Batch resize rectangular images (vertical and horizontal) to 1:1 aspect ratio.

[Corel Newbie]

Ho does on batch resize rectangular images (both vertical and horizontal) to 1:1 aspect ratio?

[LeviFiction]

Do you want to squash and stretch (distort) the image or just add a solid color border leaving the original image the same size making the whole image square but no distortion in the original image?

If you want a solid color you can use the Canvas Size to resize the canvas around your image. You would just need a script to intelligently work out the size automatically. I think this has been done before and I can look for it later when I have time

If you want to just distort the image using Resize and putting in a specific size and turning off maintain aspect ratio.

[Corel Newbie]

Do you want to squash and stretch (distort) the image or just add a solid color border leaving the original image the same size making the whole image square but no distortion in the original image?

If you want a solid color you can use the Canvas Size to resize the canvas around your image. You would just need a script to intelligently work out the size automatically. I think this has been done before and I can look for it later when I have time

If you want to just distort the image using Resize and putting in a specific size and turning off maintain aspect ratio.

Your second option, which I tried to do but there is not batch function for canvas size that I could tell and I am using the latest version of PSP.

[LeviFiction]

As I said, you need to script it. And there is a batch option for scripting.

I believe a script for this already exists so no need to make a new one. Just need to find it.

[LeviFiction]

Alright, here it is. This is a script I've made several times. It's pretty straight forward. It adds a solid color border to any image to make it a square. The color chosen is the Foreground color in the materials palette. This can be added to a batch pretty easily.

[Corel Newbie]

Sorry for the late reply, something unexpectedly came up. Will give your option a try as soon as I get a chance. Thanks again!!!