Batch Resizing?

True but it depends on what you're looking for. Lightroom has noise reduction tools too but they are almost worthless when compared to a 3rd party plugin like NIK. Likewise with exporting JPEGs some 3rd party plugins can produce far smaller and simultneously higher quality files than LR can natively. The program I liked to above (also available standalone) is absolutely amazing for this purpose. Super small, high quality artifact-free JPEGs. It is really well written.

Thank you all for your terrific responses! You've given me a bunch of options. Actually I have irfanview but didn't think to use it's resizing feature.

nqjudo wrote in post #17814273
True but it depends on what you're looking for. Lightroom has noise reduction tools too but they are almost worthless when compared to a 3rd party plugin like NIK. Likewise with exporting JPEGs some 3rd party plugins can produce far smaller and simultneously higher quality files than LR can natively. The program I liked to above (also available standalone) is absolutely amazing for this purpose. Super small, high quality artifact-free JPEGs. It is really well written.

Worthless. I don't know about that.

https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=17780910

Also I have NR and sharpening custom default settings for each ISO. Great for mass edits that will apply to both PS and LR.

https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=17780939

NIK is very good but you can't rule out Adobe. For personal shots I use PS but for mass edits I use LR. LR has made my life so much easier.

digital paradise wrote in post #17815241
Worthless. I don't know about that.

https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=17780910

Also I have NR and sharpening custom default settings for each ISO. Great for mass edits that will apply to both PS and LR.

https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=17780939

NIK is very good but you can't rule out Adobe. For personal shots I use PS but for mass edits I use LR. LR has made my life so much easier.

I didn't say worthless on its own. I said by comparison. I also said almost The NIK algorithm is so much better than the native LR tool I'm sure it is a cause for embarrassment at Adobe. The results in the links you posted are good, yes but NR/sharpening in NIK would have produced far cleaner shots that retained more detail. When I have heavy noise like in those examples I sometimes do a 2 pass NR. One in LR and the next pass in NIK. The other big advantage of NIK when used in PhotoShop is you can add and remove the effect using a layer mask on any part of the frame. By changing the opacity on the brush you also vary the opacity of the effect. This is another big advantage over LR because the LR brush tool algorithm is very rudimentary for NR. For sure the LR tool is a good tool and if it does what you need great but I stand by my statement that it is almost worthless when compared to NIK and more so if pitted against the added functionality of the brush tools and masking options available in PhotoShop.

nqjudo wrote in post #17815274
I didn't say worthless on its own. I said by comparison. I also said almost The NIK algorithm is so much better than the native LR tool I'm sure it is a cause for embarrassment at Adobe. The results in the links you posted are good, yes but NR/sharpening in NIK would have produced far cleaner shots that retained more detail. When I have heavy noise like in those examples I sometimes do a 2 pass NR. One in LR and the next pass in NIK. The other big advantage of NIK when used in PhotoShop is you can add and remove the effect using a layer mask on any part of the frame. By changing the opacity on the brush you also vary the opacity of the effect. This is another big advantage over LR because the LR brush tool algorithm is very rudimentary for NR. For sure the LR tool is a good tool and if it does what you need great but I stand by my statement that it is almost worthless when compared to NIK and more so if pitted against the added functionality of the brush tools and masking options available in PhotoShop.

Fair enough.

digital paradise wrote in post #17815283
Fair enough.

Oh Digital. I forgot to mention that Nik also has an extremely intelligent auto NR that evaluates different parts of the image and applies NR differently to those selections. If one area doesn't work the way you expect you can tweak it selectively. If you aren't familiar with Nik I highly recommend it. I bought mine ages ago but I assume there are trial versions available.

nqjudo wrote in post #17815299
Oh Digital. I forgot to mention that Nik also has an extremely intelligent auto NR that evaluates different parts of the image and applies NR differently to those selections. If one area doesn't work the way you expect you can tweak it selectively. If you aren't familiar with Nik I highly recommend it. I bought mine ages ago but I assume there are trial versions available.

I have it. I actually have a few NIK products but over time stopped using most. Between the standard NR, masking slider and an edge sharpening method for output sharpening I do OK. LR does have brushes you can apply to remove global NR but when batch processing I don't use it.

digital paradise wrote in post #17815317
I have it. I actually have a few NIK products but over time stopped using most. Between the standard NR, masking slider and an edge sharpening method for output sharpening I do OK. LR does have brushes you can apply to remove global NR but when batch processing I don't use it.

Horses for courses. Fair enough too!

Why not use this in PS?:

File > Scripts> Image Processor

https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=_MRBCuUAzwg

kv968 wrote in post #17816081
Why not use this in PS?:

File > Scripts> Image Processor

https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=_MRBCuUAzwg

I used scripts at one time. Sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't. I know it was me but they can be tricky. I found that a pain to use.

digital paradise wrote in post #17816315
I used scripts at one time. Sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't. I know it was me but they can be tricky. I found that a pain to use.

Never really used it myself just knew that was a way to do it. Makes sense though because one of the videos on it does say to go and check some of the pics to make sure they were resized correctly. Thanks for the heads up.

Hey Pitter, thanks for asking the question! I've also been wondering for a while how best to batch resize images to specific dimensions (I use Photo Ninja and it currently only renders to full or a fraction of the cropped size, not pixel dimensions). Going into Photoshop just for that would be a pain. I checked out a few of the suggestions but most are only for Windows and I use a Mac. But I discovered that you can easily batch resize in Preview, a simple app that comes installed on every Mac. Doh! It takes seconds to do and the results look good. So I've learnt something too. Thanks again.