Evoir
11-07-2006, 07:30 PM
I have a client that needed a forum and wanted to post pictures. He didn't tell me that all of his pictures were huge files!
So, now all of a sudden, I am advising him about image compression software. He's PC and I am Mac. :) Ugh.
I know and love Fireworks. I've been using it for years. I find it really easy to use, intuitive etc. He thought he had it, but cannot find it. So, now we are faced with purchasing a 5-User licence for Fireworks, which, even with a non-profit discount, gets really expensive ($800).
Then, I realized that maybe there is shareware out there, or even much cheaper software. I saw these mentioned here on the forums:
Paint Shop Pro (http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CorelCom/Layout&c=Product_C1&cid=1159304981925&lc=en), Adobe Photoshop Elements (http://google-cnet.com.com/4014-5_9-32069024.html)
Here is the thing. I'd like something that simply resizes images. Like, your digital camera dumps the photos, and you want to export them all at 400 x 300 pixels for the web. (I don't want to ask them to shoot a smaller file size, because they also get digital prints sometimes.)
On my Mac, I have iphoto. I keep all my pictures there and I choose Export=>Format (JPG, TIFF or PNG)=> size (preserving aspect ratio if you want). That's all I need. Can you advise me toward any software like this for a PC?
So, now all of a sudden, I am advising him about image compression software. He's PC and I am Mac. :) Ugh.
I know and love Fireworks. I've been using it for years. I find it really easy to use, intuitive etc. He thought he had it, but cannot find it. So, now we are faced with purchasing a 5-User licence for Fireworks, which, even with a non-profit discount, gets really expensive ($800).
Then, I realized that maybe there is shareware out there, or even much cheaper software. I saw these mentioned here on the forums:
Paint Shop Pro (http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CorelCom/Layout&c=Product_C1&cid=1159304981925&lc=en), Adobe Photoshop Elements (http://google-cnet.com.com/4014-5_9-32069024.html)
Here is the thing. I'd like something that simply resizes images. Like, your digital camera dumps the photos, and you want to export them all at 400 x 300 pixels for the web. (I don't want to ask them to shoot a smaller file size, because they also get digital prints sometimes.)
On my Mac, I have iphoto. I keep all my pictures there and I choose Export=>Format (JPG, TIFF or PNG)=> size (preserving aspect ratio if you want). That's all I need. Can you advise me toward any software like this for a PC?