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While resizing all my images, photos and wallpapers, I came into this great trick to easily batch resize images that I've never read somewhere else before; You can simply use Preview to batch resize images.
Wanna know more?
You will be surprise of how simple this batch resizing trick is; You only need four simple steps to do it:
- Highlight all images and Open them in Preview
- Inside Preview, select all images that you want to batch resize
- Choose Preview: Tools ▸ Adjust Size... followed by entering value for common width/height
- And for the finishing move, choose Preview: File ▸ Save All or keystrokes Command-Option-S will do
You can go to your Finder and check whether all images are resized correctly; I guarantee this batch resize images trick works fine in Leopard.
Unfortunate for Batch Resizer Applications out there, Preview has outsmarted their applications. But well, maybe Windows users still need those batch resizer applications, just my wild guess.
Categories:
Imaging,
Leopard,
Tips and Tricks,
Utilities
Tags:
Leopard,
Picture,
Preview,
Resize
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23 Comments
Stolencheese
Wow! I did NOT know that, Thanks alot! I love this site :D
PJ
That is such a handy tip! Preview has so many hidden treasures beneath its simple looks.
Dylan B
Thanks!
Name101
Wow Thank you :D
David
you do the same thing with automator/applescript in less steps
bernie Anderson
That's sweetness. Didn't know you could do that either. Thanks!
alanzed
in windows you can simply download the "batch resize plugin" from microsoft website and magically it will appear in every context menu
Montathar Faraon
You just saved me 2 hours of work, god I love my mac! :)
Jessie
Thank you so, so much. It's exactly what I was looking for! Preview is really much more powerful than it looks. I'm adding your RSS feed onto apple mail!
alianabee
very very helpful tip.. thank you very much :)
spk
thanks for the tip. served me well indeed :)
Bert Mullemeister
Thanks heaps! I am a newbie to IMac and in windows I used IrfanView to do this. Much easier on the Mac with Preview
Jegma
AMAZING thanks for help us know any trick inside OSX sys...
Liz
Hi! I have a read a few places that suggest going to tools: adjust size while in preview but i must have an old version of preview because my computer does not give me that option. I don't know that much about macs, can you tell me how to get a new version of preview. I looked on apple.com and can't find Preview updates. This is for work so I'd really appreciate it if someone out there could help me so I don't look like a doofus... thank you so much! Liz
avenuegirl
That freaking ROCKS! I just installed a photoblog for a client using pixelpost and realized he will need to resize his massive pictures before uploading or the thumbnail option will not work. This is a method he can definitely use to get it done quickly without installing additional software. Thanks a bunch!
Gabriel Everett
Nice trick! Now I don't have to use iPhoto!
Angel
I have both horizontal and vertical images. I just want to long side to be 600px long. How can I do this? If that's not possible, does anyone one know of a program just like Faststone Image Viewer for Mac? Thanks!
autumn
Nice idea, and It is easy to use.
For Snow Leopard Users: How to Batch Resize Image on Snow Leopard ?
Charles
For those that don't have Leopard, this is not an option. :-( For them, this works: How to Batch Resize Images on Mac For Snow Leopard, maybe Autumn's suggestion, though I haven't upgraded yet, so I don't know.
Bob
I have Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and I have just tried this and it works great. Thank you for this tip!
Man
Ok this is simple and nice. No software downloads, Awesome!
dave
SOOOOOOOOOO cool! thank you so much. for some reason Resize! just stopped working and i was looking for a good replacement. obviously this is perfect.
Brad
I have had my iMac for a little over 2 years and always resized them in the Windows side because I did not know how to do in the iMac........glad i found this site! I am a realtor and resize pics everyday and hate Windows. :)
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