Avatar Sizer [freeware]

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There are times when you need just the right tool to do the job. Avatar Sizer is that tool.

Avatar Sizer has been designed to make images smaller, quickly and extremely easily. No mess, no fuss!

Creating your Avatar is done using an easy to use Wizard type interface. The Wizard guides you, step by step, through the whole process:

* Select the image
* set the maximum size
* press "Next >>" and your Avatar is created
* Save your Avatar.

It doesn't get much easier than that!

Avatar Sizer automatically sorts out the "Aspect Ratio" of the image and uses "Smooth Resizing" to make your Avatar look as good as the original image, only smaller.

Notes on Avatar Sizer

1. Avatar Sizer is extremely simple to use.
2. Avatar Sizer is designed to resize images not to edit them.
3. There is no upper limit to the size of image you can turn into an Avatar.*
4. The Avatar you create can be any size from 1x1 pixels up to a maximum of 150x150 pixels, so it will be suitable for virtually all Forums, IMs etc.
5. The Aspect Ratio of the image is retained when the image is resized.
6. Images smaller than the "Maximum Width and Height" are not resized (i.e. they are not enlarged).
7. Avatar Sizer uses "Smooth Resizing". This makes the Avatar image look very similar to the original, just smaller. Avatar Sizer may even make some Avatars look better than the original image.
8. You can resize and save any number of images (use the "<< Prev" button to resize another image).*
9. The resulting Avatar file can be saved as a JPG or a GIF. The default is JPG.
10. Avatar Sizer will resize the following types of images:
* Jpegs (JPG)
* GIFs (GIF)
* Bitmaps (BMP)
* Windows Meta Files (WMF)
* Enhanced Meta Files (EMF)
* Icons (ICO)
11. GIFs with transparent backgrounds are catered for and you can turn the transparency on or off.
12. If you resize an animated GIF only the first image of the animation is saved, the rest are discarded. So, make sure the first image is the one you want and that you save the Avatar with a different filename.
13. Avatar Sizer is Free for personal use. Though, in order that we can develop Avatar Sizer further, a donation would be greatly appreciated.
14. As of version 1.0.0.8 Avatar Sizer now comes complete with a Help file and Manual (in Adobe PDF format).

* The only limits are the capabilities of your computer.
Minimum Specifications

* Windows 95
* Windows 98
* Windows 98 SE
* Windows ME
* Windows NT 4 (Service Pack 6)
* Windows 2000
* Windows XP (Home & Professional)
* Windows 2003

Hardware Specifications

* CPU Type and Speed: 266MHz or faster
* Memory: 32MB or larger
* Graphics: 640x480x16bit or better