Software to shrink images

[watsup]

Is there a free good software that can shrink the image without compromising the image quality? I tried using MS Paint and it is horrible. The sky will have some distortion sort of banding like rainbow. And lastly, i would need to shrink quite a number of images, so batch editing is needed.

 

[catchlights]

FastStone Photo Resizer

 

[Big Kahuna]

Try Picasa...export the picture with lower resolution...viola :thumbsup:

 

[watsup]

Thanks guys. Will give try out when i get home tonight

 

[Bravia]

IF you are using GIMP, you can install the free plug-in David's Batch Processor.

 

[Caras]

Try Irfanview.
You can get that free at download.com:
http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3000-2192_4-10021962.html?tag=mncol

lots of options when batch processing > batch rename, resize (many options for this too), sharpen, contrast, colour depth, etc.

 

[YSLee]

FastStone Photo Resizer

Faststone software is great stuff.

 

[ortega]

this belongs to the digital darkroom
thread moved

 

[ShyanL]

windows there is free one.
one of the powertools

Google it

 

[qing02051981]

How about Paint.Net?