PhotoScale 0.05 now available for download!
V0.05 adds a high quality scaling algorithm, which is the one used by default now.
It is significantly slower than the old algorithm, but really recommended when resizing large pictures.
I added an option however, to switch between the two of them, mainly because the speed of the older algorithm
is quite good, and also because the high quality one has poorer results in some(strange) cases.
I have also removed the apply blur option for now. It will be back soon though.
PhotoScale! 0.042 Released!
There's a new release in the downloads section. Changes in V0.042:
- Fixed the progress bar, it actually works now :P
- Rearranged components in the GUI to make it look less ugly.
- Added a new dialog class to be implemented on future releases.
What's this?
PhotoScale! is an image scaling tool, it allows you to resize
whole directories of images to mostly any(reasonable) resolution and also convert them to
different image formats.
It's an ideal tool when you have to upload to the web huge amounts of
pictures. Most social networking sites use quite low image resolutions
and uploading 3072x2304 (7 megapixels, approximately 4.5 megabytes)
pictures is both a waste of time and bandwidth.
For example, Fotolog.com uses a resolution of 500x375 (~20kb), uploading
your 5mb picture over a 1mb connection would take ages (most
upload speeds are under 100kb/s, mine is about 20kb/s). If you scale the
picture before uploading, the transfer takes almost nothing!
System Requirements
There aren't many system requirements actually, you just need to have
the latest version of java runtime edition installed on your system to
run the program. I haven't tested it yet, but I think 128mb of RAM is
more than enough to run the program.
In case you don't have Java, get it from the official site.
About the Author
This program was created and is mantained by a hoopy frood called Ale
Ricatti, who comes from somewhere in the vicinity of Corrientes,
Argentina, and of course, always knows where his towel is!
If for some weird reason you feel the urge to contact me, drop a message
at the forums, or use sourceforge's mail system to reach me ;D
