Thanks for the share.Will come in handy:)

Very handy and easy to use tool when you have learned where to click.
Fast and does exactly what you need.

Some additional (commercial) resizers (with free trials) include the very versatile TangoTools JpegSizer and DzSoft Quick Photo Resizer. Some time back, I needed a utility which could generate image files of a specific filesize, not image dimensions, for my photo host. Image Compressor 2008 Pro, which was given away earlier, would exceed the specified size limit. At the time, so would JpegSizer. I received a quick response from their tech support (on a Sunday, as I recall), indicating that they would fix the problem (change-log indicates that they did, back in version 6.3.2) and how to work around it. However, I bought Quick Photo Resizer because it did exactly what I wanted (produce correct filesize without altering dimensions). It's extremely simple to use, and has few features. When I told them it was overpriced, they gave me a discount. Naturally, thanks to nVidia, I generally can't obtain useable Vista screenshots of the things I need. For normal application screenshots, etc., NTWind WinSnap will correctly capture Vista Aero effects (almost nothing else does), rounded window corners, generate transparent backgrounds, semi-transparent shadows, etc.

Mmm, The Thumbs down has it again.

I suspect this is due to photo's,pics or any image for that matter not suitable for every PC user using this site.
Not everybody has a digital camera as well although it's getting small now, So I can only assume the *Thunbs Down* visitors to GOTD use other software.

I NEVER get so many photos on my PC as I have to this,that or the other to do them, Simple renaming of files before burning to a CD does me fine.

To be fair though although photoshop or paint shop pro are vastly superior products for photos then I giess most will use one of those.

This program is like putting Vista up against XP and stating Vista is fantastic when only fools know to keep Vista on their machines to slug their speed!
I only gave this the thumbs down due to there only being a small user base for this type of software and there's still free versions of what this does (A quick trial after downloading soon had me un-installing)
However, Thank GOTD for giving that small group of users to try this out, Will probably be a keeper for some users here :-)

Comment before download and testing.
Working with perforated cards and chain printers,
batch processing always intersted me.

So beforme making any + or - comment,
I am going to download it and test it.

And always the price ;-( snif.

You need to sell sexy and good looking programs.
No console driven programs.

Regards.

#57 -- this is neither the free trial version or the freeware version. It is the registered version.

Install it by running setup.exe (make sure your Windows firewall program allows the setup program to communicate with the outside world), then run the program. Click on help, about, and you will see it's registered to giveawayoftheday. You don't need to add a registration code. It did it for you.

I don't do much photo editing but as a free and easy to use product I like it. I'll be keeping this for the editor/bulk renamer. Thank you BatchBlitz and GAOTD!

I don't have time to try this out but I installed it before the deadline.

I think I can make some use of it, possibly with the watermark feature if it will add it during the batch processing.


Thanks, GOTD, for all of the offerings you have for us, even if they don't meet everyone's needs all of the time. They don't for me, either, but some do, and I appreciate the opportunity to have decent free software from here.

Gets to 4% and stalls, telling me has hours remaining and never advances. Have tried to DL 5 times now, from both the mirror link and the wiki. Never had this problem before from GAOTD.

In spite of so many bug reports (and especially since a new version was uploaded to address some of that stuff) I thought I'd give the program a shot. The batch utility does seem to be at least somewhat buggy. I've got a basic US English version of XP Pro, but when I switched the source files view to details mode, the Size, Type & Date Modified columns all just show boxes where the info should be (as if the font were missing, but I've got all the standard system fonts and never ran into anything like that with an Explorer type view).

While setting up Add Picture, I was dragging the overlaid pic around the preview pic, and it kept locking up. I had to close & reopen the dialog half a dozen times until I figure out how to avoid the bottom center of the preview image that seemed to be the trouble area. Also, the dialog initially opens below and to the right of my screen, requiring me to drag it onscreen.

While setting up Add Text, I typed the content, picked the font and tried a variety of controls, but the text never showed up in the preview. I was gonna close & reopen the dialog and try again, but the whole program locked up when I clicked Close.

This one's definitely not ready for prime time. It's got potential, but I wouldn't trust important images (or a lot of valuable time) to this until it's had a lot more testing. However, I did like the photo editor that comes with it, and I might use that some more for basic tweaks that IrfanView doesn't do and where something like GIMP might be too bulky or clumsy.

Well as usual there are lots of people slagging this software off which always seems to me to be a strange thing to do when you are getting it for free. Very little constructive criticism is shown at all.
I am a shareware producer myself and I certainly wouldn't want to offer any of my shareware up for the sort of abuse it would undoubtedly get from this forum. Perhaps you might just get better software if you didn't do your darndest to scare off most publishers.

Anyway regarding BatchView, I installed it on my XPpro machine with no problems whatsoever, as a number of people had said it didn't work on Vista I installed it on my machine running Vista Ultimate edition, again with no problems.

I then chose a directory of images (over 200) all 2848 x 2136 and cropped them down depending on whether they were in portrait or landscape format and then resized the cropped images and renamed them.

I also did exactly the same (almost) in Irfan View (which I use on a daily basis).
It was far easier and MUCH faster in BatchView, selective cropping (only portrait pics) was much more difficult to do in IrfanView.

I have to say that this is a definite keeper for me, sure other programs can do what this one does and with a little effort I could write something similar myself. But the point is that this program does it very well, has a well thought out interface and most important for me with the quantities of images that I handle it does it very quickly.

Thank you BatchView and thank you GAOTD

(and no I am not connected with the publishers!)

Question for everyone before I download it:

Can I easily and permanently set up this (or some other) program for the following situation: I receive a bunch of pictures, some portrait and some landscape because the sender has already rotated them appropriately prior to sending them. So all the pictures are either X by Y or Y by X as I receive them. Can I automatically resize the X by Y pictures to, say, 800x600 and the others to 600x800?

Art

I Do Tons of photo editing and resizing. I've been using irfanview for 5 years.. works flawlessly

The only thing I want to know is what the heck is a "batch" photo and how is it different than any other photo? Why would anyone install a program like this unless they clarify completely what it is they are trying to sell or promote?

Thanks to #26 (copmom). I downloaded Image Resizer from the Microsoft website, and in mere seconds I was able to convert the images. For simple resizing, it's incredibly easy and quick. I just wish it would give you the option of moving the files to a different folder, but I'll take it anyways!

Too bad BatchBlitz didn't work out, but thanks anyways GOTD!

Thanks,
Mark

Doesn't work for me. Unfortuntately I've spent more than and hour and a half on it. I only batch one of my four test images; I get a never ending hourglass when attempting to add text. I'm using XP S3, I didn't try it on Vista. I don't need it for photo alteration, but renaming and sizing all images for my purposes would have been fun. It's a pity it doesn't work for me. Good luck for those of you who find it does work.

The GAOTD blurb says: "The instance preview always gives you a better idea of the actual effects." Well, no, not always. I tried the effect of the various blend modes for a watermark image; after the third or fourth tweak (including using the opacity slider) the preview display simply wasn't refreshed any longer. I shut down the program and tried again, with the same result.

Well, there's nothing here I can't do with Irfanview (or IV for short). Mind you, the approach is different, sort of wizard-like. And I CAN rename a file with IV so that the new name includes the old, which the Blitz doesn't seem to offer.

What's to like? Drag-and-drop interface - if you like that. Doing a sequence of transforms in one run, rather than sometimes needing two or more batch runs in IV. Speed - yes, definitely fast on my test run of resizing several hundred images and watermarking the results under different names.

I know that DWIM (Do What I Mean) software is not quite here yet. But if it ain't WYSIWYG, why bother showing me a preview at all? All in all, this is just wasting space, so I canned it.

Thanks GAOTD, for getting this software for us to try out. Any chance we could see some tested tools any time soon? ;-)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth ... however, FastStone image viewer is free, and as far as I can tell, does all this does, and more. I like free, but I like what I have and what I know works with no registration needed and no $40 usual price tag.

I am a proffesional photographer.... and this program looks usefull to me!

it was designed very well, yet soo many thumbs down! thumbs down are for flaws in the program and problems, not whether you need it or not!!!

i myself find this program very usefull, for batch renaming and batch resizing.

Ps. it runs on my vista machine....

@40 Funkster

You have more patience than I do @15. I gave up after my first download as any company who releases a product and later realises there ARE serious bugs and takes action as an afterthought, are just not worth the trouble.

Your final advise sums it all up perfectly.

One word for " BatchBlitz " ----- Trash.

This program seems to have a few bugs in it.
First of all it is very limited on the tools for editing and limited on the controls for the ones it does offer. Went to try the watermark tool and it seems only the sample photo gets loaded so you have no idea how the watermark will look on your own photo. 3 times trying to load the settings after setting up how you want the watermark to look it crashed. also freezes and crashed 3 times just trying to exit the tool. I was going to compare this to other editors I have but no use if it doesn't work right.
I do use Nero Photo Snap (though a little pricey but worth every penny) is much better then this as far as a viewer and editor. Also use LivePix 2.0 for cut and pasting within a photo with some editing features and is great for adding watermarks. It's a shame this giveaway today didn't work for me.
It would have been a good tool to edit or add a watermark in batches.

Windows XP SP2 M.C.E.
Pentium D830 Duel Core
1 GB ram

one word: ImageMagick

@Spiritwolf #35,36:
Don't link directly to the downloadfile (.exe; .zip etc.)
Make your links end on a page where one can see the download option.
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Even now I have downloaded the new GAotD-release (#25) I just cannot get it doing the right things. Perhapse I am to blaim and I don't get it, perhapse my system & security -tweaks interfere.
Or it is still the software, but I don't see others complain about the same bugs. I just give in though I can still use the option to select on picture width to sort portaits from landscape-pics.

I do not recommend BatchBlitz. Alternative freeware (mentioned before, but really almost unbeatable freeware):

Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/
Faststone Image viewer: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Just go with IrfanView. Free + numerous batch processing options and even command line support.

http://www.irfanview.com

This is a tool which has a longer learning-curve than I have :)
After the 2nd restart it works as advertised and that very fast.
Did not test it with 3000 pictures, only with 10.
Some notes from my experiences:
It does not remember the path for your output folder, you have to set it new each time.
Add picture and text: I like to play around with the "mode"-tool; something Irfan and Faststone (until now my favs) don't have.
Otherwise there are not many filters or options; it's a basic little program that
runs in Vista HP without any tricks.
Yes, you have read correct, I confess to have Vista, and even more: I like it!
A keeper for me, only because of the options when adding text and pictures.
And, yes I know there are many other freeware programs, which do this and so much more :)
graylox

@John C #33:
For Vista:
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http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/
-trialware though
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http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
-freeware
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weird, I've tried so many times to post links to freeware resizers and no matter what I do, the damn comment WONT POST AT ALL! Why?

4 times now I've tried to post a comment, all 4 times, it never appeared at all!

I think the GAOTD should be something to do with flash. Some tool that helps you to make things easily in flash. To me, this program wouldn't be something that I'd use.

GAOTD should also think about searching to see if there are similar apps that are free. That way, we can all get GOOD apps.

Thanks anyway,
fikel

#26 - Is there a Vista version for Powertoys Image Resizer? or an equivalent? I can't find it on M$ web site.
XP Powertoys don't work in Vista. Another reason why Vista is a pain in the arse & why people are downgrading in droves. M$ had something great & so they discontinued it!

Who needs an app that isn't even up to par with all the time freeware thats much better and always free? Not me!
Besides, the beta testing for companies lacking apps with Vista support is done in my home.
Theres no longer any viable excuses for not having compatible software when Vista's almost all a factory PC comes with & its been out for for 18 months. NONE!!
Get a grip & test your own garbage! No pun against give away, just these half baked software companies who are to lazy or to cheap to get with 2008's program!!
Oh, by the way. I still have an XP Pro hard drive! Imagine that!

Not the worst software offered here, but not the best though.
If you need something like this, just get Irfanview (which is free).
So, just another program which has freeware alternatives. Why use a commercial program, when there are free ones which can do the same.

I'll stick with the wonderful freeware Irfanview.. which is all I've used for years. Many people don't realize the batch processes it's capable of.. such as resizing all your pics. I might check out #26's recommendation too.

#8 & #9 & everyone else:
check out FastStone Photo Resizer freeware, VERY nice & does most of what you describe:
http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

I've been using it for sometime and truly a great utility.

A few features listed on their site:
- Convert and Rename images in batch mode
- Support JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF and JPEG2000
- Resize, crop, change color depth, apply color effects, add text, watermark and border effects

I check out software like this when i can, i have been looking for a software that i can tell it to resize all the images in a folder to a specific width, without having to specify the height i want the image to be. I was able to tell the program to resize all images in a folder to 440 pixels wide and it did that just fine. It's a keeper, for those of you who need to have images in your website and/or blog be a certain width and need to batch up a half dozen pictures at once to the same width.

This has to be the WORST program offered here (although that's a highly-competitive Category here :). Yeah, the name IS worthwhile, but other than that this Program offers sooooo little Functionality in it's Software Category. And does even that in an Awkward way! An example of what NOT to Program, Programmers!

My pity to those who've actually bought this. UnInstalled. Irfan need not fear :)

#9, Mark: What you need is a free little program called Image Resizer.. it's a microsoft program that's in the background, you simply right click on your pictures (or batch of pictures), there will be a pop up box and then you click on resize. You have options on how small you want them to be, like for sending in emails, etc., and can keep the original one as well. Go here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
Scroll down and on the right hand side of the page you will spot Image Resizer.

Hello everyone!

We've updated the giveaway package. If there are an troubles - please re-download.

GAOTD

Thanks but no thanks on this. It's actually the sort of operation I do occasionally, and Irfanview does it so well that I have no plans to move to something else. However I appreciate the chance to get this via GAOTD.

I'm running XP SP2 and this would have been a nice program had it worked. The first attempt looked like it was working but no files were ever created. Second attempt locked up (not responding). After reboot, 3rd attempt locked up (not responding). Another reboot then then the 4th attempt (yea, I know. I'm a glutten for punishment but I really wanted this program to work) locked up (not responding). 5th attempt, just kidding, 4 attempts is all she gets. Deleted. Too bad

As a side note I was running this program through Returnil (like SandBoxie). Sorry developers but nothin lives in my PC until it's fully tested and passes. In other words, your program is homeless.

- oh, (again), and watch out for the default settings when it comes to image quality, it is chokingly LOW: JPG 65%, PNG 50% !!! This program is clearly not about high quality. For batch resizing images, you may want to inve$t in other programs.

For those of you encountering the following problem:
“Application transferred too many scan lines”

please re-download setup file from the giveaway links.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

adding to #8 (former comment):
Now I did some testing too and I'm not happy.
It might be something with my pc but normally I almost never have problems using GAotD-software.

a] I have some pictures (copies) with name like "Ita20070713_45.jpg" meaning Italia 13th of juli 2007 nr 45.
I want to rename it in "Ita20070713_45P.jpg", where the added 'P' means portrait.
I made a pre selectionfilter to filter the portrait-pictures (works OK) and a rename filter using pattern '\S{14}P'. It just doesn't work. The original name is lost completely, the expression is not interpreted, counters are added though I did not select that and the files have names like "\S{14}_P_3.jpg"

b] Finally I wanted to add some text. The software hangs without any error message after starting he batch.

c] The preview window only shows one picture (not mine).

I see other commenters having trouble (#9, 15) so I am very much afraid that there are very serious bugs in this software.
It is starting up the way it should, but it processes crappy.
I would like to see other commenters testing the batch part (not just starting up). But please do use photo-copies.

- oh, and the renaming feature will only create prefixes, not suffixes. But I for one do not want 3865 files to be named "Image_...", but I might want certain batch processed images to have a suffix like "..._BlitzBatched".

This program is weird, to me, and I do certainly not think it is "easy and intuitive" to use! When navigating to a folder inside this program, my intuition tells me to double-click the folder in order to add it. But NO; you have to right-click the folder and choose "add". And then as #9 said, you have to add the files twice! At least that's how I *think* it should be done. Because, I carefully followed the manual, and added 3865 JPGs, and made a rule to resize them (1920x1200) to another folder, and watched the task being performed within 15 minutes. All the files were size 0 kb. No telling me why. I tried again, did it slightly different, but with the same result. 0 kb.

MAYBE I will keep this program for some time, to see if I can figure out how to use it, but right now I am very disappointed.

XP SP3.

Please do not say no to this one. It does as it says it will do. I do not think the person tht just has a few pictures needs to even consider this. For someone that works with photos a lot and a lot of them this will surely sve you time. You always can take the one here and there out and do them separate.
This is good software.

#5 You'll find that it's registered to Giveawayoftheday when you view Help > About

Installation flawless.

Layout very nice & simple.

Does it work for me, NO !!

After following the quick help guide & following the 4 steps with one sample photo of my own, I get an error about " too many scanlines " & does nothing else.It tries to do something, but nothing happens.

When I stop it, I get a sample photo they supplied of a bridge on water which I did not want or expect.

Maybe, it just does not want to work on my computer ( XP Pro SP 3. Even so, a thumbs down from me.

Oh, nearly forgot. As I was running it sandoxed, that may have been a problem, however, if it will not run sandboxed, I do not want it thanks.

#5, It's automatic. go to "help": "about BatchBlitz" to check.

Message 5 read the last line of message 3