Easy Thumbnails [freeware]
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:07 am
[url=\"http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/\"]Easy Thumbnails[/url] is a popular free utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. An elegant interface makes it a snap to find your images and select them for processing individually, in groups, or in whole folders, using a simple file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and quality, and check out the results with the built-in viewer.
[b]Main Features[/b]
* Can scale images up or down with high quality results.
* Choice of eleven resampling filters, including Lanczos3.
* Can sharpen soft images, particularly those from digital cameras.
* Shows a real-time preview of the target image and its file size.
* Preserves EXIF data in JPEG images larger than 300x300 pixels.
* Automatically removes EXIF data from small thumbnails.
* Supports JPEG 2000.
* Supports lossless rotation of JPEG images.
* Offers an extensive set of command-line switches.
* Can create Web pages of image sets, based on customizable templates.
[b]Supported Image Formats[/b]
* JPEG (*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.jpe;*.jps)
* JPEG 2000 (*.jpc;*.j2k;*.jp2)
* Portable Bitmap (*.pbm; *.pgm; *.ppm)
* Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
* Tagged Image File Format (*.tif;*.tiff;*.fax)
* Truevision Targa (*.tga;*.targa;*.vda;*.vst)
* Windows Enhanced Meta File (*.emf)
* Windows Icon File (*.ico)
* Windows Meta File (*.wmf)
* Windows or OS/2 Bitmap (*.bmp;*.dib;*.rle)
* Wireless Bitmap images (*.wbmp)
* Zsoft PC Paintbrush (*.pcx)
The LZW compression algorithm used in Compuserve's GIF file format and in some TIFF files requires licensing from UniSys, as they have a patent on the algorithm. Unfortunately, the heavy licensing fee and restrictions on distribution currently force us to disable these file formats in Easy Thumbnails. The U.S. LZW patent expired June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004. Easy Thumbnails will support GIF and LZW TIFF files after the LZW patent expires in all countries (July 08, 2004).
[b]System Requirements:[/b]
* Windows 95/98/2000/NT4/Me/XP
* 32 MB of RAM, 1.4 MB disk space
* Intel® Pentium processor
Thumbnails can be created in any existing folder or a new folder, and you can identify them clearly by adding a prefix or suffix to their filename. If you're an image-processing enthusiast, you'll enjoy having a choice of eleven resampling filters for the best possible results. You can convert small batches of images inside Windows Explorer from the File menu or with a right-click of the mouse, display thumbnails in your browser, and even take advantage of command-line switches to generate thumbnails seamlessly from other programs. You can also save your thumbnails to a Web page using a HTML template that you can easily customize to create your own layouts, and there's helpful documentation that includes full instructions and some useful tips.
Easy Thumbnails is a genuine freeware product that will not annoy you with advertising, intrusive spyware components or nag screens.
[b]Main Features[/b]
* Can scale images up or down with high quality results.
* Choice of eleven resampling filters, including Lanczos3.
* Can sharpen soft images, particularly those from digital cameras.
* Shows a real-time preview of the target image and its file size.
* Preserves EXIF data in JPEG images larger than 300x300 pixels.
* Automatically removes EXIF data from small thumbnails.
* Supports JPEG 2000.
* Supports lossless rotation of JPEG images.
* Offers an extensive set of command-line switches.
* Can create Web pages of image sets, based on customizable templates.
[b]Supported Image Formats[/b]
* JPEG (*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.jpe;*.jps)
* JPEG 2000 (*.jpc;*.j2k;*.jp2)
* Portable Bitmap (*.pbm; *.pgm; *.ppm)
* Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
* Tagged Image File Format (*.tif;*.tiff;*.fax)
* Truevision Targa (*.tga;*.targa;*.vda;*.vst)
* Windows Enhanced Meta File (*.emf)
* Windows Icon File (*.ico)
* Windows Meta File (*.wmf)
* Windows or OS/2 Bitmap (*.bmp;*.dib;*.rle)
* Wireless Bitmap images (*.wbmp)
* Zsoft PC Paintbrush (*.pcx)
The LZW compression algorithm used in Compuserve's GIF file format and in some TIFF files requires licensing from UniSys, as they have a patent on the algorithm. Unfortunately, the heavy licensing fee and restrictions on distribution currently force us to disable these file formats in Easy Thumbnails. The U.S. LZW patent expired June 20, 2003, the counterpart Canadian patent expires July 7, 2004, the counterpart patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy expire June 18, 2004, and the Japanese counterpart patents expire June 20, 2004. Easy Thumbnails will support GIF and LZW TIFF files after the LZW patent expires in all countries (July 08, 2004).
[b]System Requirements:[/b]
* Windows 95/98/2000/NT4/Me/XP
* 32 MB of RAM, 1.4 MB disk space
* Intel® Pentium processor
Thumbnails can be created in any existing folder or a new folder, and you can identify them clearly by adding a prefix or suffix to their filename. If you're an image-processing enthusiast, you'll enjoy having a choice of eleven resampling filters for the best possible results. You can convert small batches of images inside Windows Explorer from the File menu or with a right-click of the mouse, display thumbnails in your browser, and even take advantage of command-line switches to generate thumbnails seamlessly from other programs. You can also save your thumbnails to a Web page using a HTML template that you can easily customize to create your own layouts, and there's helpful documentation that includes full instructions and some useful tips.
Easy Thumbnails is a genuine freeware product that will not annoy you with advertising, intrusive spyware components or nag screens.