Convert .bmp to .jpg ? Freeware?

iplom

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Nov 21, 2003, 9:10:37 PM11/21/03

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Hello:

I'm looking for a freeware program that converts .bmp format to
.jpg/.jpeg [in batches] and that could also reduce the size of a large
.jpg/.jpeg [also in batches]

I take alot of photos with my digital camera and the files are quite
large. I would like to keep the original format to burn the images to a cd.

For emailing the pictures I'd like to shrink the file size.
A picture at 2048 X 1360 is over 1.25 mb in size.
This can be a problem.

I already have Irfanview but can only shrink files one at a time.

Anyone have any suggestions/help?

Thanks !!

andre

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Nov 21, 2003, 9:23:02 PM11/21/03

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try ACDSEE

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Nov 21, 2003, 9:45:15 PM11/21/03

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Have you tried Irfanview's BATCH option?

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iplom

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Nov 21, 2003, 10:21:39 PM11/21/03

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> Have you tried Irfanview's BATCH option?
>

D O H !!!!

My bad. Very bad.

Didn't even see it, but there it is in Irfanview at:
File -> Batch Conversion/Rename.

Now, as someone replied, is ACDSee freeware??

dkg_ctc

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Nov 21, 2003, 11:10:54 PM11/21/03

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iplom <ip...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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*snip*

> Now, as someone replied, is ACDSee freeware??

According to

http://www.acdsystems.com/english/Products/ACDSee/index

it's not freeware, but 49.99.

kreatikl

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Nov 22, 2003, 6:22:57 AM11/22/03

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yes, irfanview; type b for batch after you opened a file in the folder you
want to be batch processed

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J44xm

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Nov 22, 2003, 5:38:16 PM11/22/03

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["-^..^-"; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:45:15 GMT]

> Have you tried Irfanview's BATCH option?

Additionally, you can install the IrfanView ShellExtension
(www.baxbex.com/products.html, at bottom), which will add an extra menu in
Explorer's right-click menu with conversion options. You can select a
group of files, then select IrfanView > Convert to BMP (or whatever other
format). See the screenshot.
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Spacey Spade

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Nov 23, 2003, 11:19:00 PM11/23/03

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In article <OAzvb.19234$ZF1.1...@news20.bellglobal.com>,
iplom ip...@hotmail.com wrote...

PictureTray... made *exactly* for what you want. Easy to use.

http://www.picturetray.com

Vic Dura

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Nov 24, 2003, 8:47:23 AM11/24/03

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>In article <OAzvb.19234$ZF1.1...@news20.bellglobal.com>,
>iplom ip...@hotmail.com wrote...
>>Hello:
>>
>>I'm looking for a freeware program that converts .bmp format to
>>.jpg/.jpeg [in batches] and that could also reduce the size of a large
>>.jpg/.jpeg [also in batches]
>>
>>
>>I take alot of photos with my digital camera and the files are quite
>>large. I would like to keep the original format to burn the images to a cd.
>>
>>For emailing the pictures I'd like to shrink the file size.
>>A picture at 2048 X 1360 is over 1.25 mb in size.
>>This can be a problem.
>>
>>I already have Irfanview but can only shrink files one at a time.
>>
>>Anyone have any suggestions/help?

In IrfanView you can use Batch conversion which will convert all the
files at once. From IrfanView use File / BatchConversion then click
the Batch conversion button and select "Select Advanced Options".
You need to select the files you want to convert, and their output
directory.

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