Candidates | Analysisĭare to be Creative’s ResizeMe v2.2 has been my standby for creating versions since the last round of tests. Here’s a folder with all of the resized images at 2048 wide (Facebook maximum width) from each of the resizing programs: (as ever right click to save as) if you’d like to compare the full images for yourself. Lyn for instance works correctly, as do most image editors (Affinity Photo, Acorn, Adobe Photoshop, FastRawViewer). Keep in mind that Apple’s Preview does not work correctly with Retina screens (it shows high DPI images at lower DPI). I suggest you download the image (right-click and save as) and zoom in on it in your own image viewer of choice at 300 or 400% to determine the exact differences between the images. This is the centre part of that image in one to one ratio. The image was resized to 90 quality or between 750kb and 900kb if 90 quality turned out too large an image (Lightroom/Photoshop). Here’s the results of a comparison of that image resized by nine different image resizers in a single image. There were other images but the results were similar so I stuck to the single image for this analysis to make it more manageable for both myself and for you dear reader. It a shot of SC Kittsee’s talented forward Pavol Bellas about to score a goal against Monchof at home.įeel free to download the master by clicking right click and “save link as” on this link to run your own versions of this test. Here’s the image I used as the primary test image. High quality image resizing is important for social media versions, for versions for galleries and for video thumbnails. I don’t expect to be making image changes while creating resized versions. The reason for this indifference to advanced features is that my versions are created from finished masters. We are relatively indifferent to advanced features (image manipulation, recropping, manipulation of metadata, image renaming). Then as now, we are looking for flawless resizing and jpeg compression first, intuitive interface second, high quality watermarking third. Seriously.The last time we took an in-depth look at image resizing utilities was in 2016. And finally, you can join 19 other loyal TidBITS readers and donate $1000 for a lifetime membership, which includes a fine dinner with Adam and Tonya the next time you’re in Ithaca. If you prefer a monthly contribution of a couple of bucks, that’s possible too. You can choose among four different levels of annual support: $20, $50, $100, and a custom amount, with manual or automatic renewals.
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