robdurant

Hi all,
 
Not much more to show, except the reefing points that are now stiffened using watered down PVA front and back. This was done before they were trimmed to length, by placing a small ruler behind the reefing points. Then they were trimmed to the bottom of the ruler giving a nice neat line.. The second photo is the progress on the mainmast lower-topsail yard with the footropes in progress....
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As always, thanks for the likes and encouragement.
 
Rob

Hi all,
 
Not much more to show, except the reefing points that are now stiffened using watered down PVA front and back. This was done before they were trimmed to length, by placing a small ruler behind the reefing points. Then they were trimmed to the bottom of the ruler giving a nice neat line.. The second photo is the progress on the mainmast lower-topsail yard with the footropes in progress....
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As always, thanks for the likes and encouragement.
 
Rob

Hi all,
 
Not much more to show, except the reefing points that are now stiffened using watered down PVA front and back. This was done before they were trimmed to length, by placing a small ruler behind the reefing points. Then they were trimmed to the bottom of the ruler giving a nice neat line.. The second photo is the progress on the mainmast lower-topsail yard with the footropes in progress....
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As always, thanks for the likes and encouragement.
 
Rob

Hi Shipman. 
 
My desire in writing this software was primarily that it hard-coded the information that sets the rotation on website pages...This rotation information causes a lot of confusion to users who see a photo the right way up on their cameras but then it displays the wrong way online. It may well be that the software you have pointed to does the same, but I had struggled to find something that did that reliably for free
 
Glad you found an app that works well for you.
 
Rob

Hi,
 
If you click the windows button, and type "add remove program" and select "Add or remove programs"

Now , you can search for the Picture Resizer application, select the three dots on the right hand side and uninstall it.

Once that is complete you can install the new version downloaded from the website.
 
Hope that helps.

Rob

Version 1.13.0 now available on https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer now supports cropping (with the option to maintain the aspect ratio of the image) on a per image basis as you resize your photos.
 
Simply select "begin cropping" or click and drag to select a region of the image, then resize it until you're happy with the size. Selecting the "maintain aspect ratio" checkbox will mean that each time you resize the selection it will keep the width to height ratio the same as that of the original image (i.e. 16:9, 4:3, etc...) Then when you resize the image, it will crop the image to the rectangle.   Hope it's helpful
 
 
Happy resizing!
 
Rob

Auf deutsch... 

I'm conscious that many of our wonderful family here on ModelShipWorld.com are not native English speakers.
 
My little offering to brighten your day is Version 1.12.0 of Picture Resizer (available at https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/ ) which now supports languages natively for the main application window (I'll add support for the other windows soon). All you need do is install the application and it will show the application in the language your computer uses (It currently supports French, German, Dutch and English) if it can't find your language, it will drop back to English)
 
Languages are not my area of expertise, so "Calling all linguists"... If you speak German, French or another language, and you're reasonably au-fait with computer, and you would like this application to support your mother-tongue / preferred language natively, please could you translate the following, and I'll add this support into the application...
 
The English terms at the moment are as follows, and the French, German and Dutch attempts are below (with big apologies in advance for what are a mix of guesswork and google translate... please help me make these better!)
 
English originals
Resize Images    
Image Quality    
Highest / Largest filesize    
Resized photos go here...    
Folder with photos to resize    
Maximum resized dimension (width or height)    
About...    
Exit    
File    
Help    
Load settings...    
Save settings...    
Modify the resized photo name?    
View each file individually before resizing...    
Prefix    
Resize all images in source folder    
Resize images where destination file with modified name does not exist    
Resize images where destination file with original OR modified name does not exist    
Resize images where destination file with original name does not exist    
Select Folder...    
Lowest / Smallest filesize    
Suffix    
 
 
French: 
Redimensionner les images Qualité d'image Taille de fichier la plus élevée/la plus grande Les photos redimensionnées vont ici... Dossier avec photos à redimensionner Dimension redimensionnée maximale (largeur ou hauteur) À propos Quitter Fichier Aider Charger les paramètres... Enregistrer les paramètres... Modifier le nom de la photo redimensionnée ? Affichez chaque fichier individuellement avant de redimensionner... Préfixe Redimensionner toutes les images dans le dossier source Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom modifié n'existe pas Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom d'origine OU modifié n'existe pas Redimensionner les images où le fichier de destination avec le nom d'origine n'existe pas Sélectionner le dossier... Taille de fichier la plus basse / la plus petite Suffixe
 
German:
Bildgröße ändern Bildqualität Höchste / Größte Dateigröße Verkleinerte Fotos kommen hier... Ordner mit Fotos zum Ändern der Größe Maximale Größenänderung (Breite oder Höhe) Über Photo Resizer... Picture Resizer beenden Datei Hilfe Einstellungen laden... Einstellungen speichern... Ändern Sie den in der Größe geänderten Fotonamen? Sehen Sie sich jede Datei einzeln an, bevor Sie die Größe ändern ... Präfix Größe aller Bilder im Quellordner ändern Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit geändertem Namen nicht vorhanden ist Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit dem ursprünglichen ODER geänderten Namen nicht existiert Ändern Sie die Größe von Bildern, bei denen die Zieldatei mit dem ursprünglichen Namen nicht vorhanden ist Ordner auswählen... Niedrigste / Kleinste Dateigröße Suffix
 
And Dutch
Formaat van afbeeldingen wijzigen Beeldkwaliteit Hoogste / grootste bestandsgrootte Verkleinde foto's komen hier... Map met foto's om het formaat te wijzigen Maximale afmeting gewijzigd (breedte of hoogte) Over... Uitgang Bestand Hulp Instellingen laden... Instellingen opslaan... De gewijzigde fotonaam wijzigen? Bekijk elk bestand afzonderlijk voordat u het formaat wijzigt... Voorvoegsel Wijzig het formaat van alle afbeeldingen in de bronmap Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met gewijzigde naam niet bestaat Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met de originele OF gewijzigde naam niet bestaat Wijzig het formaat van afbeeldingen waar het bestemmingsbestand met de oorspronkelijke naam niet bestaat Selecteer map... Laagste / kleinste bestandsgrootte Achtervoegsel
 
Thank you for all your help This is truly the benefit of a global community!
 
Hope it's of help.
 
Rob
 

More functionality. Version 1.0.5 is on the website:
 
https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/
 

 
If you check the checkbox that says: "View each file individually before resizing", it'll come up with an image preview window for each picture that's going to be resized. In that window you have the option to manually rotate the image, and/or flip it horizontally or vertically. Then you can either resize that image, or skip it, and it will go on to the next image that's queued up to be resized. 
 

 
Again it doesn't make any changes to the original file. Just the new one. I haven't documented it yet, but I will when I get a moment, and I'll do a video too.
 
Hope it's helpful.
 
Rob
 

Okay - the new video describing the functionality in v1.0.5 is now live... and since then I've updated it to v1.0.6, which also brings support for GIF, TIFF and Windows Bitmap (.bmp) files.
 
https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/

Hope it's helpful. All questions / comments, welcome.
 
Here's the video.
 
 
 

Thanks for your kind words

You're very welcome

A minor update in v1.0.7. I've added a Recent Files list in the File menu so that you can get back to recent profiles more easily. The list will be empty when you first use the app, but it'll fill in as you save settings files and start using them.
 
As always, this completely free (cost-free, licensing-free, ad-free) app is available at: https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/
 
I think this is probably the last update for a little while, and I'll work on getting the documentation in a bit better shape. It's a few versions behind right now.
 
Here's a screenshot of the recent files list in action:
 

You're very welcome.

Hi all,
 
Just to say I've updated the pdf documentation for Picture Resizer to include the latest functionality, and I've also finally got round to writing a proper website for the application. As always, you can find it here:
 
https://durant.biz/pictureresizer/
 
Thanks
 
Rob

Hi @lraymo
 
Really glad it's been a help! Let me know if you have any questions.
 
Rob

You're very welcome  

You're very welcome

You're most welcome  Glad it's proving helpful.

Okay - time for another update. Version 1.10 - If you select the option to modify individual images as they are resized, you will now notice that there is an option to modify the saturation, hue and luminance for each image. This allows you to make them black and white for example, by reducing the saturation to the minimum.
 
The functionality is described in the documentation, which can be found here:
PictureResizer.Documentation.20221222.pdf 
 
And the app itself is on the website:
https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/
 
As always, this is programmed in my spare time to try and be helpful, so I do all I can to make sure it will play nicely, but you do use it at your own risk.
 
I've started playing with cropping, and hope that there might be the possibility of cropping images before they are resized someway down the line. I know it's possible, but I haven't managed to get it working reliably yet, hence I'm not sending it out into the wild  Watch this space!
 
Take care
 
Rob

Hi all,
 
A quick update. I've just released version 1.0.4, which has a couple of minor bug fixes and introduces application icons and a few other touches that will make the programme look nicer on your computer. Do uninstall the previous version first, then you can find the application here: 
 
https://www.durant.biz/pictureresizer/
 
v1.0.4 updates:
* When you close the application it will now keep hold of your settings, and bring them up again when you come back.
* The profile files now store the resize images option.
* Application icons and installer graphics updated.
 
Thanks
 
Rob

Here's a screenshot of the file size estimate in action... I've highlighted the estimate. It updates automatically whenever you slide the slider.
 

Okay - I've just uploaded v1.0.1. It adds a  filesize estimate to the quality slider as demonstrated in the video below.
 
If you've already specified a directory for pictures you want to size, the application tests the resizing of one of those images (the first it finds) to find the file-size estimate. Otherwise it uses a temporary image I provided for the application. It won't show an estimate until you've provided a resizing dimension, but the estimate is based on that rescaling size. It is still an estimate as far as any other images you will resize, but hopefully enough to give a helpful idea:
 
 
The uploaded application file is on https://durant.biz/pictureresizer/ as before.
 
Thanks for the feedback 
 
Rob
 

I agree.
 
Because JPEG is compressed each image will be a different size and depending on how complex the image is (how much detail must be rendered) the file size can vary quite considerably. But I could certainly provide an estimate. Or perhaps even a feature to resize to a maximum dimension or a maximum filesize (whichever was smaller). This could take a little more time for the computer to process but would certainly be possible.

Hi,
 
Just a quick note to say I've finished writing some documentation that basically says what I say on the video, but puts it down on paper for those who prefer to read than watch.
 
You may find that the video helps fill in any gaps where I haven't described it very well on paper. Let me know. 
 
In other news, I realised that I hadn't implemented anything to make it possible to specify the compression of the outputted image. That's done now, so when you install the application you'll see a new slider - slide it to the right for less compressed, better quality, bigger filesizes... and to the left for more compressed, lower quality, smaller filesizes... 
 
I'd recommend around 90 for photos that look almost uncompressed to the naked eye, but take up 10x less space on your disk than the photos at compression level 100. The number in the middle shows the number you've selected and updates as you move the slider.
 

 
 
PictureResizer.Documentation.20201121.pdf