Best Program For JPEG Resizing

What do you guys use to resize your jpegs?
I have been using the vista version of power toys for windows resizer which while convenient to use has been making a lot of compression noise/blurriness in some of my resized pics and it is getting annoying!

Photoshop. Use the image processor script if you have a bunch to do.

Fastone Photo Resizer.

I use DPP if the images are raw, resizing them during the conversion step. If there are a lot of images this is very efficient.

But if I've shot jpeg or want to do further editing of a raw image, I'll resize in Paint Shop Pro after editing.

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IrfanView its free and workds nicely.

InfranView uses a lanczos/sinc resizer, so second that choice

Paint shop Pro or Elements 6.0. I have used both.

You can resize a jpeg in just about any editing program, including DPP that came with the camera. What software have you been using, if any, to process your pictures out of the camera?

When I do process I use Lightroom 2 then paint.net (I have got CS4, but I find paint.net easier to use)
And I have been using the power toys for windows Vista clone to resize.

I have got IrfanView, I just didnt realize you can resize with it -I got it to view .GIFs on vista

Raizer wrote in post #8646639
When I do process I use Lightroom 2 then paint.net (I have got CS4, but I find paint.net easier to use)
And I have been using the power toys for windows Vista clone to resize.

I have got IrfanView, I just didnt realize you can resize with it -I got it to view .GIFs on vista

So, it sounds like you are shooting jpeg, importing into Lightroom, doing some processing, then sending them to Paint and/or other tools to do certain things.

I'm curious -- what do you use Paint for that Lightroom doesn't do? And, why not use the Lightroom resizing Export tool?

I'm one for simplicity and not overburdening myself with too many version files of one image, so most of what I do is in Lightroom until I need a specific file for a specific use, such as the Web or passing off to others. At that point I have a "viewing" size in Export which is tailored to the Web with a quality setting that keeps the file size down. Amazingly enough, that size is adapted from the POTN rules, and suits me well for both general Web display as well as passing off to others for whatever reason.

Two pitfalls when using a lot of "tools" with jpegs:

First, if you keep the image in the jpeg format, every time you save a file from one of the tools, it re-compresses the jpeg. Unless you shoot in Large/Fine and save in the highest quality settings in each of your tools you can relatively quickly start to see jpeg compression artifacts and pixelisation.

Second, every file you send out of Lightroom for external processing becomes a copy of your original -- that's good for keeping the original intact, but becomes to me at least burdonesome to maintain multiple copies of one file.

If you are shooting jpegs the best way of ensuring quality is to Export from Lightroom as a tiff, so each tool will not re-compress it jpeg-style. The problem of duplicate versions still exists, though, with the added problem that tiff file sizes are large. So then file size comes into play for both storage and program performance.

tonylong wrote in post #8649762
So, it sounds like you are shooting jpeg, importing into Lightroom, doing some processing, then sending them to Paint and/or other tools to do certain things.

I'm curious -- what do you use Paint for that Lightroom doesn't do? And, why not use the Lightroom resizing Export tool?

I'm shooting in RAW, and I export the pics from Lightroom as jpeg.
I use lightroom just to adjust white balance and exposure then use paint.net to do the rest.

Has anybody ever tried AlienSkin Blow Up? It's an application that doesn't seem to be talked about much. Just curious.

Raizer wrote in post #8646639
When I do process I use Lightroom 2 then paint.net (I have got CS4, but I find paint.net easier to use)
And I have been using the power toys for windows Vista clone to resize.

I have got IrfanView, I just didnt realize you can resize with it -I got it to view .GIFs on vista

As Tim said.. Photoshop.

Honestly; it doesn't get easier than this in my opinion.. After I finish processing my raws and making full size Jpegs; I point Photoshop (this is CS3) at a folder; put in my criteria below and let it rip.
Using the "Same location" option ACTUALLY makes another folder under it. If you select Jpeg the folder name is jpeg..

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Tdragone wrote in post #8663186
Honestly; it doesn't get easier than this in my opinion..

Not easier, but better:

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Great screen shots. I also need to make my job a little more easier. I have Cs3 and no about the batch process I just need to start using it more.