ImageToaster

ImageToaster is an intuitive software application that gives you the possibility to convert, resize and crop images. It gets integrated into the Windows Explorer right-click menu for quick access.

Integrates with the Explorer context menu

Setting it up takes minimal time and effort, since there are no special options, prerequisite software products, or third-party offers involved.
By opening the context menu of a selected file, you can find the "ImageToaster" entry and pick an option between conversion, resizing and cropping.

Convert multiple photos in batch

Batch processing is supported, which means that you can select two or more files and open the right-click menu to perform an operation on all items at the same time.
Photographs can be converted to JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, ICO and TIFF format with the click of a button. The new files are automatically created in the same location as the source, and they preserve the original file name. There are no settings implemented for specifying a preferred output directory or file renaming pattern.

Seamlessly resize and crop images

When it comes to resizing pictures, the program brings a simple configuration panel to the screen, showing a thumbnail of the selected image.
It's possible to change the size by percentage or by indicating the new width and height (pixels) while preserving or disregarding the aspect ratio. There are two predefined profiles available for generating Facebook cover photos (851x351px) and profile pictures (180x180px). Any existing files can be overwritten.
As far as cropping is concerned, you can preview the image and draw a rectangular selection on the area you wish to keep. It's a bit inconvenient to tackle, since it's necessary to resize the full image to fit the area to crop, and not the other way around.

Evaluation and conclusion

Conversion, resizing and cropping tasks were swiftly carried out in our tests while the utility remained light on system resources consumption. Apart from the crop feature which needs a bit more work, ImageToaster has approachable options for beginners.