HELP! Too many beautiful pics!

Miss Innocent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

I wander.

Mo/R

26 Jul 2005 at 06:37 - 1
I'd like to know if there's a free program able to convert my 1001 .bmp (also known as "evil and enormous) to jpeg format (also known as small and not so big). I also want to get it done in under 5 minutes of effort from me (the computer can work on it all night; it doesn't get tired, and it never seems to get bored of doing the same old boring job).

I'd really like to free up some of the 2.2 gigs it's taking up . When I checked my computer, it said GW only took up ~300 MB, but it wasn't counting my screen shots! Can anybody point me in the right direction? Also, my screenshot folder is full, and now I can't take more pictures .

HELP?

Winterfall

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

26 Jul 2005 at 08:25 - 2
There are lots of image converters out there, just google for bmp2jpg or something.
I use ACDSee for this purpose, but it's shareware.
This might suit your needs: http://www.imageresizer.com/

As for screenshot folder being full, just create a dated archive folder somewhere else and move your pictures there. Then GW will start over from index 1.

Vorkronor

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Czechia, Europe

Drums Of Doom

N/E

26 Jul 2005 at 08:41 - 3
You can use the free IrFan image viewer. It has a "batch conversion" function, so you can use that (it has many parameters you can set for the conversion).

the URL is: http://www.irfanview.com/

Judas Hawksriff

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Guardians Of Gwen

W/R

26 Jul 2005 at 08:51 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vorkronor
I've been using this since the dawn of man - throughly reccomend it

Master Of Disharmony

Master Of Disharmony

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Europe

Save Imperium

W/N

26 Jul 2005 at 08:59 - 5
The Best is ( i use it ) :

Photofiltre with Batch Feature ( resize, optim, add effects etc... )

http://www.photofiltre.com/

And its freeware

d4nowar

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

26 Jul 2005 at 09:08 - 6
I never even THOUGHT of programs like these. I just sifted through all of my pictures in photoshop one by one saving them as jpegs. Wow, I want my 2 hours back.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

26 Jul 2005 at 10:56 - 7
hmm.. here's an idea.. For those on Windows XP

Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> PAINT

Yes, the stock standard boring Paint program with comes standard with Windows. Drops those screenshots from 2,305 KB all the way down to 132 KB when you save them as .jpg

sure, you can't adjust what size/quality %/scale with Paint.. but it does a damned fine job of converting huge .bmp files down to small and managable .jpg files... and it's free and you don't need to go and d/l any program from some website that might be full of viruses, spyware, trojans, malware, etc or might have this ugly "please support us and pay!" popup when you run it

stz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

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E/Me

26 Jul 2005 at 16:50 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by kamatsu
hmm.. here's an idea.. For those on Windows XP

Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> PAINT

Yes, the stock standard boring Paint program with comes standard with Windows. Drops those screenshots from 2,305 KB all the way down to 132 KB when you save them as .jpg

sure, you can't adjust what size/quality %/scale with Paint.. but it does a damned fine job of converting huge .bmp files down to small and managable .jpg files... and it's free and you don't need to go and d/l any program from some website that might be full of viruses, spyware, trojans, malware, etc or might have this ugly "please support us and pay!" popup when you run it
thats what i also do, paint is your "all in one" program lol

Crispie

Crispie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Michigan

Lords of the Dead

Mo/

26 Jul 2005 at 16:52 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vorkronor
You can use the free IrFan image viewer. It has a "batch conversion" function, so you can use that (it has many parameters you can set for the conversion).

the URL is: http://www.irfanview.com/

A quick simple and small program that converts anything in a jiffy. Of all the converters, I really like this one.

Kesla

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2005

26 Jul 2005 at 20:33 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by d4nowar
I never even THOUGHT of programs like these. I just sifted through all of my pictures in photoshop one by one saving them as jpegs. Wow, I want my 2 hours back.
You know you can do the same batch processes in Photoshop (since version 2.0 iirc) as well, right?

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

26 Jul 2005 at 20:44 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by kamatsu
hmm.. here's an idea.. For those on Windows XP

Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> PAINT

Yes, the stock standard boring Paint program with comes standard with Windows. Drops those screenshots from 2,305 KB all the way down to 132 KB when you save them as .jpg

sure, you can't adjust what size/quality %/scale with Paint.. but it does a damned fine job of converting huge .bmp files down to small and managable .jpg files... and it's free and you don't need to go and d/l any program from some website that might be full of viruses, spyware, trojans, malware, etc or might have this ugly "please support us and pay!" popup when you run it
you can scale in paint...and you can resize.

but this doesn't suit his needs as you can't do it with batches of files...he wants to eliminate the need to open every single image and resave it.

I use this http://www.softaward.com/text/free-download-296.html

but it's not free

I also use IrFanView...which is a fantastic application...and it's free.

AceSnyp3r

AceSnyp3r

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Work in Progress [WIP]

26 Jul 2005 at 20:54 - 12
IrfanView is good, it has a nice batch conversion function so you could take all the pictures in your folder, convert them to JPEG, and then delete the originals automatically if you like.

Snuk the Great

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Glow in the Dark

R/Me

26 Jul 2005 at 21:18 - 13
Lol, I still use photoshop. Though I do not have 1001 pics :P. Above that I like tweening screens too, so I will stick with it :P.

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

26 Jul 2005 at 22:03 - 14
I hear that Google's Picassa does the batch conversion thing too.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

27 Jul 2005 at 00:58 - 15
Whoops, I didn't notice that he wanted to do batch conversions. My bad.. as indeed, I don't believe paint can be used to batch/mass convert without opening each file. And if he has 1+K pics.. doing it manually would be a pain. glad others know of programs which can do batch conversions

Ashen

Ashen

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

California

Dragon Academy

N/Me

27 Jul 2005 at 01:28 - 16
I just burn them to disk and start over....my pics arent that large...weird