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Batch Resize Images

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:

  1. Highlight all images and Open them in Preview
  2. Inside Preview, select all images that you want to batch resize
  3. Choose Preview: Tools ▸ Adjust Size... followed by entering value for common width/height
  4. 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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Wow! I did NOT know that, Thanks alot! I love this site :D

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That is such a handy tip! Preview has so many hidden treasures beneath its simple looks. 

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 Thanks!

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Wow Thank you :D

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you do the same thing with automator/applescript in less steps

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That's sweetness.  Didn't know you could do that either.  Thanks!  

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in windows you can simply download the "batch resize plugin" from microsoft website and magically it will appear in every context menu

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You just saved me 2 hours of work, god I love my mac! :)

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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!

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very very helpful tip.. thank you very much :)

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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!

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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.  :)

D

Great tip, very much appreciate it!

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thanks for the tip. You just saved me several hours of editing pictures

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This was one of the most useful and practical PhotoShop tutorials I read in a long time. I just did a shoot with about 600 photos, and edited that down to 60 for post processing. The batch conversion rendered the onerous task of down sizing each photo from about a minute each to less than a minute for the entire batch. Thanks for this. It was great.

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This is a pretty cool tip.  Another inexpensive way to do this (with more features and options) is:
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Batch Resizing Images guidelines are perfect for Mac users. Thanks!

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If it just could batch "save as.."

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Does not work in 10.5.8    to wit
# Choose Preview: Tools ▸ Adjust Size... followed by entering value for common width/height
ADJUST SIZE is grayed out

# And for the finishing move, choose Preview: File ▸ Save All o
SAVE ALL  is grayed out.    next suggestion??
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Preview is certainly a good solution for some occasional resizing. There are also other nice free options, such as ImageMagic (command-line utility), Preview or something else plus Automator, etc.

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