you need to open each individual file, go through the editing program, make your changes and then save copies of each image. Fast Easy Resizer speeds you through those steps faster than ever.

As soon as you open a new image in the program, it will ask you to select the new resolution size that you want. To make things even easier, the program lets you drag and drop those images. After you open your image, select the resolution size that you want, click and hold, and drag the image into the program. The program will make the necessary changes and give you the option of saving the image. If you need to keep a copy of the original, the program will let you do that and save a copy of your edited version.

Fast Image Resizer gives you a wide range of convenient options. Click on the Options button in the program to bring up those choices in a new window. You can choose the JPEG quality, select the resize quality and decide whether you want to copy the EXIF data or add new data to the image. You can even decide if you want to keep the new image in the same directory as the original or create a new subdirectory for those edited images.

While the program doesn't let you remove red eye, adjust contrast or make other changes to your photos like other editing software, it does let you quickly change the size of one or more images without wasting your valuable time. Fast Image Resizer allows you to quickly create larger or smaller images for your personal blog, professional website or favorite forum.

Pros

• Fast and easy enough for most users.
• Lets you drag and drop images into the program for resizing.
• Gives you the option of keeping a copy of the original image.

Cons

• Some of the options are a little too advanced for new users.
• Doesn't let you edit anything other than the size of the images.
• May change the quality of the final image.