Batch Photo Resize

Batch Photo Resize is an approachable software application that you can use not only to change the size of photographs, but also to trim and crop them in batch mode.
It features advanced options that can be easily configured by all types of users. The supported filetypes include JPG, GIF, ICO, JPG, BMP, PNG and TIF.

Installation and interface

The setup procedure is fast and shouldn't impose any difficulties. Just keep in mind that you must have .NET Framework installed.
When it comes to the interface, Batch Photo Resize adopts a user-friendly window split into several panes for separately configuring resize, trim, crop and autocrop settings.

Resize, trim and crop images

After populating the task list with photos, it's possible to resize them to a preset profile ranging from 800x600px to 1600x1200px, set a custom width and height, preserve or disregard the aspect ratio, as well as specify the border color and thickness.
If you're looking to resize the photos, you can do this by taking into account the new dimension in pixels or percentage when it comes to the top, bottom, left and right margins, crop the image by width, height and starting point (x and y coordinates), as well as tweak the autocrop threshold.
Worth noting is that the original pictures remain unchanged, so you don't have to create backups prior to using this tool. The new images can be created in the same location as the source files or in a custom one. If you don't to save them with the same format, you can opt for a different one between JPG, PNG, GIF or TIFF.

Evaluation and conclusion

It carried out tasks swiftly while remaining light on system resources consumption. No error messages were displayed and the tool didn't freeze or crash. Thanks to its intuitive interface and advanced settings, Batch Photo Resize should meet the requirements of many users.