resize every photo on fileserver script

[Sagima]

Some time ago (possibly years ago) I'm sure I read about a script/program on here that people used to resize all their photos larger than 1080p to 1080p

 

I can't find it though and I've been asked to do that to our fileserver over Christmas to reclaim some space from the 1.6 million photos we are apparently storing

 

Would one of you happen know what I'm talking about and could enlighten me?

 

Thanks

[Vegas]

IrfanView will do batch conversions.

[jinnantonnixx]

I use Phatch for tasks like that. You can specify a max length and width and Phatch will resize to these restrictions. It can do a lot more besides.

 

Getting Started - Phatch = PHoto & bATCH!

 

To reclaim space, you can set the JPEG compression to about 70% which should be imperceptible for most non-critical work, but save a ton of space.

Edited December 14, 2016 by jinnantonnixx

[dry]

Not sure about a script but we've been using Fotosizer to reduce image size considerably. Doesn't have a particularly noticeable effect on quality but file size is reduced significantly.

[DJ-1701]

It might have been this program that Novelee is looking to convert from an Exe to MSI in another thread.

 

Program: Image Resizer for Windows - Lets you resize images by right-clicking.

Thread: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/av-multimedia-related/178154-right-click-photo-resizer.html

[zag]

In windows explorer on the file server, I just search for:

 

*.jpg size:large

 

Then use Image resizer tool for windows to resize them to medium and replacing the image.

 

Works really, I do it once a term.

[RichCowell]

I've always used Faststone Image Resizer - fast, free, and feature-rich...

FastStone Photo Resizer - Powerful Image Converter/Resizer

[EngTech]

I guess the important thing to know is are all the images in one directory or are they spread accross the server in different locations?

 

Ultimately if you need to convert 1.6 mil photos you need a script that can automatically traverse the directory structure and convert on the fly, otherwise you'll need to manually select all the image locations which will be a job in itself. I've recently written a similar script for a clients web based gallery using PHP and GD, it was fully automated and converted the images on the fly.

 

Personally I'd be tempted to write a similar script to iterate the directories then use imagemagick to do the conversion. (https://www.imagemagick.org).

 

It would be pretty simple to do under Linux, marginally more frustrating under windows.