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Digital Photo Processing

Drag and Drop JPEG Photos to a Folder to Resize Them

SUMMARY: Drag and drop JPEG photos to a folder to automatically resize them for e-mail, web, or presentations with DropResize.

Need to frequently resize photos smaller for quicker transfer via electronic mail, faster display on websites, or for use in PowerPoint presentations?

Instead of using external software to resize images, one option for Windows XP and above users is the freeware DropResize application. This tool adds an icon to the System Tray area of the Windows Taskbar, allowing you to choose a folder so that when JPEG images are "dropped" into it via Explorer drag-and-drop, they will automatically be resized to the height or width that you specify. You can also choose the JPEG quality for the newly resized photos.

Images resized via DropResize

DropResize can be downloaded at the following address. Note that you may have to install the Microsoft.NET Framework V2.0 if it is not already on your system.

DropResize: http://semigeek.wordpress.com/dropresize/

Before using this tool, make sure to backup the original JPEGs in case you accidentally move photos to this folder instead of copying them.