Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 Image Resize?

wiggley_thing · Post by **wiggley_thing** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:44 am

Yeah ok am I missing the obvious? On the old version of this programme you could easily resize images by pixel or dimmensions, how do do I do it now then? Spent ages trying to work this out and reading through the help files but nothing seems to relate unless working on a web page... which I'm not.

Thanks peeps
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sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:19 am

I am away from my own machine at the moment but there is a free utility from Microsoft that enables you to select an entire folder from windows explorer and resize all the images in one go.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/down ... rtoys.mspx

Steve J

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:14 pm

Hi,

Even though I have a few powerful graphics programs, that are capable of resizing, I still fall back on Irfanview. This little program can do some amazing things for being a freebie...

http://www.irfanview.com/

Ron P.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:53 pm

Go to "Tools" on the menu bar and select "Convert Image Files".

@vidoman
I don't know Irfanview all that well, have used it a few times only but find PI or PhotoExpress the best for my purposes. I'm also not aware of any other program in this price range that can rotate your photos taken in 'portrait' mode to show correctly (rotate +/- 90 degr.) without degrading quality.

Can't try Irfanview because I don't even have it installed but rotating pictures in Win Explorer will reduce the file size considerably as will any open/edit/save action on jpeg images in all image editors.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:37 pm

Heinz,

I'm not bashing PI, I haven't had it very long to see everything it can or can't do. It is an amazing program, however upon reading the OP's question, I tried to find in PI where you could Batch Resize. I also looked for the "Tools" Convert Image Files, and can't seem to locate it. PI does have a batch conversion, however I could not find the option to resize. Thus my offering a free tool that does do it..

Ron P.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:49 pm

vidoman wrote:Heinz,

I'm not bashing PI, I haven't had it very long to see everything it can or can't do. It is an amazing program, however upon reading the OP's question, I tried to find in PI where you could Batch Resize. I also looked for the "Tools" Convert Image Files, and can't seem to locate it. PI does have a batch conversion, however I could not find the option to resize. Thus my offering a free tool that does do it..

Ron P.

Hi vidoman, where did I accuse you of PI bashing? It was a good attempt to help the OP, no question. The OP also did not refer to PI either. It was PEX 8.5 (comes with PI 10 I think). The hint I gave was actually from PEX 8.6 which comes with PI 11. I have PI 11 but have not used it yet. Batch convert in PI 10 is rather easy. I'll send you the path to batch convert feature in PI when I get a chance to try it.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:56 pm

I have the Photo Explorer 8.6 so this is probably the same.
The following is a copy paste from the help file in PEX 8.6

You can use Ulead Photo Explorer to convert image files to a different file type and data format, without having to open and resave the files in the program used when created. To do this:

1. Select the files that you want to convert, and then select Tools: Convert Image Files.
2. Select the desired File format and Data type to which images will be converted to.
3. For large images that need to be down-sized, select Resample image size and specify a percentage to resize the images.
Otherwise, select a screen or printer resolution from the Set resolution drop-down list. This prevents degradation of image quality.

4. To crop images to standard sizes, select a preset size from the Auto crop to standard size drop-down list. If the desired size is not listed, select Custom aspect ratio and click Custom to set your own cropping size.
Click one of the Crop alignment buttons to choose the part of the image to retain.
5. Choose whether to overwrite original images or save converted images as new files in a specified folder.
6. Click OK.

Hope this helps.

Steve J

Bobm03 · Post by **Bobm03** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:57 am

Sometimes, an image is worth a couple of words....

From PE 8.5: the Tools>Convert Image Files sub-menu shows (using blue arrows) the size selected and, also, very important, the prefix you might want to add.

(P.S. I also use Irfanview on occasion)

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:17 am

Bobm03
Thanks for that, I've copied into the Tutorials!

Steve J

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:58 am

My appologies Heinz, I misread your post. (was very long day at work)..

Also thanks to Steve and Bob, I learned something new. I haven't had a chance to open Photo Explorer to look at. I've been trying to learn PI, and MSP8, along with something else...

Ron P.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:12 am

vidoman wrote: My appologies Heinz, I misread your post. (was very long day at work)..

Also thanks to Steve and Bob, I learned something new. I haven't had a chance to open Photo Explorer to look at. I've been trying to learn PI, and MSP8, along with something else...

Ron P.

hey man, no appologies needed vidoman, I didn't even get offended at your post, just thought I set the record straight. Who can honestly claim never to have read something and jumped to conclusions

I sure have done that many times myself. Keep up the good works, I enjoy reading your posts and appreciate your advice offered.